Paul Blank
Founder, Assistant to the Director of Player Personnel

The founder of the PBI, Paul’s football career peaked by his early in 30s as he dominated the competition of Jewish Day School junior high and high school students.  Despite an early visit from Father Time that reduced him to the worst player on the field, the former Outward Bound instructor still has decent hands and a knack for being involved in many of the most bizarre plays in PBI history.  The true example of a team player, Paul is always willing to play offensive line or sub-out to flirt with JDS cougars on the sidelines.  Blank grew up in West Orange, NJ, where amongst locals he is best remembered for making the invite list to the bar-mitzvah of Ian Ziering, best remembered for playing Steve Sanders on the television series Beverly Hills 90210 and his brief marriage to Playboy Playmate Nikki Ziering.  After graduating from West Orange High School in 1979, where he was voted most likely to become a Judaic Studies teacher, Blank landed a gig at the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Rockville, MD, teaching such courses as Rabbinics, Thought and Practices, and everyone’s favorite, Jurisprudence.  Recently several students out of the hundreds Paul has inspired described him on ratemyteacher.com as “hilarius and you ace the class if your funny,” and “great guy – he moves out of the way when you wanna make a right turn if you honk.  For the record Paul also received an average rating of 3.8 (out of 4) for easiness.  According to his Zoominfo profile, Paul is a member of the Supreme Court Historical Society, and an avid outdoorsman, having hiked the entire 184 miles of the C&O Canal Towpath, climbed Mount Kenya and Mount Kilimanjaro, and trekked in Nepal to the base camp of Mount Everest.

Ariel Oxman
Chairman, General Counsel, Director of Football Administration

Oxman’s tremendous football career began in 1992, when during a lunchtime game on his first day of 6th grade at the Jewish Day School he chased down a much faster, much bigger, and much older Dan Fulop from behind on a long run to prevent a touchdown.  From that point on Oxman established himself as one of the elite schoolyard players, however, because he pursued karate over organized football, most elders in the Montgomery County Jewish community saw the next Jean Claude Van Damm (he already spoke broken foreign English) instead of Deion Sanders.  Now, 12 PBI classics and a third degree black belt later, Oxman is revered as the best defensive player in PBI history thanks to the combination of quickness, exceptional technique, and intelligence.  Truly a complete defensive player, Oxman’s versatility allows him to excel at any position in the defensive backfield, whether it be shadowing the opponent’s best receiver from his cornerback spot or swooping in for interceptions as the deep safety.  On the offensive side of the ball Oxman is a dependable possession receiver with soft hands and a deceptive breakaway burst, trusted by quarterbacks to make the clutch catch when the game is on the line.  Besides ranking as one of the top statistical leaders in most offensive and defensive categories, Oxman has also made a name for himself as a special teams ace during his PBI career.  In addition to punting and returning kicks, Oxman, nicknamed the “Chilean Mule,” is the most prolific kicker in PBI history, ranking as the games all-time scoring leader.  When asked about being labeled a poor tackler by the critics Oxman responded with his typical Latino swagger, remarking, “you show me a corner that can tackle, and I'll show you one that can't cover.”  The 2008 MVP and only player with an undefeated record in PBI history (11-0), Oxman has also achieved success in the professional world, joining Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York City as an Associate after co-founding QuieroLatino.com, an online dating site for English-speaking Latinos.

Elliot Totah
Director of Public Relations, Brand Management and Integrated Media

Most people who knew Elliot Totah growing up may be surprised to learn that this smooth Sephard excels on the gridiron.  As a young JDSer, the fly and flashy dancer dominated the lower school dance-party circuit.  By high school his vibrant high C's and ebullient showmanship made him the most beloved and celebrated member of the Jewish Day School a cappella troupe.  But once Totah drapes himself in the PBI penny all that estrogen filled sensitivity is replaced by an intense competitive demeanor, a gung ho spirit that has made him one of the most fearless performers.  Extremely versatile, Totah is apt at playing every position on offense and defense, exhibiting his athleticism by stuffing a ball carrier one play and hauling in a pass fifty yards downfield the next. Besides being a PBI fixture Totah is a self-taught wine connoisseur, has 534 friends on facebook, and finished in 67th place (out of 73 racers) at the 2009 Directors Invitational Ski Classic.  Never shy around the ladies, his suave charm garnered a $350 bid ($400 minimum bid) from a bachelorette during a celebrity auction benefiting the Put Your Best Foot Forward charity.  Totah has a background in both Information Systems and Finance, earning a degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and currently serves as Executive Vice President of the Oxbridge Group.

