Robert Eeuwes

Robert Eeuwes
No. 26
Date of birth (1985-06-24) June 24, 1985
Place of birth Toronto, Ontario
Career information
Status Active
CFL status National
Position(s) K/P
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg)
University Windsor
Career history
As player
2003–2006 McGill Redmen (CIS)
2007 Toronto Argonauts* (CFL)
2007 London Silverbacks (NAFL)
2008 Toronto Argonauts* (CFL)
2008 Windsor Lancers (CIS)
*Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
  • Vaughan McVey Trophy (2005)
Career stats

Robert Eeuwes [YOOZ] (born July 24, 1985, in Toronto, Ontario) is a punter/kicker with the University of Windsor's varsity football team, the Windsor Lancers of Canadian Interuniversity Sport. He participated in pre-season training camps with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League in 2007 and 2008.

Early career

A product of Nelson High School in Burlington, Ontario, he graduated from McGill University in 2006 with an arts degree, majoring in political science and industrial relations. He led the McGill Redmen in scoring during each of his last three seasons, while averaging 34.0 yards per punt and connecting on 65.6% of his field goal attempts (21 of 32). He registered 46 points over eight games in 2004, 25 points over five games in 2005 and 45 points in seven games during his senior year.

His best game as a place-kicker for the Redmen was on October 23, 2004, when he kicked five field goals in a 29-13 victory at Mount Allison.

In 2007, Eeuwes received an invitation from the Toronto Argonauts' to observe their pre-season training camp. It was there where he learned about life as a professional football kicker from Noel Prefontaine, who also imparted some of his kicking advice.[1] Eeuwes later played for the London Silverbacks of the North American Football League where his play earned him the Silverbacks' Special Teams MVP award in the Silverbacks' championship year.[2]

In 2008, he signed as a free agent with the Toronto Argonauts and attended training camp.[3] Eeuwes was ultimately a training camp cut which was foreseeable with Mike Vanderjagt's return to the club.[4] On July 23, 2008, Eeuwes committed to the University of Windsor, joining the Windsor Lancers as their kicker.[5]

Awards

In 2005, he won the Vaughan McVey trophy as the McGill special teams player of the year after finishing third in the conference (16th in the nation) in punting yards with 1,728 yards on 51 punts.

University statistics

2008

2006
2005
2004
2003
Punting:
2004 75 punts, 2,496 yds, 33.3 avg. (Long: 49), 4 rouges
2005 51 punts, 1,728 yds, 33.9 avg. (Long: 64)
2006 52 punts, 1,827 yds, 35.1 avg. (Long: 68), 2 rouges
2008

83 punts, 3384 yds, 40.77 avg. (Long 77)

Field goals:
2004 8/16, .500 (Long : 35)
2005 4/5, .800 (Long : 34)
2006 9/11, .818 (Long : 42)

2008 12-17, .705 (Long: 42)

Conversions:
2004 18/18, (1.000)
2005 13/13, (1.000)
2006 16/16, (1.000)

2008 19/19

References

  1. "Kicker Eeuwes confused but happy to be with Argos". National Post. 2008-06-16. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
  2. "Silverbacks' Eeuwes signs with Argos". London Silverbacks News. London Silverbacks. 2008-03-23. Retrieved 2008-06-02. External link in |work= (help)
  3. "Robert Eeuwes". Roster. Toronto Argonauts Football Club. Archived from the original on 2008-04-07. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
  4. "Kicker Eeuwes confused but happy to be with Argos". National Post. 2008-06-16. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
  5. University of Windsor press release
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