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December 2, 2015

Jon Cornish by the numbers

By Stampeders.com Staff

1 — Football player in the past 45 years who has won the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada’s top athlete. That was Cornish in 2013

1 — CFL Most Outstanding Player award (2013)

1 — Player (Rob Cote) who served as the Stamps’ primary fullback during Cornish’s entire time in Calgary

2 — Grey Cup rings (2008, 2014)

3 — Most Outstanding Canadian awards

3 — 1,000-yard seasons from 2012-14

3 — League rushing titles

3 — CFL all-star team selections

3 — Times he was named the Calgary Booster Club’s male athlete of the year

4 — Position on the Stamps’ all-time rushing category despite making just 60 career starts

4 — West Division all-star berths

4 — Rushing touchdowns in an Aug. 9, 2013, game against Saskatchewan

5 — Consecutive 100-yard games in 2013, a feat which tied a franchise record

6.7 — Career yards-per-carry average

9 — The number he wore on his back for the Red and White and also the number of seasons he played in the CFL

12 — Yards gained on Cornish’s first CFL carry, which was during the 2007 Labour Day Classic

13 — The lucky 2006 draft selection with which the Stamps picked the University of Kansas star

25 — Career 100-yard rushing games in the regular season and playoffs

27 — Touchdowns scored in a two-year span (2013-14)

40 — CFL player of the week or month awards won by Cornish in a 56-game span from Week 13 when he was named a starter to the end of the 2014 season when the league award format changed

53 — Career touchdowns

78 — Yards covered on his spectacular touchdown catch in the 2014 Western Final against Edmonton

79 — Career special-teams tackles including a team-leading 21 in 2008

79 — Yards on a touchdown run against Toronto on Sept. 13, 2014. It was his career long

127 — Yards in his 2011 playoff debut as a starter

140 — Regular-season appearances for the Stampeders

208 — Career-best single-game rushing total, which happened Oct. 5, 2013, against Winnipeg

1,813 — Rushing yards during the 2013 season, the fourth-best total in CFL history

2,157 — Franchise record yards-from-scrimmage total in 2013

6,844 — Career rushing yards