Rob Bagg
Queen's | |
High school | Frontenac |
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CFL draft | 2007, Undrafted |
Career history | |
As player | |
2008–2018 | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
Career highlights and awards | |
CFL West All-Star | 2014 |
Career stats | |
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Rob Bagg (born February 3, 1985) is a retired professional
High school
Bagg attended Frontenac Secondary School in Kingston, Ontario from 1999 to 2003. After running for the cross-country team in grades 9 and 10, new to the sport of football at age 16, Bagg joined the Frontenac Falcons Senior Football Team in his grade 11 year. Sporting the school's garnet and grey colours, Bagg helped the team to win not only their division finals (EOSSA), but also the Provincial finals (OFSAA) at the National Capital Bowl in the then 'Sky Dome', now the Rogers Centre in both of his senior years.
College career
In 2003, Bagg attended Queen's University, joining the school's football team that same year. In 2005, he played in six games, recording 17 catches for 166 yards as well as returning seven punts for 157 yards and six kickoffs for 67 yards. In 2006, Bagg played in all eight games and ranked 12th in the country in receiving yards, recording 30 receptions for 565 yards and four touchdowns. He was also featured more on special teams, returning 58 punts for 412 yards and 13 kickoffs for 328 yards.
After the 2006 season concluded, Bagg went undrafted in the
For the Golden Gaels' 2007 season, Bagg led the team in receiving, and was fifth in the country, playing in seven games with 36 catches for 804 yards and six touchdowns. That includes a 341-yard receiving game against the
Professional career
On January 23, 2008, Bagg signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, the team that had expressed interest in him before the 2007 season. After again making the active roster out of training camp, Bagg dressed as a receiver for 16 games in 2008. After a plethora of injuries at the receiver position, Bagg was pressed into service during the Banjo Bowl versus the Winnipeg Blue Bombers where he recorded his first CFL reception and finished the game with six catches for 52 yards in the Roughriders' comeback win. He had an explosive game against Montreal where he had six catches for 146 yards, including a 72-yard reception, and was named the CFL's Canadian Player of the Week. He finished the regular season with 22 catches for 371 yards. His debut season was peculiarly marked by his bad luck near the end zone. Bagg was stopped at the three-, two-, and one-yard lines after making catches, stopping just short of his first CFL touchdowns. He also had two catches for 18 yards in the Roughriders' West Semi-Final loss to the BC Lions.
With the Roughriders electing not to re-sign
Bagg returned to the Riders lineup for the 2013 CFL season and earned Canadian Player of the Week honors for Week 4.[2] In Week 3, Bagg had his first CFL touchdown since 2010, and in Week 4 had a 2 touchdown performance. However, in Week 8 against the Alouettes, Bagg injured his knee while blocking downfield on a running play. The extent of his knee injury was diagnosed as a 'knee sprain', he returned to the active roster after missing four games.[3] By the close of the 2013 season Bagg played in 16 games of the regular season, recording 34 catches for 430 yards with 4 receiving touchdowns. After the end of the season, Bagg signed a contract extension with the Roughriders, keeping him in Saskatchewan through the 2015 season.[4] Bagg was released by the Riders in the week before the start of the 2018 season.[5] He was re-signed by the Roughriders on August 15, 2018.[6]
Bagg announced his retirement on September 17, 2019.[7]
Statistics
Receiving | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Games | No. | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Games | No. | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||
2008 | SSK | 9 | 22 | 371 | 16.9 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 | ||
2009 | SSK | 18 | 59 | 807 | 13.7 | 60 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 100 | 16.7 | 42 | 1 | ||
2010 | SSK | 15 | 44 | 688 | 15.6 | 87 | 3 | Did not play | |||||||
2011 | SSK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Team did not qualify | |||||||
2012 | SSK | 3 | 9 | 69 | 7.7 | 20 | 0 | Did not play | |||||||
2013 | SSK | 17 | 35 | 442 | 12.6 | 60 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 11 | 1 | ||
2014 | SSK | 18 | 55 | 803 | 14.6 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 12 | 0 | ||
2015 | SSK | 18 | 50 | 537 | 10.7 | 38 | 4 | Team did not qualify | |||||||
2016 | SSK | 17 | 57 | 658 | 11.5 | 48 | 4 | Team did not qualify | |||||||
2017 | SSK | 17 | 35 | 339 | 9.7 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 | ||
2018 | SSK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
CFL totals | 134 | 364 | 4,705 | 12.9 | 87 | 24 | 9 | 18 | 185 | 10.3 | 42 | 2 |
References
- ^ "Rob Bagg Signs With CFL's Roughriders". Queensfootball.com. 2008-01-23. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
- ^ Bagg wins Gibson's Finest Canadian of the Week, Week 4, 2013
- ^ Re-injures knee, Week 8, 2013 Season
- ^ Riders ink Getzlaf, Bagg, Picard and LaBatte to extensions
- ^ "Roughriders release Bagg, Grant, Owens - Article - TSN". TSN. 2018-06-10. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
- ^ "Riders sign Rob Bagg; release Trent Richardson". cfl.ca. 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
- ^ "Rob Bagg announces retirement". cfl.ca. 2019-09-17. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
External links
- Saskatchewan Roughriders bio
- Media related to Rob Bagg at Wikimedia Commons