Cody Grace

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Cody Grace
No. --     Edmonton Elks
2024, 24, Cody Grace.jpg
Grace with the Calgary Stampeders in 2024
Born: (1996-03-19) 19 March 1996 (age 28)
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Career information
StatusActive
CFL status Global
Position(s) Punter
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight257 lb (117 kg)
College Arkansas State
High school Warwick Senior High
CFL draft 2021G, round: 1, pick: 7
Drafted by Calgary Stampeders
Career history
As player
2021–2024 Calgary Stampeders
2025–present Edmonton Elks
Career highlights and awards
CFL All-Star 2022
CFL West All-Star 2021, 2022
Career stats

Cody Grace (born 19 March 1996) is an Australian professional Canadian football punter for the Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League (CFL).

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Early life

Grace grew up in Perth, Western Australia, where he attended Warwick Senior High School and played Australian rules football. [1]

College career

Grace played college football for the Arkansas State Red Wolves from 2017 to 2019. [2] [3]

Professional career

Calgary Stampeders

Grace was drafted in the first round, seventh overall by the Calgary Stampeders in the 2021 CFL Global Draft and signed with the team on 11 May 2021. [4] Following 2021 training camp, he won the job as the team's punter and played in his first career professional game on 7 August 2021, against the Toronto Argonauts. [3] He played in 14 regular season games and had 78 punts with a 45.6-yard average. [3] He was named a CFL Western All-Star at the end of the year and became the first Global player to win the award. [5]

Edmonton Elks

Grace joined the Edmonton Elks in free agency on February 12, 2025.

References

  1. ↑ "STAMPEDERS SELECT FOUR IN 2021 GLOBAL DRAFT". stampeders.com. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "Cody Grace". Arkansas State Red Wolves . Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "Cody Grace". Calgary Stampeders . Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Stamps sign 1st round Global pick Cody Grace". Canadian Football League. 11 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "2021 CFL Division All-Stars Unveiled". Canadian Football League. 24 November 2021.


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