Top Five Players

2.

Aaron Honn

1.

Brodie Smith

Brodie Smith

Brodie Smith may be the best player never to achieve greatness at the club level. Injury after injury has left the hard-throwing Smith on the sidelines or at less than 100% nearly every year. A torn ACL, suffered during the AUDL season, has him on the sidelines of the Club Division this year. Smith was far and away the most dominant player in college during his final two seasons at Florida, where he won a College Championship. He also has multiple Club Championship rings with Doublewide (2012) and Johnny Bravo (2014), though he was forced into being a role player for both, largely due to injuries. If he can truly get healthy (and that's a big if), he still has the physical tools to be one of the country's great players.

5.

George Stubbs

3.

Jared Inselmann

4.

Mark Lloyd

Aaron Honn

Perhaps the best young player in the world that has played no competitive ultimate the past couple years, Honn was an absolute beast for Oregon and Rhino for a couple years. A huge target, Honn had freakish athleticism that made him both a premier deep defender and threat. But after his 2013 club season with NexGen and Rhino, Honn left to study abroad and hasn't played since.

Mark Lloyd

Stubbs and Lloyd are the clear 1-2 here. Lloyd is (debatably) a top 5 player in the world, and his torn ACL is devastating for GOAT. Not quite as devastating as it appeared at first (see U.S. Open), but a major setback nonetheless.

George Stubbs

Stubbs needs no introduction, but he deserves one. One of the best players in the world, George Stubbs has absolutely dominated games since his college days at Harvard (and probably before). He captained the inaugural NexGen tour, was one of the chief factors behind Ironside's dominance over the past five years, and captained Team USA at the World Games in 2013.

Jared Inselmann

The unquestioned field marshall of Chain's offense the past few years, Inselmann has retired from Men's ultimate for the 2015 season. Chain is clearly already feeling the effects of his departure. After a long stint on Ring of Fire, Inselmann made the switch to regional rival Chain Lightning three years ago, immediately making an impact in their offense. Now, Chain's stranglehold (along with Ring) of the Southeast region may very well be at an end, as Florida United has looked the better team this year. Obviously Chain lost others that contributed to this "down year" (names like Spiva, Liu, Wilson, and Hollingworth), but other than Spiva—who is playing with Truck this year—none seem to be as missed as Inselmann. An easy reset with a quick trigger-finger, Inselmann fit the Chain mold to a T, and formed a formidable handler duo with Tyler Conger. We'll have to wait until Regionals to see if Chain can salvage a bid to Natties without him.