Anthony Calvillo
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Anthony Calvillo is a Canadian Football League
Canadian Football League
The Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....

 quarterback
Quarterback
Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...

, currently playing for the Montreal Alouettes
Montreal Alouettes
The Montreal Alouettes are a Canadian Football League team based in Montreal, Quebec.The current franchise named the Alouettes moved to Montreal from Baltimore, Maryland, in 1996 where they had been known as the Baltimore Stallions...

. He is the all-time professional football passing yards leader and first in all-time CFL passing yards. In his career, he has passed for over 70,000 yards and is one of four professional quarterbacks to have completed over 400 touchdown passes (others include Brett Favre
Brett Favre
Brett Lorenzo Favre is a former American football quarterback who spent the majority of his career with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League . He was a 20-year veteran of the NFL, having played quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons , Green Bay Packers , New York Jets and Minnesota...

, Warren Moon
Warren Moon
Harold Warren Moon is a former American professional gridiron football quarterback who played for the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos and the National Football League's Houston Oilers, Minnesota Vikings, Seattle Seahawks and Kansas City Chiefs...

 and Dan Marino
Dan Marino
Daniel Constantine "Dan" Marino, Jr. is a retired American football quarterback who played for the Miami Dolphins in the National Football League...

). He currently leads the all-time QB rating list and surpassed Damon Allen
Damon Allen
Damon Allen is a former professional quarterback in the Canadian Football League, most recently with the Toronto Argonauts. He is currently second in all-time professional football passing yards and second in all-time CFL passing yards after he was surpassed for first place by the Montréal...

 to enter into the CFL record books as the record holder for most career TD passes and most career completions. He has won three Grey Cup
Grey Cup
The Grey Cup is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team. It is Canada's largest annual sports and television event, regularly drawing a Canadian viewing audience of about 3 to 4 million individuals...

 championships in 2002
90th Grey Cup
The 90th Grey Cup was the 2002 Canadian Football League championship game played between the Edmonton Eskimos and the Montreal Alouettes on November 24 at Commonwealth Stadium, in Edmonton, Alberta...

, 2009
97th Grey Cup
The 97th Grey Cup was played on November 29, 2009, at McMahon Stadium in Calgary, Alberta, and decided the Canadian Football League champion for the 2009 season. The Montreal Alouettes came from behind to defeat the Saskatchewan Roughriders 28-27, on a 33-yard field goal by Damon Duval as time ran...

, and 2010
98th Grey Cup
The 98th Grey Cup was a Canadian football game played between the Eastern Division champion Montreal Alouettes and Western Division champion Saskatchewan Roughriders to decide the champion of the Canadian Football League for the 2010 season...

, being named Grey Cup Most Valuable Player
Grey Cup Most Valuable Player
The Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player award is awarded annually to the player deemed to have the best performance in the Grey Cup Game, the Canadian Football League's championship game.-Grey Cup Most Valuable Player Award winners:...

 in 2002. He has won the CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award
CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award
The Most Outstanding Player Award is annually awarded to the best player in the Canadian Football League. The Most Outstanding Player award can be compared to the National Football League's Most Valuable Player, otherwise known as the "MVP" award...

 three times, in 2003, 2008, and 2009, which ties him for second all-time behind Doug Flutie
Doug Flutie
Douglas Richard "Doug" Flutie is a former American and Canadian football quarterback. Flutie played college football at Boston College, and played professionally in the National Football League, Canadian Football League, and United States Football League...

.

Early life, high school career and family

Calvillo was born in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

. While attending La Puente High School
La Puente High School
La Puente High School is a public high school in La Puente, California, located in the San Gabriel Valley, serving grades 9-12. It was established in 1915. It is one of six high schools in the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District. It is a California Distinguished School and about 80% of...

, Anthony Calvillo was a two-sport standout in football and basketball.
He and his wife Alexia have two daughters.

College career

Calvillo spent two seasons at Mt. San Antonio Junior College before transferring to Utah State University
Utah State University
Utah State University is a public university located in Logan, Utah. It is a land-grant and space-grant institution and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities....

 in 1992. After a solid junior year as starting quarterback, he had a terrific senior season in 1993. He set a school record with 3,260 yards of total offense in the regular season, and he also set a school record with 5 touchdown passes in a single game (he did it twice). With Calvillo leading the offense, USU won the Big West Conference
Big West Conference
The Big West Conference is an NCAA-affiliated Division I mid-major college athletic conference. When the conference began in 1969, its name was the Pacific Coast Athletic Association . After nineteen years, in 1988, its name was changed to the Big West Conference. The conference stopped...

 championship for the first time since 1979. The Aggies finished the year with a 42-33 win over Ball State in the Las Vegas Bowl
Las Vegas Bowl
The Maaco Bowl Las Vegas is an NCAA-sanctioned Division I-A post-season college football bowl game that has been played annually at 40,000-seat Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. since 1992. From 1992 to 1996, matchups featured the champion teams from the Big West and Mid-American...

