Jock Climie
| Born: | 28 September 1968 1990, Round: 1, Pick: 4 |
|---|---|
| Drafted by | Toronto Argonauts |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1990 | Toronto Argonauts |
| 1991–1994 | Ottawa Rough Riders |
| 1995 | Toronto Argonauts |
| 1996–2001 | Montreal Alouettes |
| CFL East All-Star | 1993, 1996, 1997 |
| Awards | 1997 Lew Hayman Trophy |
Jock Climie is a
TSN as part of the CFL on TSN studio panel during the CFL season. Climie is currently a labour and employment lawyer at the Ottawa law firm
of Emond Harnden.
College career
While attending
university football for the Queen's Golden Gaels. His 1,091 receiving yards in 1988 was at the time the single-season record for Canadian university football;[2] it has since been broken, first by Don Blair (University of Calgary), then by Andy Fantuz (University of Western Ontario); Fantuz played one more game during his college career. Climie was the OQIFC conference's nominee for outstanding national player in 1988. He was inducted into the Queen's Football Hall of Fame.[3]
He earned his law degree at Queen's by attending its winter academic sessions while playing CFL football in the summer and fall, taking six terms over six years to graduate.
Professional career
Following his outstanding college career, Climie was drafted fourth overall in the
CFL's East Division. Climie finished his career as an Alouette in 2001, having recorded 627 catches for 9619 yards and 56 touchdowns and finishing in the top 20 in receiving yardage at the time of his retirement.[5]
Statistics
| Receiving | Regular season | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Games | No. | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | |
| 1990 | TOR | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| 1991 | OTT | 16 | 32 | 599 | 18.7 | 62 | 1 | |
| 1992 | OTT | 18 | 57 | 901 | 15.8 | 50 | 6 | |
| 1993 | OTT | 18 | 67 | 1281 | 19.1 | 89 | 11 | |
| 1994 | OTT | 10 | 46 | 622 | 13.5 | 39 | 5 | |
| 1995 | TOR | 13 | 48 | 563 | 11.7 | 49 | 3 | |
| 1996 | MTL | 18 | 68 | 1209 | 17.8 | 62 | 9 | |
| 1997 | MTL | 18 | 89 | 1214 | 13.6 | 43 | 6 | |
| 1998 | MTL | 18 | 55 | 783 | 14.2 | 75 | 6 | |
| 1999 | MTL | 11 | 50 | 581 | 11.6 | 89 | 3 | |
| 2000 | MTL | 17 | 67 | 1002 | 15.0 | 80 | 5 | |
| 2001 | MTL | 16 | 46 | 844 | 18.3 | 68 | 1 | |
| CFL totals | 175 | 627 | 9619 | 15.3 | 89 | 56 | ||
References
- ^ https://www.pressreader.com/canada/montreal-gazette/20081124/281857229384697. Retrieved 25 November 2023 – via PressReader.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ All-Time Queen's Statistics gogaelsgo.com
- ^ Queen's Football Team Awards gogaelsgo.com
- ^ Draft tracker 1990 cfl.ca Archived 2012-09-23 at the Wayback Machine Draft Tracker
- ^ a b "Jock Climie". cflapedia.com.
External links
- Emond Harnden (law firm) Biography Page - Jock Climie
- TSN Talent Page - Jock Climie (copy archived August 2012)