Cory Stevens

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Cory Stevens
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Born:ca. 1968
Career information
CFL status National
Position(s) P
Height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight245 lb (111 kg)
College Minot State University
High school Bev Facey Community High School
CFL draft 1996, Round: 3, Pick: 26
Drafted by Calgary Stampeders
Career history
As player
1999 Saskatchewan Roughriders

Cory Stevens is a retired professional punter for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). As of 2016 he was an assistant coach (defensive line) for Bev Facey Community High School in Sherwood Park, Alberta, where he attended high school in the 1980s. [1] [2] He owns a glass and door contracting company. [3]

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College career

Stevens played for the Minot State Beavers as a punter and kicker from 1992 to 1995, while obtaining his Bachelor of Education. [3] The team competed in the Division II North Dakota College Athletic Conference of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), and was conference football champion in 1992, 1993, and 1994. [4] The 1992 team reached the semifinals of the NAIA Division II national championship and was inducted into the Minot State University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2016. [5] Minot is now in the NCAA Division II Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.

Stevens was named to the All-Conference first team in 1993, 1994, and 1995; received honourable mention as an NAIA All-American scholar in 1994; and was named to the NAIA All-American scholar first team in 1995. [6] He was the 1995 NAIA Division II punting champion with 52 punts for 2,278 yards, an average of 43.8 yards per punt. [7]

Stevens holds the Beavers' team record for career points after touchdown kicks at 94 and punted for 8,832 yards on 220 punt attempts (second highest in team history in both categories). He also kicked six field goals on ten attempts. [8]

Professional career

Stevens was drafted 26th overall, in the third round of the 1996 CFL Draft, by the Calgary Stampeders and was signed to a three-year contract. [9] He was claimed off of waivers from the Edmonton Eskimos by the Saskatchewan Roughriders in July 1999, [10] and played two games as a punter for the Roughriders in the 1999 season. [11]

During those two games he punted 17 times for 681 yards. His longest punt was 63 yards and his average was 40.1 yards per punt. He scored one point on a rouge and made two tackles. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "2016/17 Program Alberta Bowl" (PDF). Alberta Schools' Athletic Association. p. 9. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Bev Facey Football". Bev Facey Football Facebook account. April 13, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2017. Proud to have former CFL and @bevfacey alumni Cory Stevens return to oversee our DL development this fall.
  3. 1 2 "Cory Stevens LinkedIn Profile". Linkedin. Retrieved January 25, 2017.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Football Championship Records" (PDF). National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. p. 13. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Three individuals, one team to enter Hall of Fame". Minot State Beavers. Minot State University Athletics. October 17, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2017. The 1992 MSU football team had one of the best postseason runs in school history advancing to the NAIA semifinals
  6. ↑ "Minot State University Beavers 2010 Football Media Guide". Minot state University Sports Information Department. pp. 40–41. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
  7. ↑ "NAIA Football Regular-Season Records" (PDF). National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. July 6, 2009. p. 24. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Individual Career Records". Minot State Beavers. Minot State University Athletics. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Morning leadoff - May 30, 2016". The Bismarck Tribune. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Transactions Football". The New York Times. July 5, 1999. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  11. ↑ "The Saskatchewan Roughriders All-Time Player Roster". CFLdb Statistics. CFLdb. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  12. ↑ "1999 Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL)". The Pro Football Archives. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
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