John Avery

Avery signed as a free agent in February, 2002 and had an outstanding rookie season.  Avery had 1448 yards rushing, caught 45 passes for another 387 yards, and added 861 yards on kickoff returns.  After the 2002 season, he signed as a free agent with the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL.  After being released from the NFL, Avery returned to the CFL and signed with the Toronto Argos prior to the 2004 season.  Avery had a decent season in 2004 with 974 yards rushing and 48 catches for 364 yards.  Avery then ran into injury problems in the next three seasons, playing 13, 7 and 5 games.

Games Played and Rushing
Year Team GP TC Yds Avg TD Long
2002 EDM 18 229 1448 6.3 9 61
2004 TOR 17 202 974 4.8 4 74
2005 TOR 13 109 526 4.8 2 26
2006 TOR 7 82 432 5.3 2 23
2007 TOR 5 75 327 4.4 3 22
Receiving
Year Team Rec Yds Avg TD Long
2002 EDM 45 387 8.6 2 31
2004 TOR 48 364 7.6 1 27
2005 TOR 36 393 10.9 3 46
2006 TOR 8 41 5.1 0 17
2007 TOR 7 66 9.4 0 18
Kickoff Returns
Year Team KOR Yds Avg TD Long
2002 EDM 26 861 25.4 0 75
2004 TOR 4 77 19.3 0 29
2005 TOR 2 42 21 0 28
2006 TOR 0 0 0 0 0
2007 TOR 0 0 0 0 0
Punt Returns
Year Team PR Yds Avg TD Long
2002 EDM 6 34 5.7 0 13
2004 TOR 0 0 0 0 0
2005 TOR 0 0 0 0 0
2006 TOR 0 0 0 0 0
2007 TOR 0 0 0 0 0
Fumbles
Year Team F FL OFR
2002 EDM 10 8 0
2004 TOR 5 5 0
2005 TOR 4 4 0
2006 TOR 1 1 0
2007 TOR 1 0
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