Carrington Signs with Edmonton of CFL
February 7, 2022 - Indoor Football League (IFL)
Massachusetts Pirates News Release
Massachusetts Pirates wide receiver Darren Carrington II
(Massachusetts Pirates)
WORCESTER, MA - Former Massachusetts Pirates wide receiver Darren Carrington II has signed a contract with the Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League.
Last year in nine regular season games, the 6'3", 215 lb. wideout caught 11 passes for 101 yards and three touchdowns. Carrington caught his first touchdown pass in Massachusetts' 36-18 road win at Bismarck. His most productive outing for the champions of the Indoor Football League came in a 34 - 26 setback against the Spokane Shock at Phoenix Field at the DCU Center. In that game Carrington set season highs in receptions and yards as he had five catches for 37 yards and a touchdown.
In the IFL playoffs, Carrington appeared in two games and helped the Pirates win the United Bowl with one reception for four yards in the 37-34 overtime victory over the Arizona Rattlers.
This will be his second stint in the CFL as in October of 2018 he signed with the Toronto Argonauts and was a member of their practice squad.
Carrington had an impressive collegiate career in the Pac 12 where he was a two-time All-Conference selection, playing three seasons at Oregon and one at Utah as a graduate transfer. Carrington had 11 career 100-yard games including four at Utah.
A product of San Diego, CA, Carrington had three productive years at Oregon where he recorded 112 receptions, 1,919 yards and 15 touchdowns in 33 career games. He burst onto the scene for the Ducks in 2014 as a redshirt freshman, seeing action in 14 games making one start and finished the season with 37 receptions for 704 yards and four touchdowns.
Carrington was a standout in the Rose Bowl, (the National Semi-Final game) catching seven balls for 165 yards and two touchdowns of 56 and 30 yards from Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Marcus Mariota in a 59-20 win over Florida State. The Ducks were defeated by Ohio State, 42-20 in the National Championship game.
In 2015 he started five of the seven games in which he appeared, catching 32 balls for 609 yards and six scores and was second team All-Pac 12. In 2016, his junior season, he started eight of 12 games with 43 receptions for 606 yards and five touchdowns and was the Ducks leading receiver.
In 2017 at Utah he played in 12 games and had 70 receptions for 980 yards (averaging 14 yards per catch) and six touchdowns earning second team All-Pac 12 honors for the second time in his career.
Carrington attended the 2018 NFL Combine and signed as an undrafted free agent with the Dallas Cowboys in August, spending the preseason with the team before being released as part of the final cuts prior the start of the regular season.
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