Jason Armstead

{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1979)}}

{{Infobox Canadian Football League biography

|image=

|caption=

|team=

|number=

|position1=Wide receiver

|position2=Kick returner

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1979|9|18}}

|birth_place=Moss Point, Mississippi

|Height_ft=5

|Height_in=10

|Weight_lbs=165

|College=Mississippi

|playing_years1={{NFL Year|2003}}

|playing_team1=Pittsburgh Steelers*

|playing_years2={{CFL Year|2004}}–{{CFL Year|2005}}

|playing_team2=Ottawa Renegades

|playing_years3={{CFL Year|2006}}–{{CFL Year|2007}}

|playing_team3=Saskatchewan Roughriders

|playing_years4={{CFL Year|2007}}

|playing_team4=Hamilton Tiger-Cats

|playing_years5={{CFL Year|2008}}

|playing_team5=Montreal Alouettes

|playing_years6={{CFL Year|2008}}

|playing_team6=Winnipeg Blue Bombers

|playing_years7={{CFL Year|2009}}

|playing_team7=Saskatchewan Roughriders

|playing_years8={{UFL Year|2010}}

|playing_team8=Las Vegas Locomotives

|playing_years9={{CFL Year|2010}}–{{CFL Year|2011}}

|playing_team9=Edmonton Eskimos

|playing_years10={{CFL Year|2012}}

|playing_team10=Calgary Stampeders

|career_footnotes=*Offseason and/or practice squad member only

|import=yes

|career_highlights=2004 - John Agro Special Teams Award runner up

|CFLAllStar={{CFL Year|2005}}

|CFLEastAllStar={{CFL Year|2005}}

|CFL-archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512003232/http://www.cfl.ca/roster/show/id/3065

}}

Jason Armstead (born September 18, 1979) is a former professional Canadian football and American football kick returner and wide receiver. Armstead is currently a free-agent. He was most recently a member of the Calgary Stampeders in the Canadian Football League. He was signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers as an undrafted free agent in 2003. He played college football for Mississippi. He dated Flight Attendant Juline Haughton from 2009 - 2010.

He has also been a member of the Ottawa Renegades, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Montreal Alouettes, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Las Vegas Locomotives, and the Edmonton Eskimos.

Professional career

In 2003, Armstead played three pre-season games as a kick returner for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. Armstead was signed by the Ottawa Renegades of the CFL in 2004 and he was named to the CFL All-Star team for the 2005 CFL season. Armstead was selected third overall by Saskatchewan in the Renegades dispersal draft in 2006. On August 19, 2007, he was traded to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats for running back/returner Corey Holmes and receiver Chris Getzlaf. On July 21, 2008, Armstead was released from the Montreal Alouettes.

On August 31, 2009, he was again signed by the Saskatchewan Roughriders.{{cite news|url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/football/Riders-sign-returner-Armstead-56362582.html|title=Riders sign returner Armstead|last=Lawless|first=Gary |date=August 31, 2009|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|accessdate=August 31, 2009}} On February 13, 2010, Armstead was charged with several criminal offenses stemming from an incident in Pascagoula, Mississippi involving his former girlfriend's purse.{{Cite web |url=https://leaderpost.com/news/Jason+Armstead+Arrested+America/2913552/story.html |title=Regina Leader Post |access-date=October 4, 2018 |archive-date=June 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620233632/https://leaderpost.com/news/Jason+Armstead+Arrested+America/2913552/story.html/ |url-status=dead }} On April 15, 2010, it was announced that the Roughriders had released Armstead.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/article/riders-release-jason-armstead |title=Riders release Jason Armstead | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |access-date=September 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915015858/http://www.cfl.ca/article/riders-release-jason-armstead |archive-date=September 15, 2012 |url-status=dead }}

On October 21, 2010, Armstead was signed by the Edmonton Eskimos.{{cite web| url = http://www.sportsnet.ca/football/cfl/2010/10/21/eskimos_armstead/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101023221955/http://www.sportsnet.ca/football/cfl/2010/10/21/eskimos_armstead/ |archive-date=October 23, 2010 |title=Eskimos add veteran returner Armstead - sportsnet.ca}} After being released in the following off-season, Armstead was re-signed on August 8, 2011, following injuries to Fred Stamps and Adarius Bowman.https://www.cfl.ca/article/esks-bring-back-receiver-armstead {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013115447/http://www.cfl.ca/article/esks-bring-back-receiver-armstead |date=October 13, 2013 }} Esks bring back receiver Armstead He was again released on January 19, 2012.https://www.cfl.ca/article/armstead-among-four-released-by-esks {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923202516/http://www.cfl.ca/article/armstead-among-four-released-by-esks |date=September 23, 2015 }} Armstead among four released by Esks

