2008 Calgary Stampeders Roster
Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 13-5 26
Finishing 1st in the CFL's West Division
Postseason: 2-0 Won Grey Cup
Coach: John Hufnagel (13-5)
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2008 Calgary Stampeders StatisticsTeam Record: 13-5 26
Finishing 1st in the CFL's West Division
Postseason: 2-0 Won Grey Cup
Coach: John Hufnagel (13-5)
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2008 Calgary Stampeders Results
The Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League ended the 2008 season with a record of 13 wins and 5 losses for 26 points, finishing first in the CFL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-0.
Calgary chalked up 595 points, while the defense allowed 420. Henry Burris led the charge, slinging for 5,094 yards. Ken-Yon Rambo grabbed 100 receptions for 1,473 yards, while Nik Lewis was targeted regularly as well.
Joffrey Reynolds carried the ball for a team-high 1,310 yards for the Stampeders.
Wes Lysack picked off 4 opponent throws. Mike Labinjo, Charleston Hughes and Miguel Robede each topped the defensive unit with 5 sacks.
John Hufnagel coached the team. The 2008 Calgary Stampeders won the Grey Cup.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | Dwight Anderson | DB | July 5, 1981 | 5'10" | 180 | South Dakota | Spanish Town, Jamaica | 18 | 18 |
| 65 | Ben Archibald | OT | August 26, 1978 | 6'3" | 320 | BYU | Tacoma, WA USA | 12 | |
| 2 | JoJuan Armour | LB | July 10, 1976 | 5'11" | 220 | Miami (OH) | Toledo, OH USA | 16 | 15 |
| 60 | Derek Armstrong | OL | June 19, 1981 | 6'3" | 295 | St. Francis Xavier | Smith Falls, ON | 11 | 4 |
| 87 | Jabari Arthur | WR | August 28, 1982 | 6'4" | 225 | Akron | Montreal, QC | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | Calvin Bannister | DB | February 17, 1984 | 5'8" | 184 | Hampton | Roanoke, VA | 11 | 11 |
| 4 | Julian Battle | DB | July 11, 1981 | 6'2" | 205 | Tennessee | Royal Palm Beach, FL USA | 6 | 6 |
| 27 | Brandon Browner | DB | August 2, 1984 | 6'4" | 221 | Oregon State | Los Angeles, CA | 18 | 18 |
| 1 | Henry Burris | QB | June 4, 1975 | 6'0" | 195 | Temple | Fort Smith, AR USA | 18 | 18 |
| 36 | Willie Byrd | DB | July 19, 1983 | 6'3" | 198 | Miles College | Boynton Beach, FL | 4 | 0 |
| 37 | Marc Calixte | LB | September 26, 1978 | 6'0" | 208 | Tennessee Martin | Montreal, QC | 16 | 0 |
| 29 | Dwaine Carpenter | DB | November 4, 1976 | 6'1" | 203 | North Carolina A&T | Pinehurst, NC USA | 18 | 12 |
| 56 | Randy Chevrier | DL | June 6, 1976 | 6'2" | 291 | McGill | St. Leonard, QC Canada | 18 | 0 |
| 14 | Milt Collins | DB | March 9, 1985 | 6'1" | 182 | Jones County JC | New Orleans, LA | 10 | 1 |
| 80 | Jeremaine Copeland | WR | February 19, 1977 | 6'2" | 200 | Tennessee | Harriman, TN | 18 | 0 |
| 9 | Jon Cornish | RB | November 5, 1984 | 6'0" | 205 | Kansas | New Westminster, BC | 18 | 0 |
| 26 | Rob Cote | SB | July 5, 1986 | 6'1" | 220 | Victoria Rebels | Calgary, AB | 10 | 6 |
| 84 | Nate Curry | WR | March 11, 1982 | 5'10" | 195 | Georgia Tech | Miami, FL | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Burke Dales | P | February 16, 1977 | 6'3" | 225 | Concordia | Collingwood, ON | 18 | 0 |
| 12 | Sandro DeAngelis | K | May 1, 1981 | 5'8" | 195 | Nebraska | Niagara Falls, ON | 18 | 0 |
| 15 | Dave Dickenson | QB | January 11, 1973 | 5'11" | 190 | Montana | Great Falls, MT | 9 | 0 |
| 61 | Godfrey Ellis | OL | April 3, 1982 | 6'2" | 300 | Acadia | Nassau, Bahamas | 2 | 2 |
| 69 | Fabio Filice | OL | July 16, 1981 | 6'6" | 285 | McMaster | Stony Creek, ON | 15 | 0 |
| 97 | Eddie Freeman | DL | January 4, 1978 | 6'5" | 307 | Ala-Birmingham | Mobile, AL USA | 18 | 18 |
| 6 | Matt Grootegoed | LB | May 6, 1982 | 5'11" | 215 | USC | Huntington Beach, CA USA | 6 | 0 |
| 58 | Antonio Hall | OL | March 28, 1982 | 6'4" | 300 | Kentucky | Canton, OH | 6 | 6 |
| 93 | Howard Hodges | DL | May 29, 1981 | 6'2" | 255 | Iowa | Copperas Cove, TX | 15 | 11 |
| 88 | Markus Howell | WR | April 21, 1975 | 5'10" | 182 | Texas Southern | Winnipeg, MB | 16 | 0 |
