Randy Chevrier
[edit] BiographyAcquired Signed with Calgary as a free agent on January 31, 2005. Played in all 18 regular season games with Calgary including the Western Semi-Final...was perfect in long-snapping duties...recorded a couple quarterback sacks during the season...the first coming on July 23 vs Saskatchewan and the second a week later against the Lions...had a key interception against his former team (Edmonton) on September 9 which helped hold the Eskimos to only 11 points in the game. Signed with the New York Jets...played in pre-season...released on August 30th, 2004. Played in all 18 regular season games with the Eskimos...recorded 15 defensive tackles, 6 special team tackles, 3 knockdowns and 1 quarterback sack...had his biggest game statistically on July 25th vs the Saskatchewan Roughriders where he recorded 4 defensive tackles and 1 knockdown...the following game he recorded another strong game vs the Renegades on July 31st recording 3 defensive tackles, 1 special team tackle and a quarterback sack...played in the western final vs the Roughriders recording 1 special team tackle and played in the 91st Grey Cup Championship in Regina. Appeared in 5 regular season games with the Edmonton Eskimos and registered 4 defensive tackles...Randy made his Eskimo debut Week #14 (September 29 @ Hamilton) and recorded 1 tackle...before joining the Eskimos, Randy attended the Cincinnati Bengals training camp...sent to NFL Europe playing in all 10 games with the Barcelona Dragons...where he recorded 7 tackles, 1 forced fumble, and 3 special team stops. Randy was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 7th round of the 2001 NFL Draft (241st overall)...he was also drafted the same year in the Canadian College Draft by the Edmonton Eskimos in the 1st round (5th overall)...was a late cut in Jacksonville’s training camp...he was released and signed with the Dallas Cowboys for half the season..played the 2nd half of the season with the Cincinnati Bengals. College Randy received 23 major awards during his college career...the team didn’t have a botched snap in five years...holds school’s all-time record with 20.5 stops behind the line of scrimmage...versatile athlete who started at defensive tackle, end, rush end and nose guard...also saw action as a blocker on offence in short-yardage situations...played 40 games, making 157 tackles (82 solo) and 10 sacks...He was the first player in school history to receive the J.P. Metras Trophy for the outstanding lineman in universities (2000)...recipient of the Alouette alumni trophy, for the outstanding player in Quebec football...named team’s Most Valuable Lineman by the touchdown club and winner of the friends of McGill Football Trophy, given to the best defensive player...teams most valuable player...unanimous Ontario-Quebec Intercollegiate Football Conference first-team pick...team co-captain, earning player of the week four times...played in the East-West Shrine game... Chevrier was named to the All-Canadian second team...he was all-OQIFC first team honours and recipient of the Fred Wigle Memorial Trophy, which is given to the team’s most sportsmanlike player... He was the receipent of the John Chomay Award to the student who best combines academics and athletics... He received conference Rookie of the Year honours and was the recipient of the Fred Dupre Trophy given to the team’s top freshman. Other Graduated in 1999 with a degree in physical education...played at Vanier College in 1995, earning team Most Improved Player honours...did not play football in 1994...in his first year of organized football, was chosen to the Midget AAA All-Star team in 1993...received an invitation to perform on Canada's national bobsled team in 1999...has been married to University sweetheart Tania for 2 years...nickname "Chevy".
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