Jimmy Kemp

Jimmy Kemp played for six teams in his eight year CFL career as a Quarterback.  For most of those years, Kemp was a back-up, but had his longest stint (three years) at the end of his career with Toronto and his final season in 2001 was his most productive year.  Kemp started his career with the Sacremento Gold Miners, signing with them as a free agent in May of 1994.  The Gold Miners released Kemp in January of 1995, but he then joined the team again when it was transplanted to San Antonio for the 1995 season.  After the American based teams folded, following the 1995 season, Kemp was selected in the third round (27th overall) by the Montreal Alouettes in the dispersal draft.  After playing 8 games with Montreal in 1996, Kemp was traded on August 19 to Saskatchewan for DB Dwayne Provo.  Kemp completed the 1996 season with the Roughriders, and then signed as a free agent with Edmonton where he played two seasons (1997 and 1998).  Kemp was traded to the Toronto Argonauts in June of 1999 along with Inoke Brekterfield for Marcello Simmons and Quarterback Nealon Greene.  Kemp had his best season with Toronto in 2001, completing 58.8% of his 320 pass attempts for 2838 yards.  Jimmy Kemp's father was Jack Kemp, who played with Calgary, also as a Quarterback in 1959, before going on to star in the AFL and become a well known Republican politician.

Games Played, Passing and Rushing
Year Team GP PA PC % Yds TD Int Sacked Yds TC Yds Avg Avg TD
1994 SAC 7 10 5 50 54 0 0

0 0 0 0 0
1995 SA 18 100 53 53 769 4 9

17 54 3.2 3.2 0
1996 SASK 10 173 94 54.3 1183 6 10

20 37 1.9 1.9 1
1996 MON 8 74 43 58.1 560 4 2

10 61 6.1 6.1 1
1997 EDM 18 150 80 53.3 1175 3 9

20 147 7.4 7.4 0
1998 EDM 18 199 107 53.8 1536 10 10

26 207 8 8 3
1999 TOR 16 238 139 58.4 1771 8 12

32 149 4.7 4.7 0
2000 TOR 18 226 122 54 1495 10 11 18
22 163 7.4 7.4 0
2001 TOR 18 320 188 58.8 2838 16 16 39
55 351 6.4 6.4 1

Fumbles
Year Team F FL OFR
1994 SAC 0 0 0
1995 SA 7 4 2
1996 SASK 5 3 1
1996 MON 1 0 0
1997 EDM 4 2 1
1998 EDM 3 2 0
1999 TOR 4 2 3
2000 TOR 3 2 3
2001 TOR 7 5 2

Tackles
Year Team T ST Total
1994 SAC 0 0 0
1995 SA 0 1 1
1996 SASK 2 0 2
1996 MON 0 0 0
1997 EDM 0 0 0
1998 EDM 0 0 0
1999 TOR 2 0 2
2000 TOR 1 0 1
2001 TOR 2 0 2