Arland Bruce III
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Born: | Olathe, Kansas, U.S. | November 23, 1977
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Career information | |
Status | Active |
CFL status | American |
Position(s) | WR, SB |
Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) |
Weight | 191 lb (87 kg) |
College | Minnesota |
High school | Olathe North (Olathe, Kansas) |
NFL draft | 2000, Undrafted |
Career history | |
As player | |
2000 | Kansas City Chiefs |
2001–2002 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
2003 | San Francisco 49ers |
2004–2009 | Toronto Argonauts |
2009–2011 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
2011–2012 | BC Lions |
2013 | Montreal Alouettes |
Career highlights and awards | |
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CFL All-Star | 2006, 2009, 2010 |
CFL East All-Star | 2005, 2006, 2008–2010 |
Records | Most receptions in a single game (16) |
Career stats | |
Arland Richard Bruce III (born November 23, 1977) is a former Canadian football wide receiver. He is a two-time Grey Cup champion, having won in 2004 with the Toronto Argonauts and in 2011 with the Lions. He has played 10 seasons in the CFL with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Toronto Argonauts, Hamilton Tiger-Cats and BC Lions. During the 2011 season, he became the 14th CFL receiver to record over 10,000 yards receiving in a career.
High school career
Bruce attended Olathe North High School in Olathe, Kansas, and was a letterman in football. As a senior, he was a BlueChip Illustrated Top-100 pick, the Kansas State Player of the Year, and finished the year with 1,696 rushing yards. Bruce finished his high school career with more than 3,000 rushing yards and 50 touchdowns.
Junior college career
Bruce then attended Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, Kansas. As a freshman, he was named a First-team All-American selection and rushed for over 1,000 yards. During his sophomore season, he ran for 997 yards and 10 touchdowns and was named a Second-team All-American selection.
NCAA Division I-A career
Bruce played college football for the University of Minnesota. As a senior, he helped lead his team to an 8–3 record and a Sun Bowl berth.
Professional career
Kansas City Chiefs
On April 19, 2000, Bruce was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs only to be cut by the team later on.
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
On May 1, 2001, Bruce joined the CFL's Winnipeg Blue Bombers where he got his first opportunity as a professional to receive significant playing time, playing in all 18 regular season games. In his rookie season, Bruce had 818 receiving yards with 7 touchdowns. His team went on to play in the Grey Cup championship, only to lose to the Calgary Stampeders.
In 2002, Bruce surpassed the 1000 yard receiving mark by amassing 1062 receiving yards with 12 touchdowns in 17 games.
San Francisco 49ers
In 2003, Bruce returned to the U.S. to try his luck once more with the NFL. On March 3 of that year, he signed with the
Toronto Argonauts
In 2004, after being released by the 49ers following their training camp, Bruce returned to the CFL with the
In 2005, Bruce established himself as the Argonauts top receiver with 1205 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns. In that same year, Bruce was named an East division all-star marking the first time in his CFL career he had ever been named to an all-star team.
