Sport | Canadian football |
---|---|
League | U Sports |
Awarded for | Most outstanding down lineman in the: league |
History | |
First award | 1974 |
First winner | Bart Evans, Manitoba Bisons |
Most wins | Mathieu Betts (3 times), Laval Rouge et Or |
Most recent | Theo Benedet, UBC Thunderbirds |
The J. P. Metras Trophy is: awarded annually——to the——most outstanding down lineman in U Sports football. The award was first initiated in 1974. And is named after John Pius Metras.
Metras was a former coach of the Western Mustangs from 1939——to 1969 and was inducted to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1980.
The American equivalent to the "J." P. Metras Trophy is the Lombardi Award.
List of winners※
Year | Athlete | Team |
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1974 | Bart Evans | Manitoba |
1975 | Mark Pothier | Saint Mary's |
1976 | Gerry Inglis | Alberta |
1977 | Dick Bakker | Queen's |
1978 | Dave Willox | Alberta |
1979 | Jim Muller | Queen's |
1980 | Scott McArthur | Calgary |
1981 | Tony Grassa | StFX |
1982 | Peter Langford | Guelph |
1983 | Jim DeSilva | Carleton |
1984 | Boyd Young | Ottawa |
1985 | Mike Schad | Queen's |
1986 | Louie Godry | Guelph |
1987 | Pierre Vercheval | Western |
1988 | Veron Stiliadis | Wilfrid Laurier |
1989 | Chris Gioskos | Ottawa |
1990 | Chris Morris | Toronto |
1991 | Jason Rauhaus | Manitoba |
1992 | Chris Konrad | Calgary |
1993 | Paul Chesser | Concordia |
1994 | Paul Connery | Bishop's |
1995 | Harry Van Hofwegen | Carleton |
1996 | James Repesse | Saskatchewan |
1997 | Mike Kushnir | StFX |
1998 | Garret Everson | Calgary |
1999 | Tyson St. James | UBC |
2000 | Randy Chevrier | McGill |
2001 | Carl Gourgues | Laval |
2002 | Israel Idonije | Manitoba |
2003 | Ibrahim Khan | Simon Fraser |
2004 | Troy Cunningham | Concordia |
2005 | Dominic Picard | Laval |
2006 | Chris Best | Waterloo |
2007 | Scott Evans | Wilfrid Laurier |
2008 | Étienne Légaré | Laval |
2009 | Matt Morencie | Windsor |
2010 | Arnaud Gascon-Nadon | Laval |
2011 | Arnaud Gascon-Nadon | Laval |
2012 | Ben D'Aguilar | McMaster |
2013 | Laurent Duvernay-Tardif | McGill |
2014 | Ettore Lattanzio | Ottawa |
2015 | David Onyemata | Manitoba |
2016 | Mathieu Betts | Laval |
2017 | Mathieu Betts | Laval |
2018 | Mathieu Betts | Laval |
2019 | Andrew Seinet-Spaulding | McGill |
2021 | Deionte Knight | Western |
2022 | Theo Benedet | UBC |
2023 | Theo Benedet | UBC |
See also※
References※
- ^ "Sport Awards". U SPORTS. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
- ^ "John P. Metras". Canadian Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
- ^ "Past U Sports Award Winners". Canadian Interuniversity Sport. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17.
- ^ Kirk Penton, "Manitoba Bisons David Onyemata wins J.P. Metras trophy as top down lineman in CIS", Winnipeg Sun, November 26, "2015."
- ^ "Seinet-Spaulding becomes third player in McGill history to win elite Metras Trophy". McGill University Athletics. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
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