ROB MURPHY 56 OFFENSIVE TACKLE starter…Named First-Team All-American twice as a sophomore and junior…Named All Big 10 in 1997 and 1998. Personal: Rob is the proud father of triplets; Rowan, Grey and Maddox. Rob has a successful real estate development business in Florida. His college roommate was BC Lions’ defensive end Brent Johnson. In his senior year of high school, Rob set a state record for penalty minutes as a member of the school’s hockey team. Rob was selected in 2009 as a Who’s Who up-and-coming business executive in Florida by Biltmore Magazine. Rob spent the off-season training in Oakville and playing with the Courtside Boatmen, the Argos charity basketball team. A fan of heavy metal music, Rob enjoys travel and classic horror and macabre films. CFL REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS TACKLES GP DT ST TT 2006abcd BC 17 0 0 0 2007abcd BC 17 0 0 0 2008a BC 16 0 0 0 2009 TOR 18 3 0 3 2010ab TOR 16 0 0 0 TOTALS 84 3 0 3 a – West Division All-Star b – CFL All-Star c – West Division Most Outstanding Lineman (DeMarco-Becket Memorial Trophy) d – CFL Most Outstanding Lineman CFL PLAYOFF STATISTICS GP 2006 BC 1 2007 BC 1 2008 BC 2 2010 TOR 2 TOTALS 6 64 • argonauts.ca GREY CUP STATISTICS 2006 BC GP 1 TOTALS 1
Acquired: Acquired by <strong>Toronto</strong> in a trade with the Montreal Alouettes, in exchange for a draft pick in the 2011 CFL Canadian Draft, on June 23, 2010…Extended with <strong>Toronto</strong> on February 8, 2011. 2010: Attended training camp with the Alouettes and traded to <strong>Toronto</strong> on June 23… Dressed in and started 17 regular season games at both WR and KR for <strong>Toronto</strong>…Named Argos Most Outstanding Special Teams player for first time in his career as voted by the <strong>Toronto</strong> chapter of the FRC…Named East Division Most Outstanding Special Teams Player…Unanimous choice as CFL Most Outstanding Special Teams Player…Named Eastern Division All-Star at kick returner for first time in his career… Named CFL All-Star at KR for first time in his career…Named CFLPA All-Star at KR…Named CFL player who is the biggest threat to score from anywhere on the field by his peers in a CFL on TSN survey… Week 1, Made Argos debut (01/07/10) at WR/KR in Canada Day season opener at Calgary and had a great game… Recorded 5 punt returns for 116 yards, including his first career punt return touchdown of 90 yards, with 4 kickoff returns for 42 yards, LG 12 and 1 catch for 9 yards…also lost 1 fumble… Week 2, Made first career start at WR in win at Winnipeg (09/07/10) and named CFL Special Teams Player of the Week for first time in his career…Was electric again accounting for 302 all-purpose yards including a 117-yard missed field goal return touchdown…In all, he caught 2 passes for 30 yards, 5 punt returns for 52 yards, 4 kickoff returns for 103 yards and 117 yards on a MFG return… Week 3, Started at WR/RS in win vs. Calgary… Caught 3 passes for 35 yards, LG 18, including a clutch 2-point convert at the end of the game, returned 6 punts for 31 yards, LG 13, and 7 kickoff returns for 151 yards, LG 42…Also fumbled once…Named Runner- Up, CFL Special Teams Player of the Week…Week 4, Started at WR/RS in win vs. B.C… Returned 4 punts for 41 yards, LG 14, 1 kickoff for 15 yards and had 1 catch for 7 yards…Week 5, Started at WR/KR in loss at Montreal…Caught 1 pass for (-8) yards, with a fumble, and returned 4 kickoffs for 74 yards, LG 23, 18.5 AVG… Week 6, Started at WR/RS in win at Edmonton…Caught 5 passes for 56 yards, LG with 3 punt returns for 35 yards, LG 16…Week 7, Started at WR and recorded his first-career 100+ yard game and multi-touchdown game (14/08/10) in win vs. Montreal… Became first