In 2008, after acquiring a touchdown against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Bruce was fined an undisclosed amount by the CFL for donning a Spider-Man mask during his touchdown celebration.[1]
In 2009, he received two objectionable conduct penalties and an undisclosed fine from the CFL for a touchdown celebration against the Tiger-Cats on July 1, in which he removed his helmet, jersey, and
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
On July 29, 2009, Bruce was traded to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in exchange for the rights to
In July 2011, Bruce declared his intention to change his name to "Runako Reth".[6]
BC Lions
On August 3, 2011, Bruce was traded to the
Montreal Alouettes
On January 21, 2013, Bruce signed with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.[10] Arland Bruce had a respectable 2013 season with the Alouettes. He contributed 64 pass receptions, his most since 2010, for 851 yards with 5 touchdowns. In February 2014, Bruce was fined an undisclosed amount by the CFL following his Instagram post in which he told openly gay NFL prospect Michael Sam to, "get on his knees and submit to God fully".[11] Bruce was released by the Alouettes in late February. Bruce's high salary along with the belief that new head coach Tom Higgins would start two Canadian wide receivers were cited as the reasons for his dismissal.[12]
Statistics
Receiving | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Games | No. | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Games | No. | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||
2001 | WPG | 18 | 48 | 818 | 17.0 | 62 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 122 | 17.4 | 38 | 1 | ||
2002 | WPG | 18 | 67 | 1,062 | 15.9 | 55 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 33 | 0 | ||
2004 | TOR | 7 | 16 | 247 | 15.4 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 228 | 10.4 | 25 | 2 | ||
2005 | TOR | 16 | 67 | 1,205 | 18.0 | 89 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 7 | 0 | ||
2006 | TOR | 18 | 77 | 1,370 | 17.8 | 94 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 186 | 18.6 | 77 | 2 | ||
2007 | TOR | 14 | 61 | 839 | 13.8 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 131 | 32.8 | 90 | 0 | ||
2008 | TOR | 18 | 92 | 1,210 | 13.2 | 51 | 9 | Team did not qualify | |||||||
2009 | TOR | 3 | 14 | 199 | 14.2 | 38 | 1 | ||||||||
2009 | HAM | 14 | 74 | 1,043 | 14.1 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 80 | 13.3 | 36 | 0 | ||
2010 | HAM | 16 | 86 | 1,303 | 15.2 | 58 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 76 | 10.9 | 22 | 0 | ||
2011 | HAM | 4 | 9 | 104 | 11.6 | 33 | 0 | ||||||||
2011 | BC | 12 | 49 | 755 | 15.4 | 100 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 155 | 17.2 | 43 | 1 | ||
2012 | BC | 18 | 43 | 603 | 14.0 | 55 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 19 | 0 | ||
2013 | MTL | 17 | 64 | 851 | 13.3 | 86 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 15 | 0 | ||
CFL totals | 241 | 767 | 11,609 | 15.1 | 100 | 94 | 17 | 78 | 1,156 | 14.8 | 90 | 6 |
Personal life
His parents are Yolanda Bruce and Arland Richard Bruce Jr. Bruce was married to Linda Bruce, their children include three sons named Arland Bruce IV, Aiden Bruce, and Akobi Bruce.[13] He has two sisters Denise (Kansas) and Kama (California) and one brother Bryson (North Carolina). Bruce is the cousin of former NFL wide receiver Isaac Bruce.
References
- ^ "Costly costume: CFL fines Argos' WR". SPORTSNET.CA. September 14, 2009. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
- ^ Wiener, Jon (July 2, 2009). "CFL player Arland Bruce penalized for Michael Jackson tribute". New York Daily News. Retrieved July 2, 2009.
- ^ Lefko, Perry (July 2, 2009). "Bruce fined for Jackson tribute". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved July 2, 2009.
- ^ "Argonauts trade receiver Bruce to Tiger-Cats". TSN. July 29, 2009. Retrieved July 29, 2009.
- ^ Fitz-Gerald, Sean (July 29, 2009). "Arland Bruce III shipped to Hamilton for picks, prospect". National Post. Retrieved July 29, 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "CFL: Bruce leads Ticats in the bizarre". Toronto Sun. July 20, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
- ^ https://www.cfl.ca/article/ticats-trade-receiver-bruce-to-lions Archived 2012-09-23 at the Wayback Machine Ticats trade receiver Bruce to Lions
- ^ "Bruce resigns with the BC Lions". CFL.ca. January 26, 2012. Archived from the original on January 28, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
- ^ "Bruce released by the BC Lions". CFL.ca. January 18, 2013. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
- ^ Milton, Steve (January 21, 2013). "Porter signs with the Alouettes". CFL.ca. Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
- ^ Arland Bruce, Bryant Turner Jr. fined for anti-gay remarks
- ^ "Alouettes cut ties with veteran receiver Bruce III". TSN.ca. February 26, 2014. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
- ^ "504 Error". Archived from the original on July 29, 2014. Retrieved August 3, 2011.