STAMPS' SINGLETON NAMED MOST OUTSTANDING DEFENSIVE PLAYER
November 24, 2017 - Canadian Football League (CFL)
Calgary Stampeders News Release
Calgary Stampeders linebacker Alex Singleton is the Canadian Football League's Most Outstanding Defensive Player for the 2017 season. The award was announced on Thursday in Ottawa at the CFL's awards gala at the Shaw Centre.
Singleton is the first Stamp to win the award since John Grace in 2005.
The Montana State product established a CFL record for most tackles in a season by a Canadian and team marks for most defensive tackles and most total tackles in a season. He is a West Division all-star and was also the Stamps' nominee for Most Outstanding Player and Most Outstanding Canadian.
Singleton started all 18 games at middle linebacker and accumulated 123 tackles including four tackles for a loss, two special-teams tackles, four sacks, 12 quarterback pressures, one interception, one forced fumble and four knockdowns. He was named one of the CFL's players of the week for Week 11 after a career-high 13-tackle performance against Edmonton in the Labour Day Classic and was honoured again in Week 13 after an 11-tackle, one-sack effort against BC.
In Weeks 11-13, he became the first player in CFL history to record at least 10 tackles in three consecutive games. Singleton was voted the CFL's top player of the month for September.
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