LUCK BARELY MAKES NFL TOP 100 PLAYERS LIST

Steve Shillingford, Signal Peak

INTRODUCTION An advisor for the venture capital firm Signal Peak Ventures, Steve

Shillingford has spent much of his career in the cybersecurity field, serving in various capacities with security-related companies. Outside of his professional life with Signal Peak, Steve Shillingford follows the NFL and is a fan of the Indianapolis Colts.

Coming off a disappointing and injury-riddled 2015 campaign, Colts quarterback Andrew Luck barely made the NFL's Top 100 list heading into 2016, as voted by his peers in the league.

At first glance, Luck’s ranking at No. 92 might appear to be a misprint, given that just a year before he was one of the highest rated quarterbacks on the list and considered a potential MVP candidate.

ANDREW LUCK Last season, however, was thoroughly unkind to Luck, who

missed nine games due to shoulder and kidney injuries. In the games he did play, Luck was wildly inconsistent.

For all of Luck’s struggles in 2015, some analysts feel that the quarterback fell too far on the list. NFL Network’s Marshall Faulk and Eric Davis both criticized the voting system, stating that the players grossly underestimated Luck’s value and rated him too low.

Behind a rebuilt offensive line for the 2016 season, Luck hopes to avoid many of the issues that plagued his 2015 season; he looks to have more time in the pocket and, the team hopes, less time on his back from getting hit.