Tyrone Walls

Walls was a tight end with Edmonton and BC from 1972 to 1978, and one of the last of a dying breed as the CFL was switching over to slot backs instead of tight ends and split ends.  Walls' best year was his rookie year when he caught 50 passes for 811 yards, both career highs, and earning him his first of three West All-Star selections at tight end.  Six of Walls' receptions went for touchdowns and he added two more touchdowns on fumble returns.  Walls also won West All-Star honours in 74 with another 50 catch season and 1975 with only 31 catches in 12 games- perhaps an indication of the decline of the tight end.  Walls rebounded to 48 catches in 1976, his last year with Edmonton.  Walls played parts of two seasons with BC in 1977 and 1978, but didn't come close to achieving the numbers her put up with Edmonton.  Wallls made three appearance in the Grey Cup with Edmonton, losing 1973 and 1974, before getting his Grey Cup ring in 1975 as Edmonton edged Montreal 9-8.

Games Played. Rushing and Receiving
Year Team GP TC Yds Avg Avg TD Rec Yds Avg TD Long
1972 EDM 16 1 -2 -2 -2 0 50 811 16.2 6 67
1973 EDM 16 1 -7 -7 -7 0 41 494 12 4 44
1974 EDM 16 0 0 0 0 0 50 623 12.5 2 42
1975 EDM 12 0 0 0 0 0 31 390 12.6 0 29
1976 EDM 16 0 0 0 0 0 48 583 12.1 2 51
1977 BC 9 0 0 0 0 0 18 153 8.5 0 20
1978 BC 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 56 11.2 0 32
Fumbles
Year Team F FL
1972 EDM 0 0
1973 EDM 3 3
1974 EDM 1 0
1975 EDM 1 1
1976 EDM 2 2
1977 BC 0 0
1978 BC 0 0
Fumble Returns
Year Team FR Yds Avg TD Long OFR FF
1972 EDM 2 96 48 2 56 1
1973 EDM 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 EDM 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 EDM 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 EDM 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 BC 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 BC 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kickoff Returns
Year Team KOR Yds Avg TD Long
1972 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
1973 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
1974 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
1975 EDM 0 0 0 0 0
1976 EDM 1 20 20 0 20
1977 BC 0 0 0 0 0
1978 BC 0 0 0 0 0