Spencer McLennan

 

Spence McLennan was one of those capable and versatile players you love to have on your team in the CFL where roster sizes are smaller. McLennan could play both slotback andon offence and safety on defence equally well and was also a big contributor on special teams.

McLennan played junior football with the Okanogan Sun and was signed by the BC Lions as a free agent for the 1991 season. McLennan played five seasons for the Lions (1991-95) and among his highlights were 22 special teams tackles in 1993 and a 109 missed field goal that he returned for a touchdown in 1994.

McLennan was selected by the Montreal Alouettes in a special draft to restock their Canadian talent after the collapse of the U.S. based teams and the moving of the Baltimore franchise to Montreal in 1996. McLennan got his first real shot to play defence in 1996 and responded with 4 pass interceptions and a career high 27 defensive tackles. McLennan played only seven games witgh the Als in 1997, but added another interception for 63 yards and a fumble return for 30yards.

Montreal traded McLennan to Winnipeg for 1998 along with a fourth round draft pick for Winnipeg's third round pick in the 1998 CFL college draft (that player turned out to be Scotgt Flory). With the Bombers in 1998, McLennan had his best year on the offensive side of the ball with 21 catches. McLennan t hey played mainly on defence in 1999 with 13 defensive tackles and 15 special teams tackles. In his final season in 2000, McLennan recorded 21 special teams tackles for the Bombers.

 

GP, Tackles, Knockdowns and Sacks
Year Team GP T ST Total TFL Yds KD Sacks Yds
1991 BC 14 1 8 9 0 0
0
1992 BC 18 0 4 4 0 0
0
1993 BC 18 2 22 24 0 0
0
1994 BC 18 0 11 11 1 10
0
1995 BC 16 0 8 8 1 4
0
1996 MON 18 27 9 36 0 0
0
1997 MON 7 6 5 11 0 0
0
1998 WPG 18 2 7 9 0 0
0
1999 WPG 16 13 15 28 0 0
0
2000 WPG 18 8 21 29 0 0
0

 

Interceptions and Fumble Returns
Year Team Int Yds Avg TDInt Long FR Yds Avg TD Long FF
1991 BC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 BC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 BC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 BC 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1995 BC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 MON 4 51 12.8 0 23 1 0 0 0 0 0
1997 MON 1 63 63 0 63 1 30 30 0 30 1
1998 WPG 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1999 WPG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 WPG 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 3 0

 

 

BlockedKicks
Year Team BK BC BFG BP
1991 BC 0 0 0 0
1992 BC 0 0 0 0
1993 BC 0 0 0 0
1994 BC 0 0 0 0
1995 BC 0 0 0 0
1996 MON 0 0 0 0
1997 MON 0 0 0 0
1998 WPG 1 0 0 1
1999 WPG 0 0 0 0
2000 WPG 0 0 0 0

 

Receiving
Year Team Rec Yds Avg TD Long
1991 BC 2 22 11 0 16
1992 BC 9 97 10.8 0 16
1993 BC 0 0 0 0 0
1994 BC 3 59 19.7 0 29
1995 BC 2 20 10 0 12
1996 MON 2 17 8.5 0 14
1997 MON 0 0 0 0 0
1998 WPG 21 267 12.7 0 28
1999 WPG 1 9 9 0 9
2000 WPG 0 0 0 0 0

 

Fumbles
Year Team F FL OFR
1991 BC 0 0 0
1992 BC 0 0 1
1993 BC 0 0 0
1994 BC 2 1 1
1995 BC 1 1 1
1996 MON 1 1 0
1997 MON 1 1 0
1998 WPG 0 0 1
1999 WPG 0 0 1
2000 WPG 0 0 0

 

Kick Returns
Year Team KOR Yds Avg TD Long PR Yds Avg TD Long MFGRet Yds Avg TD Long
1991 BC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 BC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 BC 1 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 BC 19 382 20.1 0 40 31 155 5 0 15 4 109 27.3 1 109
1995 BC 22 444 20.2 0 51 26 164 6.3 0 38 7 149 21.3 0 52
1996 MON 10 213 21.3 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 3
1997 MON 0 0 0 0 2 9 4 0 6 0 1 4 4 0 4
1998 WPG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 WPG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 WPG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

 

 

Spence McLennan

Spence McLennan

Spence McLennan