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Cody Grace

Cody Grace

Professional Canadian football punter

Cody Grace (born 19 March 1996) is an Australian professional Canadian football punter for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL).

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Early years

Grace grew up in Perth, Western Australia, where he attended Warwick Senior High School and played Australian rules football.[1]

College career

Grace played college football for the Arkansas State Red Wolves from 2017 to 2019.[2][3]

Professional career

Grace was drafted in the first round, seventh overall by the Calgary Stampeders in the 2021 CFL Global Draft and signed with the team on 11 May 2021.[4] Following 2021 training camp, he won the job as the team's punter and played in his first career professional game on 7 August 2021, against the Toronto Argonauts.[3] He played in 14 regular season games and had 78 punts with a 45.6-yard average.[3] He was named a CFL Western All-Star at the end of the year and became the first Global player to win the award.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "STAMPEDERS SELECT FOUR IN 2021 GLOBAL DRAFT". stampeders.com. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Cody Grace". Arkansas State Red Wolves. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Cody Grace". Calgary Stampeders. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  4. [4]
    "Stamps sign 1st round Global pick Cody Grace". Canadian Football League. 11 May 2021.
  5. [5]
    "2021 CFL Division All-Stars Unveiled". Canadian Football League. 24 November 2021.


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