Damon Duval

After an outstanding college career at Auburn that featured two major bowl game appearances (2000 Citrus Bowl and 2001 Peach Bowl), Duval had tryouts with both Jacksonville and Atlanta of the NFL.  When Duval started his CFL career in 2005 with the Alouttes, he was a bit of a rare species in the CFL, an import kicker.  In recent times, with only a limited number of spots available for imports, most teams went with a Canadian in the kicking slot.  A few other import kickers have come and gone, but Duval is still here, and that is a testimony to how good a kicker he is.  Duval handles and excels all aspects of the kicking game, and that is increasingly rare in this era of specialization where often the plackkicking and punting duties are split.  Duval has averaged over 60 yards per kickoff in all four seasons to date, which is the "gold mark" for kickoffs.  For punting, Duval has been over 45 yards per kick in three of his four seasons, barely missing in his first season with 44.6.  Duval was recognized for his punting in 2007 when he was named both the East and CFL All-Star punter.  In terms of placekicking, Duval has twice connected on over 80% of his fieldgoal attempts, with his best season so far coming in 2006 when he hit an excellent 86.4%.  2008 was not far behind at 83.0% and that earned Duval an East All-Star as a placekicker.  Duval also set a new personal high with 206 points in 2008, the second time he has eclimpsed the 200 point mark in his career.  Damon Duval's wife is Ashley, daughter of Alouette President, Larry Smith.

Duval Enjoying New Life - May 31, 2011

Games Played, Placekicking and Points
Year Team GP ConvA ConvG % Att Good FG% Long S MFG YdsMFG Avg PTS
2005 MON 18 60 60 100 52 38 73.1 49 6 14 612 43.7 191
2006 MON 18 40 40 100 59 51 86.4 50 5 8 337 42.1 201
2007 MON 18 35 35 100 45 32 71.1 51 7 13 610 46.9 148
2008 MON 17 60 60 100 54 43 83 52 5 11

206

Kickoffs and Punting
Year Team KO Yds Avg Long S P Yds Avg Long S
2005 MON 101 6445 63.8 95 1 96 4283 44.6 78 10
2006 MON 71 4332 61 75 0 110 4999 45.4 75 3
2007 MON 68 4359 64.1 95 0 127 5966 47 90 8
2008 MON 92 5697 61.9 91 4 81 3747 46.2 77 5

Passing
Year Team PA PC % Yds TD Int
2005 MON 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 MON 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 MON 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 MON 1 1 100 -12 0 0

Tackles
Year Team T ST Total
2005 MON 0 6 6
2006 MON 0 3 3
2007 MON 0 3 3
2008 MON 0 6 6
Damon Duval

 

2008 Extreme Damon Duval