Winston October

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Winston October is one of two players in CFL history (as of 2011) to be born in Guyana -  the other being defensive end Andre Sommersell.  October played his college football at Richmond and was signed as a frfee agent by the Montreal Alouettes in 1999.  October was mainly used as a kick returner, but did see some action at cornerback with Montreal, and later at wide receiver with Edmonton.  October had a very good sophmore year with the Als in 2000, returning two punts for touchdowns and one missed field goal for 111 yards and a TD.  October became a free agent after the 2000 season, but remained unsigned until September when Edmonton needed a a kick returner.  October would play four seasons in Edmonton, adding 4 more punt returns for touchdowns to finish with a career total of 6.  , October also had two 1000+ yard seasons returning kickffs with Edmonton with 1018 yards in 2003 and 1073 in 2004, though he never took one back all the way.  2003 was also October's best season playing offence as he added 19 catches for 196 yards.  Following his release by the Eskimos, October worked as a personal trainer before joining the Virginia Military Institute as an assistant football coach in 2007.

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GP, Kickoff, Punt and Missed Field Goal Returns
Year Team GP KOR Yds Avg TD Long PR Yds Avg TD Long MFGRet Yds Avg TD Long
1999 MON 18 18 334 18.6 0 32 77 724 9.4 0 70 4 97 24.3 0 37
2000 MON 14 23 435 18.9 0 38 79 898 11.4 2 76 1 111 111 1 111
2001 EDM 8 15 293 19.5 0 37 35 369 10.5 1 69 4 174 43.5 0 71
2002 EDM 16 37 789 21.3 0 43 87 833 9.6 1 95 4 131 32.8 0 48
2003 EDM 18 48 1018 21.2 0 39 75 719 9.6 0 65 10 323 32.3 0 68
2004 EDM 18 51 1073 21 0 43 79 874 11.1 2 101 9 316 35.1 0 104

GP+Rushing+Receiving+PTS

GP, Rushing, Receiving and Points
Year Team GP TC Yds Avg TD Long Rec Yds Avg TD Long PTS
1999 MON 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 MON 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
2001 EDM 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
2002 EDM 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 14 0 14 6
2003 EDM 18 2 34 17 1 22 19 196 10.3 0 32 12
2004 EDM 18 0 0 0 0 0 9 79 8.8 0 16 12

 

Fumbles
Year Team F FL OFR
1999 MON 2 2 0
2000 MON 3 3 0
2001 EDM 1 1 0
2002 EDM 3 1 0
2003 EDM 6 5 1
2004 EDM 3 2 0

 

GP, Tackles, Knockowns and Sacks
Year Team GP T ST Total TFL Yds KD Sacks Yds
1999 MON 18 6 8 14 0
3 0
2000 MON 14 7 7 14 0
0 0
2001 EDM 8 0 4 4 0
0 0
2002 EDM 16 1 3 4 0
0 0
2003 EDM 18 2 4 6 0
0 0
2004 EDM 18 2 3 5 0
0 0

Int+FumReturns

Intterceptions, Fumble Returns and Forced Fumbles
Year Team Int Yds Avg TDInt Long FR Yds Avg TD Long FF
1999 MON 1 15 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 1
2000 MON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 EDM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 EDM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 EDM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 EDM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

 

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