Spencer Wilson

Spencer Wilson
No. 50     Calgary Stampeders
Date of birth (1988-04-07) April 7, 1988
Place of birth Toronto, Ontario
Career information
Status Active
CFL status National
Position(s) OL
Height 6 ft 6 in (198 cm)
Weight 303 lb (137 kg)
High school Henry Wise Wood
Career history
As player
2011–present Calgary Stampeders
Career highlights and awards
CFL All-Star 2015
CFL West All-Star 2015, 2016
Career stats

Spencer Wilson (born April 7, 1988) is a Canadian football offensive lineman for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League and a Grey Cup champion.

Early career

Wilson attended Henry Wise Wood Senior High School where he played high school football for the Warriors.[1][2]

Wilson first played football at the amateur level with the Okanagan Sun of the Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL) in 2006, when he won the "Top Rookie" team award.[3] From 2008 to 2010, Wilson played for the Calgary Colts of the CJFL, where he won the Keith Evans Award for Most Valuable Lineman three times and won the Alan Mline Award for Most Valuable Player in 2009.[4] Additionally, he was named a Prairie Football Conference all-star each year with the Colts.[5]

Professional career

On May 18, 2011, Wilson was signed by the Calgary Stampeders as an undrafted free agent. He spent most of the 2011 season on the Stampeders' practice squad, but was moved to the active roster near the end of the season to act as a reserve offensive lineman. He played in three regular season games and one post-season game in his rookie year.[1] In 2012, Wilson played as both a left tackle and left guard while starting in 10 games due to several injuries at the offensive line positions.[1][6] Wilson played in 12 regular season games and one post-season game in 2013 after the Stampeders again faced injury difficulties on the offensive line.[7] In 2014, Wilson started in 16 regular season games while playing in all 18 at the right guard position. He also started in two post-season games, including the Grey Cup, where the Stampeders defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 2016.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Spencer Wilson". Calgary Stampeders. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. "Stamps continue to tinker with offensive line; two Canadian tackles and an import guard". Calgary Herald. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. "Season by Season". Okanagan Sun. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  4. "Awards". Calgary Colts. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  5. "2010 Individual and Team Statistics" (PDF). Calgary Colts. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  6. Scianitti, Matthew (9 August 2012). "Stampeders' Cornish grinds Tiger-Cats down". National Post. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  7. Fisher, Scott (30 August 2013). "Calgary Stampeders young linemen getting their shot". Calgary Sun. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/10/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.