On September 12, 2012, the Calgary Stampeders signed Armstead as a receiver/kick returner. Armstead is entering his ninth CFL season and has recorded 13,812 combined yards and 24 touchdowns in 106 games played with Ottawa, Saskatchewan, Hamilton, Montreal, Winnipeg and Edmonton. On February 25, 2013, Armstead was released by the Calgary Stampeders.https://www.cfl.ca/article/rod-davis-joins-stamps-stewart-armstead-released {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005154013/http://www.cfl.ca/article/rod-davis-joins-stamps-stewart-armstead-released |date=October 5, 2015 }} Stamps release Armstead

Career statistics

{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/roster/show/id/3065 |title=Jason Armstead #88 |accessdate=February 23, 2013 |publisher=CFL |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117214832/http://cfl.ca/roster/show/id/3065 |archivedate=January 17, 2013 }}

BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="0" width="65%" style="text-align:center"

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="2" | Receiving

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="6" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="6" | Playoffs

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Year

! Team

! Games

! No.

! Yards

! Avg

! Long

! TD

! Games

! No.

! Yards

! Avg

! Long

! TD

ALIGN="center"

| 2004

| OTT

| 16

| 41

| 608

| 14.8

| 83

| 4

| colspan="6" | Team did not qualify

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2005

| OTT

| 18

| 89

| 1307

| 14.7

| 75

| 5

| colspan="6" | Team did not qualify

ALIGN="center"

| 2006

| SSK

| 16

| 47

| 651

| 13.9

| 56

| 6

| 2

| 3

| 51

| 17.0

| 34

| 0

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2007

| SSK

| 8

| 15

| 226

| 15.1

| 35

| 1

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2007

| HAM

| 10

| 31

| 392

| 12.6

| 48

| 0

| colspan="6" | Team did not qualify

ALIGN="center"

| 2008

| MTL

| 4

| 3

| 38

| 12.7

| 22

| 0

ALIGN="center"

| 2008

| WPG

| 10

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

| 1

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2009

| SSK

| 10

| 3

| 28

| 9.3

| 14

| 0

| 2

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

ALIGN="center"

| 2010

| EDM

| 3

| 1

| 6

| 6.0

| 6

| 0

| colspan="6" | Team did not qualify

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2011

| EDM

| 12

| 11

| 104

| 9.5

| 35

| 0

| 2

| 4

| 55

| 13.8

| 37

| 0

ALIGN="center"

| 2012

| CGY

| 5

| 3

| 18

| 6.0

| 11

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | CFL totals

! 112

! 244

! 3,378

! 13.8

! 83

! 16

! 7

! 106

! 15.1

! 37

! 0

BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="0" width="65%" style="text-align:center"

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="2" | Rushing

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="6" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="6" | Playoffs

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Year

! Team

! Games

! No.

! Yards

! Avg

! Long

! TD

! Games

! No.

! Yards

! Avg

! Long

! TD

ALIGN="center"

| 2004

| OTT

| 16

| 3

| 17

| 5.7

| 14

| 0

| colspan="6" | Team did not qualify

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2005

| OTT

| 18

| 6

| 44

| 7.3

| 16

| 0

| colspan="6" | Team did not qualify

ALIGN="center"

| 2006

| SSK

| 16

| 19

| 80

| 4.2

| 11

| 1

| 2

| 3

| 24

| 8.0

| 11

| 0

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2007

| SSK

| 8

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2007

| HAM

| 10

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

| colspan="6" | Team did not qualify

ALIGN="center"

| 2008

| MTL

| 4

| 2

| 13

| 6.5

| 11

| 0

ALIGN="center"

| 2008

| WPG

| 10

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

| 1

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2009

| SSK

| 10

| 1

| 2

| 2.0

| 2

| 0

| 2

| 1

| 6

| 6.0

| 6

| 0

ALIGN="center"

| 2010

| EDM

| 3

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

| colspan="6" | Team did not qualify

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2011

| EDM

| 12

| 6

| 17

| 2.8

| 10

| 0

| 2

| 1

| 5

| 5.0

| 5

| 0

ALIGN="center"

| 2012

| CGY

| 5

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | CFL totals

! 112

! 37

! 173

! 4.7

! 16

! 1

! 7

! 5

! 35

! 7.0

! 11

! 0

BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="0" width="65%" style="text-align:center"

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="2" | Punt Returns

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="6" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="6" | Playoffs

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Year

! Team

! Games

! No.

