Andy Fantuz
| No. -- Free agent | |
Fantuz in 2010
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| Date of birth | December 18, 1983 |
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| Place of birth | Chatham, Ontario |
| Career information | |
| CFL status | National |
| Position(s) | SB |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) |
| Weight | 221 lb (100 kg) |
| University | Western Ontario |
| High school | John McGregor |
| CFL draft | 2006 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3 |
| Drafted by | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 2006–2010 | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
| 2011* | Chicago Bears |
| 2011 | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
| 2012–2016 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| CFL All-Star | 2010 |
| CFL West All-Star | 2010 |
| Awards |
2005 Hec Crighton Trophy 2007 Dick Suderman Trophy 2010 CFL Most Outstanding Canadian Award |
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Andrew "Andy" Fantuz, (born December 18, 1983) is a Canadian football wide receiver who is a free agent. He played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders for six seasons after he was drafted by them in the first round of the 2006 CFL Draft. He then played five seasons for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Fantuz was also signed by the Chicago Bears in 2011. He played CIS football for the University of Western Ontario.
Fantuz attended John McGregor Secondary School from 1997 to 2002, where he played football and basketball. He also played for the Essex County Ravens of the Ontario Varsity Football League.
Andy Fantuz attended the University of Western Ontario from 2002 to 2005, where he established himself as one of the best receivers in Canadian Interuniversity Sport history. Fantuz was awarded the CIS Rookie of the year award in 2002 with 1300 receiving yards (a single season record) and nine touchdowns. Fantuz won the Hec Crighton Trophy as the top player in the CIS in 2005, finishing with 44 catches for 825 yards to become only the fifth receiver to win the award and first since Calgary's Don Blair in 1995. He finished his university career as the OUA and CIS leader with 189 receptions for 4,123 yards and 41 touchdown receptions. He was a four-time CIS all-Canadian and four-time OUA all-star while being named to the first team all-Canadian in 2002, 2004, and 2005. On January 21, 2006, Fantuz represented Eastern Canada in the East-West Shrine Game which showcases the best college talent in the United States and with invitees from Canada.
While many thought that he could go first overall in the 2006 CFL Draft, Andy Fantuz was chosen in the first round and third overall by the Saskatchewan Roughriders. After the draft, Fantuz tried out for the Detroit Lions in May 2006, but was not offered a contract and, as such, signed a one-year plus an option contract with Saskatchewan on May 20, 2006. Because he had signed the contract late, he missed a beginning portion of the 2006 training camp.
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