; Calvillo passed for 386 yards and 3 touchdowns to win MVP honors. It was Utah State's first-ever bowl victory.

CFL career

Anthony started his Canadian Football League
Canadian Football League
The Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....

 career in 1994
1994 CFL season
The 1994 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 41st season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 37th Canadian Football League season.-CFL News in 1994:...

 with the US expansion Las Vegas Posse
Las Vegas Posse
The Las Vegas Posse was a Canadian Football League team that played the 1994 season as part of the CFL's short-lived American expansion. The Posse was one of the least successful CFL teams, both on the field and off.-On the field:...

. After the Posse folded a year later in the ill-fated CFL U.S. expansion
CFL USA
The term CFL USA refers to the abortive expansion of the Canadian Football League into the United States in the early-to-mid 1990s. The 1993 CFL season saw the addition of the first American team to the league, the Sacramento Gold Miners...

 experiment, Calvillo was selected first overall by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton, Ontario, founded in 1950 with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Wildcats. The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Ivor Wynne Stadium...

 in the dispersal draft. While in Hamilton, Calvillo served as a backup quarterback to players such as Steve Taylor
Steve Taylor (quarterback)
Steve Taylor was a quarterback who played in the Canadian Football League. Taylor had signed a four year contract with the Edmonton Eskimos just one month after finishing his senior season with the University of Nebraska...

 and Matt Dunigan
Matt Dunigan
Matt Dunigan is a former quarterback, coach, and executive in the Canadian Football League who is currently a CFL sportscaster for Canadian sports television channel TSN...

.

In 1998
1998 CFL season
-1998 CFL Awards:*CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Mike Pringle , Montreal Alouettes*CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Mike Morreale , Hamilton Tiger-Cats*CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Joe Montford , Hamilton Tiger-Cats...

, Calvillo signed as a free agent with the Montreal Alouettes
Montreal Alouettes
The Montreal Alouettes are a Canadian Football League team based in Montreal, Quebec.The current franchise named the Alouettes moved to Montreal from Baltimore, Maryland, in 1996 where they had been known as the Baltimore Stallions...

, where he became one of the most outstanding CFL quarterbacks in history. He led the Alouettes to the 2002 Grey Cup
90th Grey Cup
The 90th Grey Cup was the 2002 Canadian Football League championship game played between the Edmonton Eskimos and the Montreal Alouettes on November 24 at Commonwealth Stadium, in Edmonton, Alberta...

 for the first time in 25 years, where he was named the most valuable player in the game
Grey Cup Most Valuable Player
The Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player award is awarded annually to the player deemed to have the best performance in the Grey Cup Game, the Canadian Football League's championship game.-Grey Cup Most Valuable Player Award winners:...

.

During the 2003 CFL season
2003 CFL season
The 2003 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 50th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 46th Canadian Football League season.-CFL News in 2003:...

, Calvillo broke numerous Montreal Alouette passing records, completing 408 of 675 passing attempts for 5,891 yards and 37 touchdowns. In 2004
2004 CFL season
The 2004 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 51st season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 47th Canadian Football League season.-CFL News in 2004:...

, he became the fourth quarterback in CFL history to pass for more than 6,000 yards in a single season (Doug Flutie
Doug Flutie
Douglas Richard "Doug" Flutie is a former American and Canadian football quarterback. Flutie played college football at Boston College, and played professionally in the National Football League, Canadian Football League, and United States Football League...

, David Archer
David Archer
David Mark Archer is a former professional American football player. A 6'2" undrafted quarterback from Snow College and Iowa State University, Archer played six seasons in the National Football League from 1984 to 1989 for the Atlanta Falcons, Washington Redskins, San Diego Chargers and...

