Stampeders linebacker Singleton earns league-high three top player nominations
TORONTO — It’s been a record-breaking season for Alex Singleton.
The six-foot-two, 235-pound linebacker has helped anchor a Calgary Stampeders defence that’s tops in the CFL in fewest offensive points allowed (17.1 per game), touchdowns (28), yards (322.2 per game), most sacks (49) and quarterback pressures (123). Singleton has done his part with 121 defensive tackles and 123 total tackles, the former a CFL record for a Canadian and both being club marks.
And Singleton also became the first CFL player to record at least 10 tackles in three consecutive games.
On Wednesday, Singleton was rewarded with a league-high three nominations for the CFL’s individual awards. Singleton was named Calgary’s nominee as top player, defensive player and Canadian in voting by the Football Reporters of Canada and eight league head coaches.