Milt Stegall
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Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | |||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||
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Weight: | 184 lb (83 kg) | ||||||
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College: | Miami (OH) | ||||||
Position: | Wide receiver / Slotback | ||||||
Undrafted: | 1992 | ||||||
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Milton Eugene Stegall (born January 25, 1970)[1] is a former professional gridiron football player who played 17 years of professional football, three years in the National Football League with the Cincinnati Bengals and 14 years in the Canadian Football League with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He is currently an analyst on the CFL on TSN studio panel.
Stegall was an All-Star receiver for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the CFL. Spanning an illustrious 14-year career from 1995–2008, he held several major CFL records upon his retirement including most career receiving yards, and currently holds the record for career receiving touchdowns and most touchdowns scored. In 2012, he was elected into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.
Early years
Stegall was born in
College career
Stegall attended Miami University, where he was a four-year football letterman from 1988 to 1991. Stegall finished with 106 receptions for 1,581 yards, and eight touchdowns as a wide receiver. Because of his speed (he competed on Miami's track and field team where he holds the 3rd fastest 100 meter dash, 10.44 seconds, and 5th fastest 200 meter dash, 21.24 seconds) he was also a dynamic tap dancer, and kick returner, setting a career record of 1,377 kick return yards which lasted until 2002, beaten by defensive back Milt Bowen, who like Stegall signed with the Cincinnati Bengals after college. All of these accomplishments garnered Stegall an honorable mention all-Mid-American Conference selection as a junior.
NFL career
Stegall signed as an undrafted free agent with the Cincinnati Bengals. He played 21 games over 3 seasons, where he had four receptions for 43 yards and one touchdown. He was primarily played as a kick returner though, where he totaled 446 yards off of 26 kickoffs and made five tackles on special teams. In the 1995 season, he was signed as a free agent by the Green Bay Packers, but was a late cut after a serious knee injury during the final days of training camp.
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
In 1995, Stegall decided to go north to the Canadian Football League and signed with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers where he played the final 6 games of the 1995 CFL season, with 469 receiving yards, and two punt returns, one for 80 yards. In his first full season in 1996, he gained 613 yards receiving on 34 catches for 6 touchdowns.
Stegall started out as a slotback/wide receiver, garnering him an All-Star selection in the
Stegall continued his excellence throughout the seasons with the Blue Bombers. Throughout his career, Stegall led the CFL in receptions once, he twice led the league in receiving yards and he led the league in
Stegall had said that he was 99.9% sure that he was going to retire after then 2007 season but on January 31, 2008, announced he was returning to the Bombers for another year.[2][3][4] On September 12, 2008, Stegall initially tied Allen Pitts with a 16-yard touchdown reception to become the CFL's all-time leader in career receiving yards. Shortly thereafter, Stegall surpassed Pitts with a highlight reel 92-yard touchdown catch and run, totaling 14,982 yards in his career. On June 29, 2012, he was surpassed by Geroy Simon of the BC Lions and is currently second in career receiving yards at 15,153 yards.
Although Stegall played in the CFL for many years, has accomplished impressive numbers, and is considered by many to be one of the greatest receivers in CFL history, Stegall never won the Grey Cup - despite reaching Grey Cup game twice: the 89th Grey Cup vs. Calgary and 95th Grey Cup vs. Saskatchewan.[5]
Stegall officially retired from professional football on February 18, 2009.[6] He retired with CFL records for career touchdowns (147), career receiving touchdowns (144), and receiving yards (15,153).
Media personality
Stegall is one of the most popular CFL players among the media.[7] He was voted the best looking man in the CFL.[8] He often received praise from his teammates for his work ethic, personality, and leadership.[9]
In June 2009, it was announced that Stegall would join TSN as an analyst for their CFL broadcasts throughout the 2009 CFL season.[10] Stegall remains a prominent member of the CFL analyst panel on CFL on TSN broadcasts.
Personal life
Stegall and his wife Darlene are the parents of two sons. Stegall made it clear one of the conditions he would hold off retirement and return to playing was if his wife gave birth to their second son in
Accomplishments
On July 20, 2006, Milt Stegall scored the winning 100-yard touchdown reception to lead the Blue Bombers to a 25–22 victory over the
On December 12, 2006, Stegall signed a one-year contract extension to stay with Winnipeg for the 2007 season, but indicated that "there's basically no chance" that he will return beyond 2007.[13]
On June 28, 2007, Milt Stegall scored the game-tying touchdown versus the Edmonton Eskimos to tie the all-time touchdown record, shared with George Reed and Mike Pringle at 137 Touchdowns.
On July 27, 2007, Milt Stegall became CFL's all-time touchdown leader after scoring his 138th touchdown against the
On August 24, 2007, the premier of Manitoba honoured Stegall with the Order of the Buffalo Hunt.
