Sonny Wade
Jesse Harold Wade
Born: April 1, 1947
Martinsville, VA
Position: QB
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 210
College: Emory & Henry
High School: Martinsville (VA)
Career: 1969-1978
Sonny Wade played from 1969 to 1978 during his career with the Montreal Alouettes. Wade threw for 15,014 yards in his career, completing 1,083 of 2,087 passes with 89 touchdowns and 169 interceptions. He also ran for 802 yards in 148 attempts with 7 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
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1969 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 348 | 164 | 47.1 | 2719 | 7.8 | 12 | 3.4 | 30 | 8.6 | 68 | 49.5 |
1970 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 322 | 170 | 52.8 | 2411 | 7.5 | 14 | 4.3 | 31 | 9.6 | 56 | 52.2 |
1971 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 338 | 155 | 45.9 | 2090 | 6.2 | 8 | 2.4 | 27 | 8.0 | 91 | 40.7 |
1972 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 219 | 118 | 53.9 | 1537 | 7.0 | 9 | 4.1 | 26 | 11.9 | 50 | 50.3 |
1973 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 27 | 5.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 10 | 35.0 |
1974 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 64 | 35 | 54.7 | 551 | 8.6 | 5 | 7.8 | 5 | 7.8 | 75 | 77.0 |
1975 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 196 | 103 | 52.6 | 1415 | 7.2 | 12 | 6.1 | 11 | 5.6 | 70 | 73.0 |
1976 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 382 | 205 | 53.7 | 2504 | 6.6 | 17 | 4.5 | 27 | 7.1 | 62 | 59.5 |
1977 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 136 | 91 | 66.9 | 1210 | 8.9 | 9 | 6.6 | 5 | 3.7 | 105 | 101.7 |
1978 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 77 | 39 | 50.6 | 550 | 7.1 | 3 | 3.9 | 5 | 6.5 | 64 | 60.0 |
Totals | 2087 | 1083 | 51.9 | 15014 | 7.2 | 89 | 4.3 | 169 | 8.1 | 105 |
Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1969 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 31 | 144 | 4.6 | 16 | 3 |
1970 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 37 | 220 | 5.9 | 28 | 3 |
1971 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 20 | 142 | 7.1 | 18 | 0 |
1972 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 17 | 104 | 6.1 | 19 | 1 |
1973 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
1974 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 16 | 0 |
1975 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 18 | 0 |
1976 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 20 | 117 | 5.8 | 41 | 0 |
1977 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 9 | 0 |
1978 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
Totals | 148 | 802 | 5.4 | 41 | 7 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1970 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 1 |
1972 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
1974 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
1976 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Totals | 4 | 41 | 10.2 | 16 | 1 |
Punting:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1969 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 114 | 4721 | 41.4 | 87 | 9 |
1970 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 102 | 4157 | 40.8 | 73 | 4 |
1971 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 79 | 3073 | 38.9 | 64 | 1 |
1972 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 86 | 3402 | 39.6 | 69 | 3 |
1973 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 4 | 198 | 49.5 | 63 | 0 |
1974 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 105 | 4179 | 39.8 | 80 | 0 |
1975 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 124 | 5139 | 41.4 | 63 | 4 |
1976 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 137 | 5846 | 42.7 | 63 | 2 |
1977 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 95 | 4141 | 43.6 | 60 | 3 |
1978 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 6 | 274 | 45.7 | 50 | 0 |
Totals | 852 | 35130 | 41.2 | 87 | 26 |
Punt Returns:
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1969 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 27 | ||||||||
1970 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28 | ||||||
1971 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
1972 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | |||||||
1975 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||
1976 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
1977 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
Totals | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 74 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1969 | CFL | Montreal Alouettes | 14 | 0 |
1970 | CFL | Montreal Alouettes | 14 | 0 |
1971 | CFL | Montreal Alouettes | 14 | 0 |
1972 | CFL | Montreal Alouettes | 13 | 0 |
1973 | CFL | Montreal Alouettes | 1 | 0 |
1974 | CFL | Montreal Alouettes | 13 | 0 |
1975 | CFL | Montreal Alouettes | 16 | 0 |
1976 | CFL | Montreal Alouettes | 16 | 0 |
1977 | CFL | Montreal Alouettes | 13 | 0 |
1978 | CFL | Montreal Alouettes | 4 | 0 |
Awards
1970 - CFL Grey Cup Most Valuable Player
1974 - CFL Grey Cup Most Valuable Player, Offence
1977 - CFL Grey Cup Most Valuable Player, Offence