Earl Winfield

Winfield was a speedy receiver and kick returner who played his entire 11 year career with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats from 1987 to 1997.  Winfield had a tryout with the Seatle Sea Hawks of the NFL in 1986 before signing with Hamilton in February of 1987.  Winfield had 36 catches for 746 yards in just 11 games in his rookie season while also seeing action returning punts and kickoffs.  In 1988, Winfield boosted his receiving totals to 60 catches for 1213 yards and returned 4 punts and 1 kickoff for touchdowns.  Those numbers earned Winfield an All-Canadian selection, Oustanding Player in the East (runner-up for the country) and another shot in the NFL as he signed as a free agent with the San Francisco 49ers.  Unfortunately for Winfield, but fortunately for Hamilton, he was released by San Francisco and rejoined Hamilton in August of 1989.  Winfield remained in Hamilton for the rest of his career, racking up four more 1000+ years receiving with his best year coming in 1995 when he set career highs with 95 catches and 1496 yards.  Besides his All-Canadian selection in 1988, Winfield was named to the East All-Star team in 1990 and 1994, and a North All-Star in 1995 during the American expansion years.

Games Played and Receiving
Team Year GP Rec Yds Avg Long TD
HAM 1987 11 38 746 19.6 81 2
HAM 1988 18 60 1213 20.2 73 8
HAM 1989 9 15 324 21.6 56 3
HAM 1990 13 62 1054 17 75 13
HAM 1991 10 45 874 19.4 77 4
HAM 1992 12 52 880 16.9 80 9
HAM 1993 15 61 1076 17.6 79 5
HAM 1994 14 71 1211 17.1 79 12
HAM 1995 18 92 1496 16.3 57 13
HAM 1996 14 48 783 16.3 50 4
HAM 1997 6 29 462 15.9 59 2
Rushing
Year Team TC Yds Avg TD Long
1987 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1988 HAM 1 2 2 0 2
1989 HAM 2 18 9 0 10
1990 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1991 HAM 2 5 2.5 0 13
1992 HAM 1 7 7 0 7
1993 HAM 1 -8 -8 0 -8
1994 HAM 3 43 14.3 0 21
1995 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1996 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1997 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
Kickoff Retunrs
Year Team KOR Yds Avg TD Long
1987 HAM 18 347 19.3 0 34
1988 HAM 20 538 26.6 1 100
1989 HAM 10 226 22.6 0 43
1990 HAM 8 164 20.5 0 34
1991 HAM 1 20 20 0 20
1992 HAM 1 20 20 0 20
1993 HAM 13 282 21.7 0 44
1994 HAM 3 56 18.7 0 28
1995 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1996 HAM 1 3 3 0 3
1997 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
Punt Returns
Year Team PR Yds Avg TD Long
1987 HAM 22 256 11.6 1 71
1988 HAM 74 865 11.7 4 101
1989 HAM 36 361 10 1 77
1990 HAM 24 102 4.3 0 19
1991 HAM 2 15 7.5 0 15
1992 HAM 22 291 13.2 2 77
1993 HAM 41 530 12.9 3 71
1994 HAM 37 267 7.2 0 43
1995 HAM 8 61 7.6 0 47
1996 HAM 13 80 6.2 0 13
1997 HAM 2 6 3 0 3
Missed Fieldgoal Returns
Year Team MFGRet Yds TD Long
1987 HAM 0 0 0 0
1988 HAM 0 0 0 0
1989 HAM 0 0 0 0
1990 HAM 1 15 0 15
1991 HAM 0 0 0 0
1992 HAM 2 5 0 5
1993 HAM 1 61 0 61
1994 HAM 0 0 0 0
1995 HAM 3 47 0 26
1996 HAM 0 0 0 0
1997 HAM 0 0 0 0
Tackles
Year Team T ST Total
1987 HAM 2

1988 HAM 2

1989 HAM 0

1990 HAM 5

1991 HAM 3 1 4
1992 HAM 6 0 6
1993 HAM 7 0 7
1994 HAM 3 0 3
1995 HAM 3 1 4
1996 HAM 0 0 0
1997 HAM 0 0 0
Fumble Returns
Year Team FR Yds Avg TD Long OFR FF
1987 HAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 HAM 0 0 0 0 0 2
1989 HAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 HAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 HAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 HAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 HAM 1 0 0 0 0 2
1994 HAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 HAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 HAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 HAM 0 0 0 0 0 0

Winfield had one attempted pass with no completions in 1990.