Argo of 2010 to record a 100-yard receiving game… Finished game with 6 catches for 163 yards, 2 TDs, 6 punt returns for 43 yards, 7.2 AVG, LG 12 and 2 kickoffs for 85 yards, LG 57, 42.5 AVG…In all, totalled 291 all-purpose yards… Named CFL Offensive Player of the Week for the first time in his career…Week 8, Started at WR in loss vs. Hamilton…Caught 2 passes for 27 yards and returned 4 punts for 67 yards, LG 37... Completed his first career pass (20/08/10) on a double-reverse-and-throw to Ryan Christian for a 37-yard gain…Week 9, Started at WR/KR in Labour Day Classic loss at Hamilton and had a terrific game…Recorded 210 all-purpose yards and finished second on team in receiving with 7 catches for 82 yards…Also had 1 carry for 11 yards, 3 punt returns for 21 yards, LG 18, 3 kickoff returns for 67 yards, LG 29, and 1 missed field goal return for 29 yards…Week 10, Started at WR/KR in loss at B.C…Returned 6 punts for 66 yards, LG 18, 5 kickoffs for 112 yards, LG 40 and one missed field goal return for 82 yards…Week 11, Started at WR/KR in win vs. Winnipeg… Returned a career-high 8 punts for career-high 125 yards with an 80-punt return touchdown, his third kick return for a touchdown of the season…Also had 4 kickoff returns for 93 yards, LG 30… Named CFL Special Teams Player of the Week for second time in his career…Week 12, Started at WR/KR in Touchdown Atlantic CHAD OWENS 2 RECEIVER/KICK RETURNER 5’8”, 180 lbs. • Hawaii • Born: April 3, 1982 • Honolulu, Hawaii 2nd Year Argos / 3rd Year CFL • Import loss vs. Edmonton…Caught 5 passes for 62 yards, LG 28, returned 4 punts for 29 yards LG 20, and 1 kickoff return for 15 yards… Named CFL Special Teams Player of the Month for September for the first time in his career…Week 13, Started at WR/KR in loss vs. Saskatchewan…Caught 1 pass for 9 yards, 6 punt returns for 133 yards, LG 34, AVG 22.2, and 6 kickoff returns for 167 yards, LG 33, AVG 27.8…Finished with 309 combined yards…Named CFL Special Teams Player of the Week for fourth time in his career… Week 14, Started at WR/KR in win at Saskatchewan… Caught 2 passes for 16 yards, returned 7 punts for 55 yards, LG 25, and 3 kickoffs for 72 yards, LG 29…Week 15, Started at WR/KR in loss vs. Hamilton…Returned 8 punts for 75 yards, LG 21, 5 kickoffs for 97 yards, LG 28, and caught 3 passes for 30 yards, LG 13…In all, he finished with 202 combined yards…Also recorded 1 DT when teammate Cory Boyd fumbled and Hamilton recovered…Week 16, Started at WR/KR and accumulated 200 all-purpose yards in win at Winnipeg…Returned his fourth kick for a touchdown (109 yards on a missed field goal return on the final play of the first half) putting him in sole possession of second-place for most kick return TDs in a season, behind Bashir Levingston with 5 in 2003, returned 5 punt returns for 60 yards, LG 30 and caught 4 passes for 31 yards, LG 11…Named CFL Special Teams Player of the Week for fourth time in 2010, his fifth CFL player of the week award on the season…Week 17, Started at KR/WR and had another terrific game…Totalled 308 combined yards (surpassed for third time this season), including 1 catch for a 14-yard TD (seventh touchdown of season), 4 punt returns for 111 yards, LG 62, 4 kickoffs for 123 yards, LG 51, and 1 missed field goal return for 60 yards… Became second different <strong>Argonauts</strong> player ever to achieve at least 1,000 punt return yards in a season, and fifth player in CFL history to record 1,000 punt & kickoff return yards in a season… Named CFL Special Teams Player of the Week…Named Special Teams Player of the Month for October…Week 18, Added to IR (calf) 2009 players argonauts.ca • 65
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