| 39 | Charleston Hughes | LB | December 14, 1983 | 6'1" | 244 | Northwood | Saginaw, MI | 16 | 16 |
| 34 | Funtaine Hunter | LB | December 27, 1983 | 6'3" | 238 | Vanderbilt | Valdosta, GA | 3 | 0 |
| 87 | Chris Jackson | WR | July 5, 1984 | 6'2" | 208 | Millsaps | Florence, AL | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | Shannon James | LB | December 28, 1983 | 5'10" | 205 | Massachusetts | Bridgeport, CT | 18 | 16 |
| 90 | Julian Jenkins | DE | October 25, 1983 | 6'4" | 270 | Stanford | Boston, MA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 81 | Michael Jennings | WR | September 7, 1979 | 5'11" | 175 | Grambling St. | Jacksonville, FL USA | 2 | 0 |
| 86 | Teyo Johnson | WR | November 29, 1981 | 6'5" | 260 | Stanford | White Rock, BC Canada | 13 | 12 |
| 8 | Richard Karikari | DB | July 23, 1979 | 5'11" | 200 | St. Francis Xavier | Accra, Ghana | 7 | 0 |
| 42 | Mike Labinjo | DE | July 8, 1980 | 6'0" | 241 | Michigan St. | Toronto, ON Canada | 15 | 12 |
| 68 | Rob Lazeo | G | March 23, 1973 | 6'5" | 305 | Western Illinois | Abbotsford, BC | 18 | 18 |
| 82 | Nik Lewis | WR | June 3, 1982 | 5'10" | 205 | Southern Arkansas | Mineral Wells, TX | 18 | 18 |
| 31 | Wes Lysack | DB | March 3, 1978 | 6'1" | 203 | Manitoba | Edmonton, AB | 16 | 16 |
| 49 | Pat MacDonald | DL | February 20, 1982 | 6'2" | 247 | Alberta | Oakville, ON | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | Barrick Nealy | QB | August 7, 1983 | 6'5" | 225 | Texas State | Dallas, TX | 18 | 0 |
| 62 | Jesse Newman | OL | September 23, 1982 | 6'4" | 302 | Louisiana - Lafayette | Vancouver, BC | 15 | 15 |
| 66 | Tim O'Neill | OL | October 17, 1979 | 6'3" | 305 | Calgary | Victoria, BC | 14 | 0 |
| 94 | Marcus Parker | DL | May 18, 1983 | 6'2" | 280 | New Mexico | Garland, TX | 4 | 3 |
| 44 | Justin Phillips | LB | April 24, 1985 | 6'3" | 236 | Wilfrid Laurier | Ottawa, ON | 18 | 1 |
| 64 | Jeff Pilon | OL | March 21, 1976 | 6'6" | 300 | Syracuse | Ottawa, ON | 15 | 15 |
| 4 | Will Proctor | QB | November 3, 1983 | 6'2" | 210 | Clemson | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Brett Ralph | WR | March 3, 1982 | 5'10" | 175 | Alberta | Raymond, AB | 18 | 18 |
| 85 | Ken-Yon Rambo | WR | October 4, 1978 | 6'1" | 195 | Ohio St. | Cerritos, CA USA | 18 | 18 |
| 43 | Saleem Rasheed | LB | June 15, 1981 | 6'2" | 229 | Alabama | Birmingham, AL USA | 9 | 9 |
| 25 | Keon Raymond | DB | November 27, 1982 | 5'10" | 190 | Middle Tennessee State | St. Louis, MO | 3 | 2 |
| 21 | Joffrey Reynolds | RB | November 26, 1979 | 5'10" | 221 | Houston | Tyler, TX USA | 18 | 18 |
| 96 | Miguel Robede | DE | June 30, 1981 | 6'4" | 298 | Laval | Val-d'Or, QC | 18 | 2 |
| 71 | Lemarcus Rowell | LB | December 10, 1982 | 6'2" | 218 | Jacksonville State | Opelika, AL | 6 | 4 |
| J.R. Ruffin | DB | July 28, 1982 | 6'0" | 190 | Idaho | Detroit, MI | 0 | ||
| 7 | Ben Sankey | QB | December 5, 1976 | 6'2" | 220 | Wake Forest | Chicago, IL | 8 | 0 |
| Ken Simonton | RB | June 7, 1979 | 5'8" | 191 | Oregon St. | Pittsburg, CA USA | 0 | ||
| 48 | Juwan Simpson | LB | July 8, 1984 | 6'3" | 233 | Alabama | Decatur, AL | 14 | 1 |
| 28 | Brandon Smith | DB | August 21, 1984 | 5'9" | 185 | Sacramento State | Oakland, CA | 15 | 14 |
| 25 | Brandon Stewart | DB | May 16, 1986 | 6'1" | 200 | Eastern Arizona J.C. | Seattle, WA | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Demetris Summers | RB | October 12, 1983 | 6'1" | 200 | South Carolina | Lexington, SC | 10 | 0 |
| 47 | Neil Ternovatsky | LB | October 15, 1984 | 6'2" | 210 | Alberta | Winnipeg, MB | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | Ryan Thelwell | WR | April 6, 1973 | 6'2" | 192 | Minnesota | London, Canada | 17 | 9 |
| 67 | Dimitri Tsoumpas | OL | September 26, 1955 | 6'3" | 311 | Weber State | Edmonton, AB | 18 | 18 |
| 35 | Lenny Walls | DB | September 26, 1979 | 6'4" | 192 | St. Mary's (CA) | San Francisco, CA USA | 4 | 4 |
| Reggie Williams | WR | July 23, 1983 | 6'3" | 202 | LSU | Lake Charles, LA | 1 |
