KEITH STOKES'S BIO

Number: #17
Position:WR/KR
Height:5'8"
Weight: 185 lbs.
Team:Toronto Argonauts
Hometown:Dothan, AL

• Attended East Carolina University
• Dothan High School graduate, 1997

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2008 Toronto Argonauts

Signed with the Edmonton Eskimos on April 7 and attended training camp… Released by Edmonton on June 21…Signed with the Manchester Wolves (AF2) with three regular season games remaining…Caught 8 passes for 99 yards and 4 TDs…Returned two kicks for 44 yards… Week 14, Made 2008 Argos debut (03/10/08) in loss vs BC…Week 14, Started at KR and returned 8 punts for 122 yards, LG 55, and 3 kickoffs for 74, LG 34…Also caught 1 pass for 2 yards…Week 15, Started at KR and dressed at backup WR, leaving game in first half with a leg injury in loss at Winnipeg…Finished with 1 catch for 62 yards and 1 punt return for 7 yards before leaving game…Week 16, On 46-man active roster but did not dress in loss vs Montreal…Week 17, Started at KR and backup WR in loss at B.C….Returned 5 punts for 5 yards and 8 kickoff returns for 133 yards, LG 26…Tied club record for most kickoff returns in a game…Week 18, Started at K/P and returned 1 punt for 14 yards, 8 kickoffs for 158 yards, LG 31, and 1 MFG return for 21 yards in loss vs Saskatchewan…Tied club record again for most kickoff returns in a game.

2007 Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Signed with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers late in the season and played in 2 games primarily as a kick returner…Returned 17 punts for 144 yards, LG 17, 5 kickoff returns for 123, LG 55, 4 missed field goals for 125, LG 56…2007 Playoffs Dressed in the East Semi-Final vs Montreal and Final at Toronto…Returned a combined 17 punt returns for 192 yards, LG 81, 1 TD, and 4 kickoff returns for 79 yards, LG 26…Grey Cup Championship Returned 7 punts for 39, LG 15, 5 kickoffs for 127 yards, LG 37, and 1 missed field goal for 31 yards in loss to Saskatchewan.

2006 Toronto Argonauts

Signed with Toronto as a free agent on February 20, 2006…Played in 14 games for Toronto as backup receiver and kick returner, starting five at WR…Dressed as WR and KR in first pre-season game but missed the second game with an injury…Week 1, made Argo regular season debut as a backup WR and KR in win over Hamilton…Week 9, entered the game at receiver and caught a 37-yard pass that propelled Damon Allen past the 70,000 career passing yard mark…2006 Playoffs Dressed as backup WR and KR and rotated in, generating 43 yards on 4 catches, 29 yards on 4 punt returns and 75 yards on 3 kickoff returns in East Semi-Final vs Winnipeg…On active roster but did not dress in East Championship versus Montreal…Rights traded to Montreal on December 6 in exchange for non-import DS Richard Karikari.

2005 Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Led Winnipeg in kickoff returns with 47 for 1,022 yards and a 21.7 yard average for the second straight year, …Ranked fourth overall in the CFL in kickoff return yards…Led team in punt returns with 79 for 662 yards and one touchdown…Started nine games as a SB and finished the season second on the team with 58 catches for 832 yards and three touchdowns…Most successful game came on August 13 against Hamilton when he accumulated 139 yards receiving and one touchdown…Finished the season with three 100-yard plus games.

2004 Montréal Alouettes/Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Traded to Winnipeg from Montreal along with a 5th round draft pick (LB Ryan Folk) in the 2004 Canadian Draft in exchange for a 3rd round draft pick (OL Ryan Jeffrey) in the 2004 Canadian Draft and a 2nd round draft pick (RB Jeff Piercy) in the 2005 Canadian Draft and the rights to a negotiation list player on January 26…Named CFL’s Most Outstanding Special Teams Player...Named West Division Most Outstanding Special Teams Player…Named a CFL All-Canadian…Named West Division All-Star…Broke Blue Bomber record for most punt returns for a touchdown in one season with four…Had one kick off return for a touchdown…Finished season with 80 punt returns for 949 yards and four touchdowns and had 56 kickoff returns for 1,112 yards and one touchdown.

 

Courtesy: Toronto Argonauts Sports Information