CFLPA Announces All-Star Team

The Canadian Football League Players Association today announced their 2006 All-Star team presented by Intergold. The All-Star team is selected by the players and the coaches of the Canadian Football League. Players of each of the eight member clubs are asked to vote on players for who they play against, for example defensive linemen are selecting the top offensive lineman and so on and on.

Not surprisingly, the 2006 Grey Cup Champion B.C. Lions led all teams with six players. The Lions dynamic duo of slot back Geroy Simon the CFL’s Most Outstanding Player and defensive lineman Brent Johnson the league’s top Canadian and Most Outstanding Defensive Player are joined by defensive lineman Tyrone Williams, linebacker Otis Floyd Jr., defensive back Korey Banks and safety Barron Miles round out the Lions’ presence on defense.  The CFL’s second winningest head coach in history Wally Buono joins his six Lions with his first ever selection to the CFLPA All-Star team presented by Intergold.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders and Calgary Stampeders both have 5 selections, ‘Rider cornerback Omarr Morgan was picked for his 6th consecutive selection, while Stampeder quarterback Henry Burris was named the league’s top pivot for the first time in his career.  

Stampeder super sophomore Sandro DeAngelis was selected for two positions, place kicker and special teams.   

Future Hall of Famer Milt Stegall of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers showed no signs of slowing down in 2006; the Turtle Man once again led the Bombers in receiving with 79 catches for 1,269 yards and 7 touchdowns despite missing 4 games due to injury.  His 1,269 receiving yards was 4th best in the CFL while his 79 receptions were good for 3rd best overall in the league.  As well in 2006 Stegall produced one of the most electrifying plays in not only Bomber history but in CFL history on July 20th at Commonwealth Stadium when he combined with pivot Kevin Glenn for a 100 yard catch and run to produce a last second game winning touchdown against the Eskimos.  

His 2006 selection to the CFLPA All-Star team presented by Intergold is his 7th selection the most on the team.  

Below are the final results of the 2006 CFLPA All-Star team presented by Intergold.

OFFENCE

POS PLAYER TEAM # YEARS

QB HENRY BURRIS CGY STAMPEDERS 1ST 2006

TACKLE GENE MAKOWSKY SSK ROUGHRIDERS 2ND 2006, ‘05

TACKLE BERNARD WILLIAMS TOR ARGONAUTS 1ST 2006

GUARD DAN COMISKEY EDM ESKIMOS 4TH 2006, ’05, ’04, ‘03

GUARD SCOTT FLORY MTL ALOUETTES 2ND 2006, 05

CENTER BRYAN CHIU MTL ALOUETTES 5TH 2006, ’05, ’03, ’02, ‘01

RB JOFFREY REYNOLDS CGY STAMPEDERS 1ST 2006

FB CHRIS SZARKA SSK ROUGHRIDERS 2ND 2006, ‘05

SB GEROY SIMON B.C. LIONS 3RD 2006, ’04, ‘03

SB MILTON STEGALL WPG BLUE BOMBERS 7TH ’06,05,02,01,00,99, 97

REC ARLAND BRUCE TOR ARGONAUTS 3RD 2006, ’05, ‘02

REC KERRY WATKINS MTL ALOUETTES 2ND 2006, ‘05

 WEST 6

  EAST 6

DEFENCE

POS PLAYER TEAM # YEARS

DE BRENT JOHNSON BC LIONS 2ND 2006, ‘05

DE FRED PERRY SSK ROUGHRIDERS 1ST 2006

DT DOUG BROWN WPG BLUE BOMBERS 1ST 2006

DT TYRONE WILLIAMS BC LIONS 1ST 2006

LB BARRIN SIMPSON WPG BLUE BOMBERS 5TH 2006, ’05, ’04, ’03, ‘02

LB OTIS FLOYD JR. BC LIONS 1ST 2006

LB BRIAN CLARK CGY STAMPEDERS 1ST 2006

S BARRON MILES BC LIONS 5TH 2006, ’03, ’02, ’00, ‘99

CB TAY CODY HAM TIGERCATS 1ST 2006

CB OMARR MORGAN SSK ROUGHRIDERS 6TH ’06,05,04,03,02,01

HB KOREY BANKS BC LIONS 2ND 2006, ’05,

HB EDDIE DAVIS SSK ROUGHRIDERS 3RD 2006, ’05, ‘03

 WEST 9

  EAST 3

SPECIAL TEAMS

POS PLAYER TEAM # YEARS

PK SANDRO DEANGELIS CGY STAMPEDERS 1ST 2006

P DAMON DUVAL MTL ALOUETTES 2ND 2006, ‘05

ST SANDRO DEANGELIS CGY STAMPEDERS 1ST 2006

 WEST 2

  EAST 1

HEAD COACH

POS COACH TEAM # YEARS

HC WALLY BUONO BC LIONS 1ST 2006

ALL-STARS BY THE NUMBERS

1 – First time, 4-time Grey Cup Champion and the CFL’s second winningest head coach Wally Buono of the B.C. Lions has been named to the team

2 – Nominations received by Sandro DeAngelis of the Calgary Stampeders … place kicker and special teams

3 – Number of Eastern Division Players selected as Defensive All-Stars

6 – Most Consecutive Nominations – Cornerback Omarr Morgan, Saskatchewan Roughriders

7 – Most Nominations … Slot Back Milt Stegall, Winnipeg Blue Bombers

9 – First time All-Stars … Quarterback Henry Burris, Calgary Stampeders … Offensive Tackle Bernard Williams, Toronto Argonauts … Running Back Joffrey Reynolds, Calgary Stampeders … Defensive End Fred Perry, Saskatchewan Roughriders … Defensive Tackle Doug Brown, Winnipeg Blue Bombers … Defensive Tackle Tyrone Williams, B.C. Lions …Linebacker Otis Floyd Jr., B.C. Lions … Cornerback Tay Cody, Hamilton Tiger Cats and Sandro DeAngelis

10 – Number of Eastern Division Players named to the All-Star team

16 – The league’s Most Outstanding Defensive Player and Most Outstanding Canadian Brent Johnson from the B.C. Lions led the league with 16 quarterback sacks

17 – Number of Western Division Players named to the All-Star team

23 – Calgary Stampeder Quarterback Henry Burris led the league with 23 touchdown passes on his way to being named the CFLPA’S All-Star pivot

110 – Number of defensive tackles recorded by Linebacker Barrin Simpson of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to lead the CFL in tackles

ALL-STARS BY TEAM

TEAM NUMBER

BC LIONS 6 PLUS HEAD COACH  WALLY BUONO

CGY STAMPEDERS 5

SSK ROUGHRIDERS 5

WPG BLUE BOMBERS 3

MONTREAL ALOUETTES 2

EDM ESKIMOS 1

HAM TIGER CATS 1

TOR ARGONAUTS 1