, and Kent Austin
Kent Austin
Richard Kent Austin is the Head Coach for the Cornell University Big Red football team. Prior to this, he was the Offensive Coordinator for the Ole Miss Rebels football team. He is the former Head Coach of the Canadian Football League's Saskatchewan Roughriders...

 being the other three), earning him the East Division
Canadian Football League East Division
The East Division is one of the two regional divisions of the Canadian Football League. Although the CFL was not founded until 1958, the East Division and its clubs are descended from earlier leagues.- Pre-1907 :...

 nomination for Most Outstanding Player for the third consecutive year.

The 2008 CFL season
2008 CFL season
The 2008 CFL season was the 55th season of modern Canadian professional football. Officially, it was the 51st season for the league. It was also the first CFL season in which all of the league's regular season and post-season games, including the Grey Cup game, were aired on TSN. This meant the CFL...

 saw him hit a number of career milestones. On June 26, in a game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton, Ontario, founded in 1950 with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Wildcats. The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Ivor Wynne Stadium...

, Calvillo surpassed Danny McManus
Danny McManus
Danny McManus , is a retired professional American football and Canadian football quarterback who passed for over 50,000 yards in seventeen seasons in the Canadian Football League...

 to become the second-all-time leading passer in the CFL
Canadian Football League
The Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....

. On July 31, in another game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Calvillo became the fourth quarterback in league history to reach 300 career touchdown passes. On August 15, in a game against the Toronto Argonauts
Toronto Argonauts
The Toronto Argonauts are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League. The Toronto, Ontario based team was founded in 1873 and is one of the oldest existing professional sports teams in North America, after the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta...

, Calvillo became the second quarterback in CFL history to reach 4,000 career pass completions. Calvillo led the Montreal Alouettes to the 2008 Grey Cup
96th Grey Cup
The 96th Grey Cup was held in Montreal, Quebec at Olympic Stadium on November 23, 2008. The Eastern Division Champion Montreal Alouettes hosted the Western Division Champion Calgary Stampeders. The Stampeders won the game 22-14, with quarterback Henry Burris winning the MVP award...

 final, which the Alouettes lost 22-14 to the Calgary Stampeders
Calgary Stampeders
The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary, Alberta and named in reference to the Calgary Stampede. The Stampeders play their home games at McMahon Stadium...

. Despite the Grey Cup loss, Calvillo still won the 2008 Most Outstanding Player award.

In 2009
2009 CFL season
The 2009 CFL season was the 56th season of modern professional Canadian football. Officially, it was the 52nd season of the Canadian Football League. The Montreal Alouettes won the 97th Grey Cup on November 29 with a last second 28–27 win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders...

, Calvillo added to his club records while reaching more CFL milestones. On July 23, 2009, he surpassed Canadian Football Hall of Famer Ron Lancaster
Ron Lancaster
Ronald "Ron" Lancaster was one of the pre-eminent quarterbacks of the Canadian Football League during his playing career; after his retirement as a player, he was also coach and general manager in the same league, and a sports announcer for CBC Television...

's 334 career touchdown passes to move into second place all time. He sat out two games during the regular season, but still accumulated 4639 yards while posting a remarkable 72.0% completion rate, the second best single-season completion rate in CFL history behind Dave Dickenson
Dave Dickenson
David Dickenson is a former professional Canadian football player with the Calgary Stampeders and the BC Lions. Dickenson also played quarterback collegiately at the University of Montana, where he led the Montana Grizzlies to the 1995 NCAA I-AA college football championship.-High school...

's 73.98% mark set in 2005
2005 BC Lions season
The 2005 BC Lions finished in 1st place in the West Division with a 12–6 record. They appeared in the West Final.- CFL Draft:-Preseason:-Season schedule:- Passing:-Rushing:-Receiving:-Awards and records:...

. Calvillo led Montreal to a comeback victory in the 97th Grey Cup
97th Grey Cup
The 97th Grey Cup was played on November 29, 2009, at McMahon Stadium in Calgary, Alberta, and decided the Canadian Football League champion for the 2009 season. The Montreal Alouettes came from behind to defeat the Saskatchewan Roughriders 28-27, on a 33-yard field goal by Damon Duval as time ran...

 on Nov. 29, when the Alouettes defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders
Saskatchewan Roughriders
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a Canadian Football League team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. They were founded in 1910. They play their home games at 2940 10th Avenue in Regina, which has been the team's home base for its entire history, even prior to the construction of Mosaic Stadium at Taylor...

 on a last-second field goal.

