CFL NOTEBOOK
MONTREAL – Canadian wide receiver Tyson Philpot, who caught the winning touchdown pass in this year’s Grey Cup, has signed a one-year contract extension with the Montreal Alouettes.
Philpot, who was under contract for the upcoming CFL season, is now signed with the club through 2025.
The 23-year-old from Delta, B.C., caught a touchdown pass from quarterback Cody Fajardo with 13 seconds remaining as the Alouettes stunned the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 28-24 at last month’s Grey Cup in Hamilton.
He finished with 63 yards on six receptions and was named the game’s top Canadian.
The six-foot-one, 195-pound former Calgary Dino had 532 receiving yards and five touchdowns in 13 games this past season.
He was named the East Division’s outstanding rookie in 2022 with 459 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He added 342 kickoff return yards and 153 yards on 11 punt returns.
VANCOUVER – Stanford Cardinal receiver Elic Ayomanor is the 2023 Jon Cornish Trophy winner.
The six-foot-two, 210-pound sophomore from Medicine Hat, Alta., captured the honour Wednesday. The award is presented annually to the top Canadian player in NCAA football and named after former running back Jon Cornish, a native of New Westminster, B.C., who played collegiately at Kansas before embarking on a Hall of Fame career with the CFL’s Calgary Stampeders.
Ayomanor was Stanford’s receiving leader with 62 catches for 1,013 yards (16.3-yard average) and six touchdowns. He finished fifth in the Pac-12 for receiving yards, a heady accomplishment considering Ayomanor didn’t play as a freshman after sustaining a knee injury before the ’22 season.
“It’s good to see your hard work being rewarded with accolades,” Ayomanor said. “I don’t think accolades have really mattered to me that much but obviously it’s great to be recognized.”
Ayomanor registered three 100-yard performances this season, his most notable outing coming in Stanford’s 46-43 double-overtime win over Colorado on Oct. 13. Ayomanor had 13 catches for a school-record 294 yards and three touchdowns, all coming in the second half and overtime as the Cardinal overcame a 29-0 deficit.
Not surprisingly, Ayomanor was honoured as the FBS national performer of the week following the comeback victory.
Ayomanor secured the Jon Cornish Trophy after registering 25 points in voting by its selection committee. Memphis linebacker Geoffrey Cantin-Arku, a senior from Levis, Que., was second with 18 points, two ahead of third-place finisher Kurtis Rourke, a quarterback at Ohio from Oakville, Ont.
HAMILTON – The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have re-signed Canadian offensive lineman Brandon Revenberg to a two-year contract.
The 30-year-old from Essex, Ont., was set to become a free agent in February.
Revenberg has played 120 games, including 107 starts over seven seasons in Hamilton, and was named a CFL all-star every year from 2018-22, save 2020 when the league cancelled its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
He was an East Division all-star for a fifth straight season in 2023 and was named the division’s outstanding lineman in 2018, ’21 and ’22.
Last season, the six-foot-four, 301-pound lineman anchored an offensive line which helped James Butler become the first 1,000-yard rusher for the Tiger-Cats since 2010.
Revenberg has missed just two games since being taken third overall in the 2016 CFL draft.
(Canadian Press)
