SirVincent Rogers CFL’s top lineman

One of the most explosive receivers in CFL history, Derrell Mitchell played 11 seasons with the Toronto Argonauts and Edmonton Eskimos and is ninth on the all-time receiving list with 12,014 yards.

The CFL first allowed teams to use their own balls on offence two years ago. Grant, 26 and wearing Number 19 in the cover drawing, spent much of his career in Winnipeg and became one of the most legendary figures in football on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border. “If we’re going to get robbed all the time…”, began Burris, after both he and Calgary kicker Sandro DeAngelis were runners-up.

Bighill recorded a CFL- and career-high 117 tackles this season.

“You do have to have the talent level but at the same time I think you need to surround yourself with quality people with some character”, Campbell said after a chilly morning practice Friday.

Burris shared the spotlight at the Club Regent Casino with Ottawa coach Rick Campbell (coach of the year), receiver Brad Sinopoli (top Canadian) and tackle SirVincent Rogers (top lineman).

Eye-popping stuff, at his age, and revealing of how heavily the Redblacks leaned on their old gunslinger in this modified West Coast offence. “But it’s far more important to know that you’re helping kids in your community enjoy breakfast so they can take on their day”, Willy said at the announcement from the Fairmont Hotel. You have to make great decisions, and you have to be consistent with your decision making. A win on Sunday would bring them their 14th, a mark that would be good enough for second all-time. He also won the award with Calgary in 2010.

“It’s as if I’ve been dreaming”, said Burris. Chris Williams, Ernest Jackson, Greg Ellingson. “To be in this league, I am so thankful about it”.

“Not very often have I heard a coach just talking to his players and at the end the players start clapping”, he said.

“Every one of these gentlemen had a positive impact on the growth of football in our country, and for that we are forever indebted to them”, CFL commissioner Jeffrey Orridge said in a statement.

“When I got hired 23 months ago we had no coaches, we had no equipment, we had five players”.

Expect a lot of fixing on the fly against Edmonton’s unpredictable defence Sunday.

And he’s not the only guy who has benefited from being deemed disposable by the Bombers this year.