Dan Fulop
Director of Programming and Production, Official Historian

Revisiting the PBI career of Dan Fulop, who holds the distinction as the game’s most injury prone player, is a painful journey down memory lane that includes several stops at Suburban hospital.  The injury bug first bit the brittle Hungarian in the closing minutes of the 2002 game, when with his team ahead by 34 points he suffered a broken right ankle during a clock killing drive.  More misfortune occurred two years later as Fulop missed the 2004 game while recovering from a torn ACL, and in the 2005 contest suffered a dislocated left elbow, another gruesome injury that occurred in the closing minutes of the game.  Over a five year span (2000-2005) during the prime of his career, Fulop suffered six injuries to his bones or ligaments, including sprains, separations, breaks, fractures, and tears.  Despite being labeled "injury prone," Fulop was once regarded as an athletic and acrobatic receiver, and when not leaving the field in an ambulance, his crisply run routes and sure-hands made him a reliable target for moving the chains on offense.  The lanky red head is a throwback to the early days of football, displaying a knack for converting third down opportunities, demonstrating his versatility as a blocker and runner, and proving his toughness as an effective pass-rusher and run stopper on defense.  Fulop has long been a consistent fan favorite for his ability to make the big play when the big play is needed; most memorable of the elder Fulop’s heroics include hauling in the winning touchdown with only seconds to go in the epic 1999 contest.  Fulop was formerly the curator for the San Diego Hall of Champions sports museum, and, in addition to his role as the head historian for the PBI, he is making History at the History Factory.

Noah Zimmerman
Director of Information Technology & Internet Evangelist

The top rated quarterback in PBI history, Zimmerman did not discover football until his sophomore year in high school when he led the Rockville Razorbacks to an RFL Championship.  Before committing to football, Zimmerman excelled at tennis, and although he became the first seventh grader to make the JDS Varsity Tennis team, his career record (0-11 as the #1 seed his junior season) was more pathetic than the fact that JDS’s home tennis court was asphalt.  In the PBI however, Zimmerman has achieved remarkable success on his way to owning every major passing and rushing record. Thanks to his massive, un-Jewish like size and strength, Zimmerman is able to stand strong in the pocket and pick apart defenses. An accurate pocket passer with enough mobility to scramble away from pressure, the two-time MVP compiled a 9 game winning streak from 1999-2007.  Currently Zimmerman is a PhD student in the Biomedical Informatics Training Program at Stanford University.  Make sure to read his erotic best-seller, "Implementing a Rule-Based System to Represent Decision Criteria for On-Road Autonomous Navigation." 

Ilan Fulop
Director of Corporate Development & Community Relations Attache

Ilan’s involvement with the PBI dates back to the game’s early years when he served as a referee during his days as a high school heartthrob at the Jewish Day School.  The younger Fulop looked forward to eventually competing in the PBI and showing off his quarterbacking abilities.  Heir to the Rockville Interiors throne, Ilan developed many of his football skills from traumatic experiences during his adolescence, such as beatings by his brother’s friends which made him physically strong, or mental toughness from being sent away at age 6 to Hungary to attend camp Szarvas (pronounced "Sar_vash", is Hungarian for Deer) where the other campers were all teenagers.  While in high school, the PBI’s front office anointed Ilan as the game’s future, a prospect that would rival Noah Zimmerman.  The hype and fanfare seemed warranted.  On paper Ilan had all the attributes of a prototypical quarterback; strong armed, un-Jewish like physical characteristics, and public school learned confidence.  In 2002, Ilan made his first start in the PBI, but after six years of losses and disappointing stats, the favorite Fulop was cast into "bust" territory by fans and game officials.  However, thanks to a solid performance in the 2008 PBI, a victory in which he excelled as a game manager and connected on several long passes, Ilan looks to have matured into the next Jay Fiedler.  Ilan holds a degree in business from Indiana University, runs in marathons, and as the Window Covering's Manager at Rockville Interiors knows more about motorized window shades than anyone this side of the Mississippi.