Darren Flutie came to the CFL one year after his older brother Doug arrived on the scene. Darren did not ride his brother's coat tails, but established himself as one of the best pass receivers in the CFL. Not blessed with blinding speed, Darren Flutie was an accomplished pass route runner with a knack for getting open and cathing the ball whenit was thrown to him. Darren only played part of one season on the same team as Doug, as Doug was the Lions QB in 1991 when Darren joined the Lions as a free agent Darren caught 52 passes in just 8 games that first season, having joined BC in September. After Doug moved on to Calgary in 1992, Darren remained with the Lions for four more seasons until 1995, and had three 1000+ yard seasons receiving including a monster year in 1994 with 111 catches for 1731 yards. Only an injury that cot Darren 6 games in 1995 kept him from adding a fourth straight 1000 yard season. Darren was a Western All-Star in 1992 and 1994, somehow being overlooked for All-Canadian honours in that marvellous 1994 season! After the 1995 season, Darren became a free agent and signed with Edmonton and playing two seasons with the Eskimos (1996-1997). Flutie snagged 86 and 90 passes in those two seasons, and was over 1300 yards receiving in both seasons. Flutie was an an All-Canadian selection in both his years in Edmonton. A free agent again after the 1997 season season, Darren signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and formed a deadly pitch and catch duo with QB Danny McManus for five seasons from 1998 to his retirement in 2002. Flutie caught passes for more than a 1000 yards in his first four seasons in Hamilton and just fell a bit short with 929 yards in his final season. All told, Flutie had 9 seasons of more than 1000 yards. With Hamilton, Flutie was an Eastern All-Star in 1998 and 1999 and added his third All-Canadian honour in 1999. Flutie retired with 972 catches for 14,359 yards. Darren Flutie was named to the Canadian Football Hall-of-Fame in 2007.
Games Played and Receving
Team |
Year |
GP |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
Long |
TD |
BC |
1991 |
8 |
52 |
860 |
16.5 |
51 |
6 |
BC |
1992 |
18 |
90 |
1336 |
14.8 |
76 |
4 |
BC |
1993 |
17 |
79 |
1088 |
13.5 |
45 |
5 |
BC |
1994 |
18 |
111 |
1731 |
15.5 |
61 |
8 |
BC |
1995 |
12 |
59 |
893 |
15 |
58 |
2 |
EDM |
1996 |
17 |
86 |
1362 |
15.8 |
42 |
6 |
EDM |
1997 |
17 |
90 |
1313 |
14.6 |
51 |
9 |
HAM |
1998 |
17 |
96 |
1386 |
14.1 |
73 |
5 |
HAM |
1999 |
18 |
84 |
1155 |
13.8 |
37 |
7 |
HAM |
2000 |
17 |
79 |
1120 |
14.2 |
58 |
4 |
HAM |
2001 |
18 |
80 |
1206 |
15.1 |
49 |
6 |
HAM |
2002 |
18 |
64 |
929 |
14.5 |
40 |
4 |
Rushing
Year |
Team |
TC |
Yds |
Avg |
TD |
Long |
1991 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1992 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1993 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1994 |
BC |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
1995 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1996 |
EDM |
2 |
5 |
2.5 |
0 |
8 |
1997 |
EDM |
1 |
35 |
35 |
0 |
35 |
1998 |
HAM |
1 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
1999 |
HAM |
2 |
10 |
5 |
0 |
9 |
2000 |
HAM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2001 |
HAM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2002 |
HAM |
1 |
11 |
11 |
0 |
11 |
Passing
Year |
Team |
PA |
PC |
% |
Yds |
TD |
Int |
1991 |
BC |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1992 |
BC |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1993 |
BC |
3 |
1 |
33 |
42 |
0 |
0 |
1994 |
BC |
1 |
1 |
100 |
29 |
0 |
0 |
1995 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1996 |
EDM |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1997 |
EDM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1998 |
HAM |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1999 |
HAM |
5 |
2 |
40 |
38 |
0 |
1 |
2000 |
HAM |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2001 |
HAM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2002 |
HAM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Kickoff Returns
Year |
Team |
KOR |
Yds |
Avg |
TD |
Long |
1991 |
BC |
14 |
292 |
20.9 |
0 |
30 |
1992 |
BC |
4 |
65 |
16.3 |
0 |
24 |
1993 |
BC |
11 |
122 |
11.1 |
0 |
26 |
1994 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1995 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1996 |
EDM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1997 |
EDM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1998 |
HAM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1999 |
HAM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2000 |
HAM |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2001 |
HAM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2002 |
HAM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Punt Returns
Year |
Team |
PR |
Yds |
Avg |
TD |
Long |
1991 |
BC |
15 |
104 |
6.9 |
0 |
24 |
1992 |
BC |
11 |
84 |
7.6 |
0 |
20 |
1993 |
BC |
10 |
94 |
9.4 |
0 |
40 |
1994 |
BC |
1 |
13 |
13 |
0 |
13 |
1995 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1996 |
EDM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1997 |
EDM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1998 |
HAM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1999 |
HAM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2000 |
HAM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2001 |
HAM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2002 |
HAM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Missed Fieldgoal Returns
Year |
Team |
MFGRet |
Yds |
TD |
Long |
1991 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1992 |
BC |
2 |
18 |
0 |
18 |
1993 |
BC |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1994 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1995 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1996 |
EDM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1997 |
EDM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1998 |
HAM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1999 |
HAM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2000 |
HAM |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2001 |
HAM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2002 |
HAM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Fumbles
Year |
Team |
F |
FL |
1991 |
BC |
3 |
2 |
1992 |
BC |
1 |
1 |
1993 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
1994 |
BC |
4 |
4 |
1995 |
BC |
2 |
1 |
1996 |
EDM |
1 |
0 |
1997 |
EDM |
4 |
3 |
1998 |
HAM |
4 |
2 |
1999 |
HAM |
1 |
1 |
2000 |
HAM |
3 |
2 |
2001 |
HAM |
1 |
1 |
2002 |
HAM |
1 |
0 |
Fumble Recoveries
Year |
Team |
FR |
Yds |
Avg |
TD |
Long |
OFR |
FF |
1991 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
1992 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
1993 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
1994 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
1995 |
BC |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
1996 |
EDM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1997 |
EDM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1998 |
HAM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
1999 |
HAM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2000 |
HAM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2001 |
HAM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2002 |
HAM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Tackles
Year |
Team |
T |
ST |
Total |
1991 |
BC |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1992 |
BC |
5 |
0 |
5 |
1993 |
BC |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1994 |
BC |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1995 |
BC |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1996 |
EDM |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1997 |
EDM |
4 |
0 |
4 |
1998 |
HAM |
4 |
0 |
4 |
1999 |
HAM |
2 |
2 |
4 |
2000 |
HAM |
6 |
2 |
8 |
2001 |
HAM |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2002 |
HAM |
2 |
0 |
2 |
Punting
Year |
Team |
P |
Yds |
Avg |
Long |
S |
1991 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1992 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1993 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1994 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1995 |
BC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1996 |
EDM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1997 |
EDM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1998 |
HAM |
1 |
36 |
36 |
36 |
0 |
1999 |
HAM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2000 |
HAM |
1 |
40 |
40 |
40 |
0 |
2001 |
HAM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2002 |
HAM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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