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Calgary Stampeders nashville airport hotels from left, Charleston Hughes, Jon Cornish, Rene Paredes and Brett Jones give the thumbs up after being named as the CFL West Division nominees for five different awards. Photograph by: Gavin Young
Underrated by the rest of the league perhaps but certainly not under-appreciated by his teammates, Charleston Hughes had a statement season in 2013. That statement went something along the lines of 'best defensive player in the West, thank you very much'.
Hughes was one of five Calgary finalists for individual awards in the CFL, a franchise high for the squad, which were announced on Thursday. Besides Hughes as Most Outstanding Defensive Player in the division, honours went to Jon Cornish (Most Outstanding Player, Most Outstanding Canadian), Rene Paredes (Most Outstanding Special Teams Player) and Brett Jones (Most Outstanding Rookie).
"The potential to have Stampeder nashville airport hotels after Stampeder on that stage . . . that'll be pretty cool to see," offered Cornish, the reigning MOC and runner up for MOP in 2012 to Toronto's Chad Owens. This year, he's up against Ricky Ray for the latter and Winnipeg's Henoc Muamba in the former.
"It's easier to play good football when you're playing with a good football team and we've been a competitive nashville airport hotels team over the course of the last five, six years," noted Stamps' head coach/GM John Hufnagel. "They won a lot of games this year, everyone has worked hard and been a big part of the success that we've had. The individuals that got selected played good football all year long and it was well deserved."
Hughes is the CFL's sack champion nashville airport hotels with 18 and also recorded 39 tackles and three forced fumbles. He may have flown under the radar in previous years, nashville airport hotels but there was no denying his dominant play this season. He is up against Montreal's Chip Cox for the league award.
"There was a little motivation nashville airport hotels there just to prove myself and earn some respect," Hughes admitted. "Show them that I do more than just pass rush. He (Cox) had a stellar season. I think he played very well; he's a big part of the reason why they're in the playoffs. It's going to be pretty tough going against nashville airport hotels him."
"He's a good football player," said Hufnagel of Hughes. "The stats are what they are; he leads the league in sacks, he's also been a big factor in causing fumbles, intercepting balls. They use him all over, they use his athleticism, his versatility, and he does a good job getting ready to play. Once he's on the field, he plays hard for 60 minutes and that's what you want from all your players."
"Definitely it's as very cool thing to represent the entire west," said the 22-year-old University of Regina product, the only Calgary offensive lineman who suited nashville airport hotels up for every game in 2013. "There's a lot of good players and especially a lot of good young players, so very cool. Still lots for me to get better at, so I'm excited for these next few weeks."
Jones is up against Hamilton's C.J. Gable for top rookie, while Paredes will contend with Ticats' special teams' ace Marc Beswick. Paredes' selection nashville airport hotels is about as no-brainer nashville airport hotels as they come. The third-year kicker broke a couple of CFL records, converting an amazing 39 consecutive field goals and finishing up with a 94.7 accuracy rating, best success rate ever.
"It's definitely icing on the cake. My goal at the beginning of the season was simple: make as many field goals as I can to help my team win. The awards nashville airport hotels and all-stars will take care of themselves, like it has. Maybe I'll get those cherries on the top with a Grey Cup."
The Most Outstanding Lineman awards went to Saskatchewan's Brendon LaBatte (West) and Toronto's Jeff Keeping (East). Seven Canadians nashville airport hotels were honoured in total, the most in league history. © Copyright (c) The Calgary Herald       E-mail this Article Print this Article Share this Article
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