![]() Coxie with the Toronto Argonauts in 2024 | |
No. 86 – Toronto Argonauts | |
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Position | Wide receiver |
CFL status | American |
Roster status | Active |
Personal information | |
Born | Reserve, Louisiana, U.S. | November 28, 1996
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | East St. John High Tara High |
College | Memphis |
Career history | |
2022–present | Toronto Argonauts |
Awards and highlights | |
Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
Stats at CFL.ca |
Damonte Coxie (born November 28, 1996) is an American professional football wide receiver for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He is a two-time Grey Cup champion after winning with Argonauts in 2022 and 2024.
After using a redshirt season in 2016, Coxie played college football for the Memphis Tigers from 2017 to 2020. [1] He played in 43 games where he had 185 receptions for 2,948 yards and 20 touchdowns. [2]
Receiving | |||||
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Season | Games | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD |
Memphis Tigers | |||||
2017 | 13 | 21 | 323 | 15.4 | 3 |
2018 | 14 | 72 | 1,174 | 16.3 | 7 |
2019 | 14 | 76 | 1,276 | 16.8 | 9 |
2020 | 2 | 16 | 175 | 10.9 | 1 |
Career | 43 | 185 | 2948 | 15.9 | 20 |
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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6 ft 2+1⁄8 in (1.88 m) | 198 lb (90 kg) | 33+1⁄4 in (0.84 m) | 8+3⁄4 in (0.22 m) | 4.77 s | 1.68 s | 2.74 s | 4.45 s | 6.92 s | 30.5 in (0.77 m) | 10 ft 2 in (3.10 m) | 4 reps | |
All values from Pro Day [3] |
After going undrafted in the 2021 NFL draft, Coxie had a tryout with the Green Bay Packers, but was not signed. [4]
Following a year in which he did not play football, Coxie was signed by the Toronto Argonauts on January 24, 2022. [5] He spent training camp with the team in 2022 and was added to the team's practice roster prior to the start of the regular season. [6] After the team's receiving corps was beset by injuries, Coxie made his professional debut on July 31, 2022, against the Ottawa Redblacks. [2] He made his first career reception in his second game, on August 20, 2022, against the Calgary Stampeders. [2] He finished the 2022 season having played in seven regular season games, starting in six, where he had 15 catches for 210 yards. [7] He ended the season on the six-game injured list and was there when the Argonauts won the 109th Grey Cup. [7]
In 2023, Coxie became a regular starter and played in 14 regular season games where he had 39 receptions for 787 yards and five touchdowns. [7] For his breakout season, he was named a CFL East All-Star. [8] He also played in the team's East Final loss to the Montreal Alouettes where he had one catch for 29 yards. [7]
In the 2024 season, Coxie played and started in 17 regular season games where he had 59 receptions for 860 yards and four touchdowns. [9] He sat out the East-Semi Final due to injury, but played in the next two post-season games, including the 111th Grey Cup where he had three receptions for 29 yards in the Argonauts' 41–24 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. [10]
Coxie was born to parents Monte Weathers and Donald Coxie. [1] His father, Donald, was killed in a car accident when Coxie was seven years old. [11]