On August 24, 2007, the mayor of Winnipeg honoured Stegall with the key to the city. He also was honoured with a street in Winnipeg adjacent to
On September 12, 2008 Milt Stegall became the leader in receiving yards, moving past Allen Pitts' previous record. The record is now held by Geroy Simon.[14]
On August 3, 2016, at halftime of the Blue Bombers home game against the Tiger-Cats, Stegall was inducted into the Winnipeg Blue Bombers Ring of Honour.
In recognition of Stegall’s contributions to the community and the province of Manitoba, the Manitoba Foundation for Sports provides scholarships to young athletes in his name through the MFFS Milt Stegall Scholarship.[15]
Statistics
Receiving | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Games | No. | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Games | No. | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||
1992 | CIN | 16 | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 13 | 1 | Team did not qualify | |||||||
1993 | CIN | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | Team did not qualify | |||||||
1994 | CIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Team did not qualify | |||||||
1995 | WPG | 6 | 25 | 469 | 18.8 | 51 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 28 | 0 | ||
1996 | WPG | 11 | 34 | 613 | 18.0 | 54 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | ||
1997 | WPG | 18 | 61 | 1616 | 26.5 | 105 | 14 | Team did not qualify | |||||||
1998 | WPG | 7 | 32 | 403 | 12.6 | 62 | 6 | Team did not qualify | |||||||
1999 | WPG | 13 | 73 | 1193 | 16.3 | 99 | 6 | Team did not qualify | |||||||
2000 | WPG | 16 | 78 | 1499 | 19.2 | 86 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 140 | 15.6 | 31 | 2 | ||
2001 | WPG | 16 | 81 | 1214 | 15.0 | 79 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 199 | 22.1 | 70 | 2 | ||
2002 | WPG | 18 | 105 | 1862 | 17.7 | 83 | 23 | ||||||||
2003 | WPG | 18 | 68 | 1144 | 16.8 | 73 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2004 | WPG | 16 | 68 | 1121 | 16.5 | 67 | 6 | Team did not qualify | |||||||
2005 | WPG | 17 | 52 | 1184 | 22.8 | 101 | 17 | Team did not qualify | |||||||
2006 | WPG | 14 | 79 | 1269 | 16.1 | 100 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 59 | 0 | ||
2007 | WPG | 17 | 69 | 1108 | 16.1 | 49 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 181 | 13.9 | 42 | 2 | ||
2008 | WPG | 12 | 29 | 458 | 15.8 | 92 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 16 | 0 | ||
NFL totals
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21 | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 13 | 1 | |||||||||
CFL totals | 199 | 854 | 15,153 | 17.7 | 105 | 144 | 12 | 44 | 735 | 16.7 | 70 | 6 |
CFL records
- Most TDs in a career – 147
- Most TD receptions in a career – 144
- Most TDs in one season – 23 (2002)
- Most TD receptions in one season – 23 (2002)
- Most yards per catch in a season – 26.5 (1997)
- Most yards in one season by a Bombers receiver – 1,862 (2002)
- Most 1000+ yard receiving seasons by a Bombers receiver – 10
- Most career yards receiving by a Bombers receiver −15,153
- CFL Most Outstanding Player – 2002
- Named as receiver in top passing tandem in CFL history together with Khari Jones
- In 2006 was named 15th on the CFL's Top 50 players of the modern era by Canadian sports network TSN.
References
- ^ "Milt Stegall Stats". Pro-Football Reference.
- ^ "Milt Stegall Putting Off CFL Retirement". cfl.ca. 2008-01-31. Retrieved 2008-04-14.
- ^ "One More Year for Stegall". cfl.ca. 2008-01-31. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "Audio and Transcript of Stegall's Teleconference". cfl.ca. 2008-01-31. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ Turner, Randy (2009-02-18). "Father Time finally tackles Stegall". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 2009-02-18.
- ^ Naylor, David (2009-02-18). "Stegall officially calling it quits". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2009-02-18.
- ^ Matsumoto, Rick (2007-11-22). "If Stegall quits he will leave a gaping hole". The Star. Toronto. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
- ^ "Milt Stegall". Rosters. CFL.ca. Archived from the original on 2008-10-16. Retrieved 2009-02-18.
- ^ Ralph, Dan (2009-02-06). "Stegall ready to retire". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2009-02-18.
- ^ "TSN to air entire 2009 CFL Season". CFL.ca. June 10, 2009.
- ^ "Stegall adds non-import to the roster". Canoe.ca. July 7, 2008. Archived from the original on July 19, 2012.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Wyman, Ted (May 15, 2020). "CFL legend Stegall cautions against trying to get back on field too soon and risking setback". Winnipeg Sun.
- ^ "Blue Bombers re-sign Milt Stegall". CBC.ca. CBC Sports. December 12, 2006.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-26. Retrieved 2013-10-24.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "The Manitoba Foundation for Sports (MFFS) scholarship". athleticsmanitoba.ca.