CFL.ca Staff
TORONTO -- The Canadian Football League announced today the team nominees for the 2011 Gibson’s Finest CFL Player Awards.
The players were selected by voting members of the Football Reporters of Canada (FRC) and the CFL head coaches.
In this first ballot, FRC representatives from each CFL city plus the respective head coach submitted votes for the six categories. Voters were asked to select players from their local CFL club who through on-field performance excellence, best represent the awards’ title – Most Outstanding Player, Most Outstanding Canadian Player, Most Outstanding Defensive Player, Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman, Most Outstanding Rookie, and Most Outstanding Special Teams Player.
The East and West nominees for the 2011 Gibson’s Finest CFL Player Awards will be announced on Wednesday, November 9 at noon ET.
The league-wide winners will be announced during Grey Cup week at the Gibson’s Finest CFL Player Awards on Thursday, November 24 at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, B.C.
Below are the first ballot nominee results:
* - Indicates a unanimous selection
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Player – Weston Dressler
Defensive – Jerrell Freeman
Canadian – Chris Getzlaf
Offensive Lineman – Chris Best
Special Teams – Chris Milo
Rookie – Craig Butler
BC Lions
Player – Travis Lulay*
Defensive – Keron Williams
Canadian – Paul McCallum*
Offensive Lineman – Javon Olafioye
Special Teams – Paul McCallum*
Rookie – Tim Brown
Edmonton Eskimos
Player – Ricky Ray
Defensive – Rod Davis
Canadian – Jerome Messam*
Offensive Lineman – Greg Wojt
Special Teams – Corbin Sharun
Rookie – JC Sherritt*
Calgary Stampeders
Player – Nik Lewis*
Defensive – Brandon Smith
Canadian – Jon Cornish*
Offensive Lineman – Stanley Bryant
Special Teams – Larry Taylor*
Rookie – Demetrice Morley*
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Player – Jovon Johnson
Defensive – Jovon Johnson
Canadian – Cory Watson
Offensive Lineman – Brendon Labatte
Special Teams – Jovon Johnson
Rookie – Clarence Denmark*
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Player – Justin Hickman
Defensive – Justin Hickman
Canadian – Dave Stala
Offensive Lineman – Peter Dyakowski
Special Teams – Justin Medlock*
Rookie – Chris Williams*
Toronto Argonauts
Player – Chad Owens
Defensive – Lin-J Shell
Canadian – Rickey Foley
Offensive Lineman – Dominic Picard
Special Teams – Chad Owens*
Rookie – Chad Kackert
Montreal Alouettes
Player – Anthony Calvillo
Defensive – Chip Cox
Canadian – Sean Whyte
Offensive Lineman – Josh Bourke
Special Teams – Sean Whyte
Rookie – Seth Williams
6 comments:
Looks like your vote for Makowsky wasn't enough. Thank goodness other people realized that Best was our top O Linemen by a mile this year.
the only chance the riders had of getting someone nominated to the CFL awards was to have Butler as canadian and Milo as rookie. no way in hell Milo beats Paulie Mac.
Freeman for top defensive player. He should have gotten both like you said earlier.
Getzlaf? The guy has been inconsistent all year long. I didn't like your pick of Shologan, but I'd take him ahead of Getzlaf.
Aaron
I'm surprised to see Calvillo ahead of Richardson for MOP in Montreal.
Shawn
Freeman easily best D player of the year in CFL... Unfortunately, just like John Chick winning it, that will result in a departure for the NFL somewhere in 2012 :(
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