Kelly Wiltshire

Wiltshire was a hard hitting Canadian out of James Maddison who split his time in the CFL at linebacker and safety.  Wiltshire played 10 seasons in the CFL, spending time with Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Edmonton.  Wiltshire was a first round draft pick (second overall) of tghe Argos in 1996 and joined Torotno for the 1997 season after first trying out as a free agent with Jacksonville Jaguars of the NFL..Wiltshire played mainly special teams in his rookie season, but did record 24 defensive tackles to go with his 13 special t eams tackles.  Wiltshire continued to be used on special t eams, but also took over as a starter in 1998, recording 75 defensive tackles.  Wiltshire was named to the East All-Star team in 1998.  After upping his tacklews to 78 in 1999, Wiltshire became a free agent and left Toronto to sign with the Montreal Alouttes where he played two seasons (2000-2001).  Wiltshire was then drafted by the expansion Ottawa Renegades and played three seasons for them, picking up his second East All-Star honour in 2002.  In his three seasons in Ottawa, Wiltshire had 86, 79 and 76 tackles.  After the Renegades folded, Wiltshire joined Edmonton and played three seasons with the Esks.  Wiltshire finished his CFL career with 25 quarterback sacks, 15 pass interceptions and 15 fumble recoveries.

Games Played, Tackles, Knockdowns and Sacks
Year Team GP T ST Total TFL Yds KD Sacks Yds
1997 TOR 18 24 13 37 1 1 0 2 17
1998 TOR 18 75 5 80 1 2 5 4 29
1999 TOR 18 78 10 88 1 2 7 5 27
2000 MON 18 64 10 74 2 2 4 5 32
2001 MON 18 59 8 67 3 5 5 1 3
2002 OTT 18 86 6 92 1 17 4 3 27
2003 OTT 18 79 12 91 7 11 6 3 25
2004 OTT 18 76 8 84 2 8 0 1 10
2005 EDM 17 51 0 51 1 2 4 1 5
2006 EDM 11 17 2 19 1 1 2 0 0
Interceptions
Year Team Int Yds Avg TDInt Long
1997 TOR 2 14 16 0 13
1998 TOR 3 48 6.5 1 28
1999 TOR 2 13 5 0 6
2000 MON 1 5 6 0 5
2001 MON 1 6 0 0 6
2002 OTT 0 0 7.5 0 0
2003 OTT 2 15 12 0 12
2004 OTT 1 12 4.3 0 12
2005 EDM 3 13 0 0 30
2006 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
Fumble Returns
Year Team FR Yds Avg TD Long OFR FF
1997 TOR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 TOR 4 36 9 1 36 0 2
1999 TOR 3 17 5.7 0 9 0 0
2000 MON 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 MON 1 40 40 1 40 0 0
2002 OTT 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 OTT 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2004 OTT 3 9 3 0 7 0 0
2005 EDM 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 EDM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Wiltshire had one fumble and one lost in 1997.

Wiltshire had 3 kickoff returns for 27 yards and a longest of 14 in 1997.