Part 2 - Toronto Argonauts

32 ANDRE DURIE
SLOTBACK/RUNNING BACK
5’10”, 197 lbs. • York • Born: July 27, 1981 • Mississauga, Ontario
5th Year Argos / 5th Year CFL • Non-Import
Acquired:. Extended contract with Argonauts on December 17,
2009.
2010: Dressed in an started 18 regular season games for Toronto…
Week 1, Made first career CFL start at RB/SB (01/07/10) in Canada
Day season opener at Calgary…Caught 3 passes for a team-high
58 yards and carried once for 12 yards…Week 2, Started at RB/SB
in win at Winnipeg and caught 2 passes for 24 yards, LG 14, with
2 carries for 0 yards…Week 3, Started at RB/SB in win vs. Calgary…Caught
3 passes for 29 yards, LG 12, and forced a Calgary
defender to fumble, when Toronto turned the ball over, preventing
a big gain…Week 4, Started at SB/RB in win vs. B.C. and caught
a team-high 5 passes for team-high 50 yards, LG 14…Week 5,
Started at SB/RB in loss at Montreal… Caught 1 pass for 11 yards
and rushed 1 time for 4 yards…Week 6, Started at RB/SB in win
at Edmonton and caught 1 pass for 22 yards…Week 7, Started at
RB/SB in win vs. Montreal…Made his first-career TD reception
(14/08/10) on a 17-yard pass from Cleo Lemon to start the third
quarter…Finished with 3 catches for 35 yards, LG 17, 1 TD and
one carry for 13 yards…Week 8, Started at SB/RB in loss vs. Hamilton
and had a career game on offence… Achieved personal career-highs
by catching 7 passes for 69 yards and rushed 1 time for
15 yards for a personal-best 84 yards from scrimmage...Named
CFL Canadian Player of the Week for the first time in his career…
Week 9, Started at SB/RB and caught 1 pass for 7 yards and carried
1 time for 6 yards in Labour Day Classic loss at Hamilton…
Week 10, Started at RB/SB in loss at B.C…Finished with a singlegame
career-high 95 receiving yards on 5 catches, including a
career-long reception of 57 yards from Cleo Lemon in the first
quarter…Left late in the game with injury and did not return…
Named Runner-Up, CFL Canadian Player of the Week… Week 11,
Started at RB/SB in win vs. Winnipeg…Caught 3 passes for 13
yards, LG 8…Week 12, Started at RB/SB in Touchdown Atlantic
loss vs. Edmonton…Caught 3 passes for 29 yards, LG 24…Also
had 3 kickoff returns for 34 yards, LG 24…Week 13, Started at RB/
SB and played kickoff returner in loss vs. Saskatchewan… Caught
5 passes for 52 yards, LG 19 and did not return any kicks… Week
14, Started at RB/SB in win at Saskatchewan…Caught 2 passes
for 29 yards, LG 20, and had 2 carries for 5 yards, LG 3…Made
1 DT on a Saskatchewan interception return…Week 15, Started
at RB/SB and caught 1 pass for 6 yards in loss vs. Hamilton…
Made 3 DT on two Hamilton interceptions and a Ticats’ fumble
recovery…Week 16, Started at SB/RB and returned kickoffs in win
at Winnipeg…Caught 2 passes for 18 yards, LG 13, and returned
2 kickoffs for 39 yards, LG 21…Week 17, Started at RB/SB and
returned kickoffs in loss vs. Montreal…Caught 2 passes for 15
yards, LG 9, and had 2 kickoff returns for 33 yards, LG 18…Week
18, Started at SB/RB and returned kicks in win at Montreal…
Caught 5 passes for 70 yards, LG 29, and returned 7 punts for 33
yards, LG 11…2010 Playoffs Started at SB/WR and returned kicks in
Eastern Semi-Final win at Hamilton…Caught 1 pass for 11 yards
and returned 2 kickoffs for 9 yards, LG 14…Started at RB/KR in
Eastern Final loss at Montreal…Caught 1 pass for 25 yards and
1 pass for 8 yards.