Calvillo won his third Grey Cup on November 28, 2010 at 98th Grey Cup
98th Grey Cup
The 98th Grey Cup was a Canadian football game played between the Eastern Division champion Montreal Alouettes and Western Division champion Saskatchewan Roughriders to decide the champion of the Canadian Football League for the 2010 season...

 in Edmonton, Alberta. He added to his record total of passing yards in Grey Cup games with 2470 yards, as well as setting the record for Grey Cup starts with eight. As of the 2010 CFL season
2010 CFL season
The 2010 CFL season is the 57th season of modern Canadian professional football. Officially, it is the 53rd season of the league. Edmonton is scheduled to host the 98th Grey Cup on November 28...

, Calvillo is 3-5 in Grey Cup Championship Games.

In a post-game interview, he revealed that he would be undergoing off-season surgery to remove a lesion on his thyroid
Thyroid
The thyroid gland or simply, the thyroid , in vertebrate anatomy, is one of the largest endocrine glands. The thyroid gland is found in the neck, below the thyroid cartilage...

 that was discovered after he injured his sternum during the season. On December 21, 2010, it was reported that Calvillo had successful thyroidectomy surgery to remove a cancerous lesion.

On July 15, 2011, in a game against the Toronto Argonauts, Calvillo completed his CFL record 395th career touchdown pass to Éric Deslauriers
Eric Deslauriers
Éric Deslauriers is a professional Canadian football slotback for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. He played college football at Eastern Michigan University....

. On August 4 of that same season, and again against the Argonauts, Calvillo completed his 5159th pass completion to Brandon London
Brandon London
Brandon Jaime London is an American football wide receiver who is currently playing with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. He was signed by the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at Massachusetts.London has also played for the Miami...

 to move past Damon Allen
Damon Allen
Damon Allen is a former professional quarterback in the Canadian Football League, most recently with the Toronto Argonauts. He is currently second in all-time professional football passing yards and second in all-time CFL passing yards after he was surpassed for first place by the Montréal...

 to become the leader in that category as well. Then, on October 10, 2011, Calvillo completed a touchdown pass to Jamel Richardson
Jamel Richardson
Jamel Richardson is a Canadian football slotback for the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL. Richardson attended Corcoran High School before he was a two year All-Foothill Conference in Basketball and All-American in Football at Victor Valley College where he led the state in receptions and...

 to become professional football's all-time leading passer, in the Alouettes' third and final game against the Toronto Argonauts that year.

Career statistics

  Passing   Rushing
Year Team Games Att Comp Pct Yards TD Int Rating Att Yards Avg Long TD Fumb
1994
1994 CFL season
The 1994 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 41st season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 37th Canadian Football League season.-CFL News in 1994:...

LV
1994 Las Vegas Posse season
The 1994 Las Vegas Posse season was the first season in the team's franchise history. They finished last place in the West division with a 5–13–0 record and failed to make the playoffs.-Preseason:-Season standings:-Season schedule:...

17 348 154 44.3 2,582 13 15 64.4 42 195 4.6 21 2 9
1995
1995 CFL season
The 1995 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 42nd season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 38th Canadian Football League season.-CFL News in 1995:...

HAM
1995 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
The 1995 Hamilton Tiger-Cats finished in 4th place in the North division with a 8–10–0 record. They appeared in a North Semi-Final game.- CFL Draft:-Preseason:- Season Standings:-Schedule:-Postseason:-References:...

18 385 211 54.8 2,831 19 21 72.1 24 51 2.1 13 2 5
1996
1996 CFL season
The 1996 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 43rd season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 39th Canadian Football League season.-CFL News in 1996:...

HAM
1996 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
The 1996 Hamilton Tiger-Cats finished in 3rd place in the East division with a 8–10–0 record. They appeared in the East Semi-Final.- CFL Draft:-Preseason:- Season Standings:-Schedule:-Postseason:-References:...

13 265 157 59.2 2,571 13 13 87.8 40 311 7.8 53 1 2
1997
1997 CFL season
The 1997 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 44th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 40th Canadian Football League season.-CFL News in 1997:...

HAM
1997 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
The 1997 Hamilton Tiger-Cats finished in 4th place in the East division with a 2–16–0 record and failed to make the playoffs.- CFL Draft:-Preseason:- Season Standings:-Schedule:-References:...

12 278 160 57.6 2,177 12 11 80.6 53 242 4.6 29 2 12
1998
1998 CFL season
-1998 CFL Awards:*CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Mike Pringle , Montreal Alouettes*CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Mike Morreale , Hamilton Tiger-Cats*CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Joe Montford , Hamilton Tiger-Cats...

