Justin Medlock (9) and Matt Nichols (15) during the Labour Day game between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Mosaic Stadium in Regina, SK. Sunday, September 4, 2016. (Photo: Johany Jutras)
WINNIPEG, MB., November 10, 2016 – The Canadian Football League announced today the Division award nominees and kicker Justin Medlock was recognized for his remarkable season.
The league’s most accurate kicker of all-time had a record breaking season, and Justin Medlock was named a Division All-Star for the third time in his career (Hamilton in 2011 and 2015). Medlock connected on 60 of 68 attempts (88.2%), breaking a CFL record for field goals in a season set in 1990. He set a new club record for points in a season with 227, tied the team record for the longest field goal (58 yards), and twice tied the mark of seven field goals in a single game. Medlock went seven for eight in the Bombers’ win over Saskatchewan on Labour Day, including the game winner with no time remaining, and followed that up by going seven for seven in the win over B.C. in Vancouver on Oct. 14. He went 40 for 40 in convert attempts this season, hit 16 field goals from 40-49 yards out, and nailed five from over 50 yards.