2009: Dressed in 18 games at backup running back, slotback and
kick returner for the Argonauts...Led the team (seventh in the CFL)
and set a single-season career-high with 1,033 kickoff return
yards on 43 kickoff returns, LG 84...His kickoff return yards total
was the fourth-highest single-season output by an Argos player
ever (behind Dominique Dorsey, Raghib Ismail and Michael Clem-
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ons)...Finished second on the team with 1,059 combined yards…
Weeks 1-5, Dressed at backup RB and played ST...Week 6, Made
regular season debut at slotback (07/08/09) and played ST, making
1 ST tackle, in loss at Montreal…Week 7, Dressed at backup
SB and made first career CFL reception (14/08/09) for an 8-yard
gain while also playing ST in loss vs. BC… Week 8, Dressed at
backup SB and kick returner in loss vs. Calgary…Returned 6 kickoffs
for an impressive 149 yards, LG 35, tipped a Burke Dales punt
and forced Titus Ryan to fumble a punt return which resulted in
an Argos’ touchdown…Named Runner-Up for CFL Special Teams
Player of the Week… Week 9, Dressed at backup SB and kick returner
in loss at Hamilton… Had a solid effort as a returner with 6
kick returns for 189 yards (the fourth-highest kickoff return output
by an Argo in a single game), including a spectacular return for
82 yards… Also made 1 catch for 16 yards and 1 ST tackle on
the night…Earned CFL Special Teams Player of the Week honours
for the first time in his career…Week 10, Dressed at backup SB
and kick returner… made 2 ST tackles and returned 5 kickoffs
for 105 yards, AVG 21.0, LG 29 in win vs. Hamilton… Week 11,
Dressed at backup SB and kick returner in loss at BC…Had 1 KR
for 9 yards on the night… Week 12, Dressed at backup SB and
kick returner in loss at Winnipeg… Returned a fumble 3 yards
for his first touchdown of the season when teammate Kyle Jones
blocked a Mike Renaud punt early in the fourth quarter…Week 13,
Dressed at backup SB and kick returner in loss vs. Montreal and
returned 3 kickoffs for 114 yards, LG 48, 38.0 AVG…Week 14,
Dressed at backup SB and KR and recorded 4 kickoff returns for
91 yards, LG 30, in loss at Saskatchewan…Week 15, Dressed at
backup SB and kick returner and returned 3 kickoffs for 49 yards,
LG 18, in loss vs. Edmonton… Week 16, Dressed at backup SB
and kick returner, returning 2 kickoffs for 54 yards, LG 40, in loss
vs. Hamilton… Week 17, Dressed at backup SB and kick returner,
returning 7 kickoffs for 102 yards, LG 33, in loss at Edmonton...
Week 18, Dressed at backup SB and kick returner, returning 6
kicks for 171 yards (the fifth-highest single-game output by an
Argonauts player ever), LG 84.
2008: Started season on nine-game injured list with a hand injury
sustained in pre-season game at Montreal…Dressed in 9
games…Week 10, Returned lineup and made 2008 debut playing
RB and special teams…Made 1 ST tackle in loss at Montreal…
Dressed at backup RB and played special teams from Weeks 11
to 18…Week 13, Dressed at backup RB and played ST…Carried
2 times for 5 yards, and returned 2 kickoffs for 43 yards in loss vs
Calgary…Week 14, Dressed as backup RB and played ST, making
season-high 3 ST tackles in loss vs BC.
2007: Attended CFL Evaluation Camp in March in Toronto prior to
joining the Argos… Signed with Toronto as a free agent on May 10,
2007…Dressed in 5 games, missing 5 due to injury, as a backup
RB, special teams player and occasionally lined up at kick returner
in his rookie campaign in Toronto…Dressed for both pre-season
games versus Montreal and was placed on the Argos’ practice roster
to begin the season…Week 3, made CFL debut as a backup RB
and scored a touchdown on the first carry of his career in win over
Calgary (12/07/07)…Week 6, dressed as backup RB but became
feature tailback when John Avery left game with injury…Scored
the game-tying touchdown on a 1-yard plunge in the fourth quarter
at Montreal…2007 Playoffs On active roster but did not dress in
East Final versus Winnipeg.