MTL
1998 Montreal Alouettes season
The 1998 Montreal Alouettes finished in 2nd place in the East Division with a 12–5–1 record. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats finished with the same record, but won the season series and thus, the tie-breaker...

18 172 98 57.0 1,526 6 10 74.0 31 121 3.9 11 1 1
1999
1999 CFL season
-1999 CFL Awards:*CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Danny McManus , Hamilton Tiger-Cats*CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Mike O'Shea , Toronto Argonauts*CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Calvin Tiggle , Hamilton Tiger-Cats...

MTL
1999 Montreal Alouettes season
The 1999 Montreal Alouettes finished in 1st place in the East Division for the first time since 1979 with a 12–6–0 record.-CFL Draft:-Preseason:-Season Standings:-Season Schedule:-Roster:-East Final:-1999 CFL All-Star Selections:...

18 249 166 66.7 2,592 13 6 108.4 56 211 3.8 27 3 3
2000
2000 CFL season
-2000 CFL Awards:*CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Dave Dickenson , Calgary Stampeders*CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Sean Millington , BC Lions*CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Joe Montford , Hamilton Tiger-Cats...

MTL
2000 Montreal Alouettes season
The 2000 Montreal Alouettes finished in 1st place in the East Division with a 12–6–0 record. They appeared in the Grey Cup for the first time since 1979, but lost to the BC Lions.-CFL Draft:-Preseason:...

18 435 272 62.5 4,277 27 5 111.1 58 230 4.0 26 2 6
2001
2001 CFL season
The 2001 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 48th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 44th Canadian Football League season.-CFL news in 2001:...

MTL
2001 Montreal Alouettes season
The 2001 Montreal Alouettes finished in 3rd place in the East Division following a disastrous end to the season. After starting the season with a 9–2 record, the team lost its remaining seven games, as well as their playoff game, to finish the season with a 9–9 record...

18 412 250 60.7 3,671 16 9 93.6 40 253 6.3 29 1 2
2002
2002 CFL season
The 2002 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 49th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 45th Canadian Football League season.-CFL News in 2002:...

MTL
2002 Montreal Alouettes season
The 2002 Montreal Alouettes finished in 1st place in the East Division with a 13–5–0–1 record. They appeared in the Grey Cup, winning their first championship since 1977.-CFL Draft:-Preseason:- Season Standings :-Season Schedule:-Roster:...

18 569 338 59.4 5,013 27 10 96.8 45 327 7.3 24 3 5
2003
2003 CFL season
The 2003 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 50th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 46th Canadian Football League season.-CFL News in 2003:...

MTL
2003 Montreal Alouettes season
The 2003 Montreal Alouettes finished in 1st place in the East Division with a 13–5–0 record. They appeared in the Grey Cup, but lost to the Edmonton Eskimos.-CFL Draft:-Preseason:-Season standings:-Season schedule:-Roster:...

18 675 408 60.4 5,891 37 14 98.4 45 169 3.8 46 1 12
2004
2004 CFL season
The 2004 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 51st season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 47th Canadian Football League season.-CFL News in 2004:...

MTL
2004 Montreal Alouettes season
The 2004 Montreal Alouettes finished in 1st place in the East Division with a franchise record 14–4–0 record. They appeared in the East final, but with Anthony Calvillo out with injury, they lost to the Toronto Argonauts.-CFL Draft:-Preseason:...

18 690 431 62.5 6,041 31 15 96.6 44 237 5.4 18 1 2
2005
2005 CFL season
The 2005 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 52nd season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 48th Canadian Football League season.-CFL News in 2005:...

MTL
2005 Montreal Alouettes season
The 2005 Montreal Alouettes finished 2nd place in the East Division with a 10–8–0 record. They appeared in the Grey Cup but lost to the Edmonton Eskimos.-CFL Draft:-Preseason:-Season schedule:-Roster:-Scotiabank East Semi-Final:...

18 661 437 66.1 5,556 34 19 97.4 35 189 5.4 15 6 4
2006
2006 CFL season
-2006 Rogers CFL Awards:* CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Geroy Simon , BC Lions* CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Brent Johnson , BC Lions* CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Brent Johnson , BC Lions...

MTL
2006 Montreal Alouettes season
The 2006 Montreal Alouettes finished in 1st place in the East Division with a 10–8–0 record. They won their first seven games, only to lose the next six in a row. After ending the losing streak against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, head coach Don Matthews resigned, expressing undisclosed health issues...

