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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Clearing Up Any Rookie Confusion

CFL.ca Staff
 Below is a list of players who are eligible for the 2011 Most Outstanding Rookie award.

In order to be eligible as a candidate for the League award for the "Most Outstanding First Year Player" (Rookie Award), a player must meet the following criteria:

1. He had, in the current season, been named to the active roster of a member Club of the Canadian Football League at the time it played in a regular season game; and

2. He had not:

a) In any prior season dressed for a member Club of the Canadian Football League at the time it played in a regular season or playoff or championship game;

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b) In the current season or in any prior season, dressed for a member Club in the National Football League, at the time it played in a regular season or post-season or championship game.

The Rookie of the Year is selected by voting members of the Football Reporters of Canada (FRC) and CFL head coaches. The winner will be announced at the Gibson’s Finest CFL Player Awards on Thursday, November 24 in Vancouver, B.C.

The following players meet the above requirements this for this year’s voting:

MONTREAL ALOUETTES

Dublanko, Curtis LB North Dakota
Floyd, Perry KR Wingate
Hect, Jeffery DB St. Mary's
Laybourn, Greg CB Oregon State
McCuller, Jeraill T North Carolina State
Ridgeway, Brian LB Simon Fraiser
Surla, John LB Western Ontario
Williams, Seth DB Richmond

TORONTO ARGONAUTS

Boldin, Demir SB Wake Forest
Clement, Nicholas DS North Carolina A&T
Coughman, Edawn OL Shaw
Hall, Bakial QB Troy State
Kackert, Charles RB New Hampshire
Kouame, Djems WR Montréal
Mapp, Durell LB North Carolina
Murillo, Armando DC Nebraska
Robinson, Alexander DL Western Ontario
Tranks, Samuel SB Seton Hill

HAMILTON TIGER-CATS

Boltus, Jason QB Hartwick College
Carter, Michael DB Maryland
Denson, Brandon LB Michigan State
Forbes, Maurice DT Concordia
Grant, Bakari WR UC-Davis
Grant, Terry RB Alabama
Kanya, Nathan LB UBC
Kelly, Aaron WR Clemson
Mahoney, Liam WR Concordia
Means, Loyce DB Houston
Powell, Darius DE Fayetteville State
Rwabukamba, Chris DB Duke
Simmons, Brian OL Oklahoma
Thomas, Carlos DB South Carolina
Williams, Chris WR New Mexico State
Young, Marcell DB Jackson State

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS

Brown, Tim SB Rutgers
Denmark, Clarence SB Arkansas-Monticello
Etienne, Jade WR Saskatchewan
Fritz, Rodney DL Tennessee State
Mainor, Kenny DE/LB Troy
Muamba, Henoc LB St. Francis Xavier
Poblah, Kito WR Central Michigan
Pontbriand, Michel-Pierre FB Laval
Summers, Brandon QB Youngstown State
Turner, Bryant DT Alabama at Birmingham
Vega, Jason DE/LB Northeastern
Volny, Carl RB Central Michigan

SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS


Boulay, Mathieu DL Bishop's
Brown, Patrick WR Bethune-Cookman
Butler, Craig DB Western Ontario
Graham, Chris LB Michigan
Krausnick-Groh, Alex OL Calgary
Milo, Christopher K Laval
Neufeld, Patrick OL Saskatchewan
Roberts, Roosevelt DE Troy
Russ, Eddie CB Harding
Sisco, Jordan WR Regina
West, Brandon RB Western Michigan
Rowe, Kenny DE Oregon

CALGARY STAMPEDERS

Antwi, Akwasi LB Mount Allsion
Bulcke, Brian DL Stanford
Coker, Lamarcus RB Hampton
Conn, Justin LB Bishop's
Davis, Torrey DL Jacksonville State
Deane, J'Michael OL Michigan State
Dixon, Kevin DL Troy
Morley, Demetrice DB Tennessee
Paredes, Rene K Concordia
Parker, Anthony R Calgary
Sinopoli, Brad QB Ottawa
Turner, Junior DL Bishop's
Washington, Tony OL Albilene Christian

EDMONTON ESKIMOS
Coehoorn, Nathan WR Calgary
Henry, Marcus WR Kansas
Laurent, Ted DT Mississippi
Lopez, Hugo DB Toronto
Miller, Michael DB Acadia
Mitchell, Scott OL Rice
Munoz, Damaso LB Rutgers
Osaisai, Wopamo DB Stanford
Pierre, Youssy WR Montreal
Sherritt, JC LB Eastern Washington

B.C. LIONS

Bighill, Adam LB Central Washington
Brown, Tim RB Temple
Cronk, Tim FB Bishop's
Iannuzzi, Marco WR Harvard
Johnson, Kierrie WR Houston

4 comments:

Kelly Markwart said...

I would say Craig Butler had just as good a season as anyone else on this list!

Anonymous said...

Chris Williams (Hamilton) walks away with award - no contest. Currently the No.4 receiver in the league behind Richardson (MON), Simon (BC) and Lewis (CGY). No one even close.

Lee-Anne said...

EAST: Chris Williams (Ham)
WEST: J.C. Sherritt (Edm)
The winner will be Chris Williams from Hamilton

Anonymous said...

Ya Chris Williams (TiCats) is a unanimous winner