Mike Pringle

At his retirement, Mike Pringle was the all-time leading rusher in CFL history, having surpassed the legendary George Reed.  Pringle also tied Reed for the most career touchdowns, though this record has since been surpassed by Milt Stegall.  Pringle started his career as a sixth round draft pick by the Atlnta Falcons of the NFL in 1990..  The Falcons released Pringle in 1991, and the running back spent the 1992 season with the Sacremento Surge of the WLAF.  Pringle's first season in the CFL was short lived and definitely not an indication of things to come.  He was signed by Edmonton in June of 1992 and released in July after playing just three games for the Esks.  Pringle signed as a free agent with the expansion Sacremento Goldminers for the 1993 season  With the Godminers, Pringle appeared in all 18 games and was used more as a receiver out of the backfield than a runner as he carried the ball only 60 times for 368 yards, but caught the ball 56 times for 523 yards.  Pringle moved to Baltimore for 1994 to complete a previous trade between the two teams and had a breakout season running for 1972 yards.and a 6.4 yard average.  Pringle followed with another great season in 1995 with Baltimore as he ran for 1791 yards, leading the Baltimore club to a Grey Cup victory.  With the folding of the Americian teams, the Baltimore franchise was transferred to Montreal to revive the defunct Aloutte franchise.  Pringle played seven season in Montreal, adding five more 1000+ seasons to his credit, missing only due to injuries in 1996 and 2002.  Pringle's best season was an amazing 2065 yards russhing on 347 carries in 1998.  Perhaps his injury in 2002 made the Als think Pringle's career was done as he played in only six games that year.  Anyway, Montreal released Pringle in favour of bad boy Lawrence Phillips and Pringle signed with Edmonton and finished his CFL career where he started it.  Pringle played two seasons in Edmonton, rushing for over a 1000 yards in both seasons and racking up 40+ pass receptions in both.  Pringle was a divison All-Star nine times and was a seven time All-Canadian winning honours in 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1998, 2000 and 2003.  Pringle was twice name the Oustanding Player in the CFL (1995 and 1998).

Mike Pringle Inducted into Canadian Football Hall of Fame - April 2, 2008

Alouettes Honor Pringle for his Induction to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame October 10, 2008

Games Playd and Rushing
Year Team GP TC Yds Avg TD Long
1992 EDM 3 22 129 5.9 0 30
1993 SAC 18 60 368 6.1 4 44
1994 BALT 18 306 1972 6.4 13 63
1995 BALT 17 311 1791 5.8 13 86
1996 MON 8 127 825 6.5 5 65
1997 MON 17 306 1775 5.8 12 60
1998 MON 18 347 2065 6 9 56
1999 MON 16 322 1656 5.1 13 43
2000 MON 17 326 1778 5.5 19 62
2001 MON 14 262 1323 5 16 47
2002 MON 6 39 227 5.8 0 40
2003 EDM 18 273 1376 5 13 61
2004 EDM 18 259 1141 4.4 8 51
Receiving
Year Team Rec Yds Avg TD Long
1992 EDM 4 39 9.8 0 18
1993 SAC 56 523 9.3 1 24
1994 BALT 46 442 9.6 3 36
1995 BALT 33 276 8.4 0 39
1996 MON 12 160 13.3 2 41
1997 MON 33 276 8.4 0 39
1998 MON 26 349 13.4 0 56
1999 MON 27 199 7.4 1 32
2000 MON 34 333 9.8 0 35
2001 MON 28 285 10.2 1 32
2002 MON 3 47 15.7 0 18
2003 EDM 46 419 9.1 2 35
2004 EDM 48 445 9.3 1 18
Kickoff Returns
Year Team KOR Yds Avg TD Long
1992 EDM 6 114 19 0 28
1993 SAC 27 549 20.3 0 36
1994 BALT 38 814 21.4 0 45
1995 BALT 13 320 24.6 0 67
1996 MON 26 573 22 0 41
1997 MON 21 479 22.8 0 74
1998 MON 5 78 15.6 0 25
1999 MON 2 27 13.5 0 20
2000 MON 0 0 0 0 0
2001 MON 0 0 0 0 0
2002 MON 0 0 0 0 0
2003 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
2004 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
Fumbles
Year Team F FL OFR
1992 EDM 0 0 0
1993 SAC 4 2 1
1994 BALT 9 7 2
1995 BALT 8 5 0
1996 MON 2 2 0
1997 MON 2 2 1
1998 MON 9 6 2
1999 MON 9 8 0
2000 MON 1 1 2
2001 MON 7 5 0
2002 MON 2 2 0
2003 EDM 7 5 2
2004 EDM 6 6 1
Tackles
Year Team T ST Total
1992 EDM 1 1 2
1993 SAC 6 30 36
1994 BALT 3 7 10
1995 BALT 0 1 1
1996 MON 3 0 3
1997 MON 1 0 1
1998 MON 3 0 3
1999 MON 2 0 2
2000 MON 1 0 1
2001 MON 1 0 1
2002 MON 0 0 0
2003 EDM 2 0 2
2004 EDM 2 0 2

Pringle had one quarterback sack with Sacremento in 1993.

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