18 640 402 62.8 4,714 20 15 85.8 28 185 6.6 21 2 3
2007
2007 CFL season
The 2007 CFL season was the 54th season of modern Canadian professional football. Officially, it was the 50th season of the league, and many special events were held to commemorate the event. Regular-season play began on June 28, 2007 at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario and concluded on...

MTL
2007 Montreal Alouettes season
The Montreal Alouettes finished third place in the East Division in 2007. Jim Popp decided to remain as Head Coach rather than hire a replacement for Don Matthews, who unexpectedly resigned the previous season. The result was unintended as the Alouettes endured their first losing season since...

13 459 308 67.1 3,608 17 8 95.8 21 137 6.5 17 0 3
2008
2008 CFL season
The 2008 CFL season was the 55th season of modern Canadian professional football. Officially, it was the 51st season for the league. It was also the first CFL season in which all of the league's regular season and post-season games, including the Grey Cup game, were aired on TSN. This meant the CFL...

MTL
2008 Montreal Alouettes season
The Montreal Alouettes finished first place in the East Division, won the East Final and advanced to the 96th Grey Cup in Montreal, where they lost to the Calgary Stampeders.-Offseason:...

17 682 472 69.2 5,633 43 13 107.2 26 189 7.3 29 2 1
2009
2009 CFL season
The 2009 CFL season was the 56th season of modern professional Canadian football. Officially, it was the 52nd season of the Canadian Football League. The Montreal Alouettes won the 97th Grey Cup on November 29 with a last second 28–27 win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders...

MTL
2009 Montreal Alouettes season
The 2009 Montreal Alouettes season is the 43rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 55th overall. The Alouettes won their 6th Grey Cup championship, 28–27 against the Saskatchewan Roughriders....

18 550 396 72.0 4,639 26 6 108.4 32 198 6.2 30 2 3
2010
2010 CFL season
The 2010 CFL season is the 57th season of modern Canadian professional football. Officially, it is the 53rd season of the league. Edmonton is scheduled to host the 98th Grey Cup on November 28...

MTL
2010 Montreal Alouettes season
The 2010 Montreal Alouettes season is the 44th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 56th overall. The Alouettes won their 7th Grey Cup championship, 21–18 against the Saskatchewan Roughriders, becoming the first team to repeat as Grey Cup champions since the 1996 and 1997...

15 562 380 67.6 4,839 32 7 108.1 16 107 6.7 16 0 6
2011
2011 CFL season
The 2011 CFL season was the 58th season of modern Canadian professional football. Officially, it was the 54th season of the league. The complete schedule was released on February 18 and featured the defending Grey Cup champion Montreal Alouettes opening the season against the visiting BC Lions on...

MTL
2011 Montreal Alouettes season
The 2011 Montreal Alouettes season was the 45th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 57th overall. The Alouettes finished in 2nd place in the East division with a 10–8 record. The Alouettes attempted to three-peat as Grey Cup champions, after winning back-to-back...

18 654 404 61.8 5,251 32 8 98.2 21 155 7.4 20 1 9
CFL
Canadian Football League
The Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....

 totals
304 8,686 5,444 62.7 73,412 418 205 95.7 657 3,507 5.3 53 32 88

Honours

  • 2011 Pro Football record all-time leader in passing yards
  • 2002, 2009, 2010 Grey Cup
    Grey Cup
    The Grey Cup is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team. It is Canada's largest annual sports and television event, regularly drawing a Canadian viewing audience of about 3 to 4 million individuals...

     Champion
  • 2003, 2008, 2009 CFL Most Outstanding Player
  • 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 East Division Most Outstanding Player
    Terry Evanshen Trophy
    The Terry Evanshen Trophy is a trophy awarded to the Canadian Football League East Division's Most Outstanding Player, chosen from the nominees of each team in the division...

  • 2002 Grey Cup Most Valuable Player
    Grey Cup Most Valuable Player
    The Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player award is awarded annually to the player deemed to have the best performance in the Grey Cup Game, the Canadian Football League's championship game.-Grey Cup Most Valuable Player Award winners:...

  • 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009 CFL All-Star team
  • 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 CFL East Division All-Star team
  • 2002, 2003, 2008, 2010 CFLPA All-Star team
  • 2004 CFLPA East Division All-Star team
  • 2004 Fans' Choice Award
    Rogers Fans' Choice Award
    The Rogers Fans' Choice Award is annually awarded to the player who received the most votes from fans as the Rogers Player of the Game, during the 4th quarter of CFL games on TSN, since 2003....


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