By Stampeders.com Staff

Four members of the Calgary Stampeders were selected by their peers for the 2015 Canadian Football League Players Association all-star team.

All four of the Stamps on the squad are from the offensive side of the ball as centre Pierre Lavertu, running back Jerome Messam, fullback Rob Cote and receiver Eric Rogers were chosen in a vote of CFL players.

In his second CFL season and his first as a starter, Lavertu played all 18 games at the key centre position and was a big part of a Calgary offensive line that allowed a league-low 33 sacks in 2015. He helped pave the way for three different tailbacks — Jon Cornish, Matt Walter and Jerome Messam — to record 100-yard games this season.

Cote also played an important role in pass protection and run blocking at the unheralded fullback position. He chipped in offensively with 12 catches for 138 yards and also made seven special-teams tackles.

Messam, who joined the Stamps in a deadline-day deal with Saskatchewan, was one of just three 1,000-yard rushers in the CFL this season and his average of 6.2 yards per carry was tops among all running backs. He had 1,006 yards and two touchdowns on 163 carries and added career highs of 47 receptions for 464 yards. Messam had two 100-yard rushing games — including one in his Stamps debut on Oct. 31 — and was second in the CFL with 1,503 yards from scrimmage.

Rogers led the CFL with 1,448 receiving yards and 10 touchdown catches. He was also tops with 13 catches of 30 yards or more and was among the leaders in receptions (87), yards after catch (399) and second-down conversions (28). Consistency was the hallmark of Rogers’ play in 2015 as he made at least four catches in 15 of the 17 games he played and had at least 60 yards on 15 occasions including five 100-yard games.

The Stamps tied Hamilton and Montreal for the second-most representatives on the 30-position CFLPA all-star team. The Edmonton Eskimos led the way with seven, Saskatchewan, BC and Ottawa each had three and Winnipeg and Toronto had one apiece.