! Yards

! Avg

! Long

! TD

! Games

! No.

! Yards

! Avg

! Long

! TD

ALIGN="center"

| 2004

| OTT

| 16

| 64

| 821

| 12.8

| 91

| 1

| colspan="6" | Team did not qualify

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2005

| OTT

| 18

| 70

| 699

| 10.0

| 87

| 1

| colspan="6" | Team did not qualify

ALIGN="center"

| 2006

| SSK

| 16

| 42

| 412

| 9.8

| 40

| 0

| 2

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2007

| SSK

| 8

| 43

| 371

| 8.6

| 90

| 1

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2007

| HAM

| 10

| 36

| 181

| 5.0

| 21

| 0

| colspan="6" | Team did not qualify

ALIGN="center"

| 2008

| MTL

| 4

| 16

| 104

| 6.5

| 20

| 0

ALIGN="center"

| 2008

| WPG

| 10

| 60

| 624

| 10.4

| 84

| 1

| 9

| 122

| 13.6

| 93

| 1

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2009

| SSK

| 10

| 42

| 387

| 9.2

| 0

| 2

| 8

| 75

| 9.4

| 0

ALIGN="center"

| 2010

| EDM

| 3

| 13

| 149

| 11.5

| 58

| 1

| colspan="6" | Team did not qualify

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2011

| EDM

| 12

| 62

| 486

| 7.8

| 0

| 1

| 2

| 5

| 42

| 8.4

| 10

| 0

ALIGN="center"

| 2012

| CGY

| 5

| 21

| 199

| 9.5

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | CFL totals

! 112

! 469

! 4433

! 9.5

! 91

! 6

! 7

! 22

! 239

! 10.9

! 93

! 1

BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="0" width="65%" style="text-align:center"

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="2" | Kickoff Returns

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="6" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="6" | Playoffs

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Year

! Team

! Games

! No.

! Yards

! Avg

! Long

! TD

! Games

! No.

! Yards

! Avg

! Long

! TD

ALIGN="center"

| 2004

| OTT

| 16

| 37

| 700

| 18.9

| 38

| 0

| colspan="6" | Team did not qualify

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2005

| OTT

| 18

| 51

| 1082

| 21.2

| 46

| 0

| colspan="6" | Team did not qualify

ALIGN="center"

| 2006

| SSK

| 16

| 20

| 267

| 13.4

| 29

| 0

| 2

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2007

| SSK

| 8

| 12

| 211

| 17.6

| 31

| 0

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2007

| HAM

| 10

| 35

| 645

| 18.4

| 38

| 0

| colspan="6" | Team did not qualify

ALIGN="center"

| 2008

| MTL

| 4

| 10

| 165

| 16.5

| 26

| 0

ALIGN="center"

| 2008

| WPG

| 10

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

| 1

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2009

| SSK

| 10

| 33

| 806

| 24.4

| 54

| 0

| 2

| 8

| 188

| 23.5

| 75

| 0

ALIGN="center"

| 2010

| EDM

| 3

| 8

| 139

| 17.4

| 34

| 0

| colspan="6" | Team did not qualify

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2011

| EDM

| 12

| 35

| 684

| 19.5

| 49

| 0

| 2

| 6

| 130

| 21.7

| 27

| 0

ALIGN="center"

| 2012

| CGY

| 5

| 17

| 482

| 28.4

| 84

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | CFL totals

! 112

! 292

! 5976

! 20.5

! 84

! 0

! 7

! 14

! 318

! 22.7

! 75

! 0

BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="0" width="65%" style="text-align:center"

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="2" | Missed FG Returns

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="6" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="6" | Playoffs

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Year

! Team

! Games

! No.

! Yards

! Avg

! Long

! TD

! Games

! No.

! Yards

! Avg

! Long

! TD

ALIGN="center"

| 2004

| OTT

| 16

| 4

| 160

| 40.0

| 115

| 0

| colspan="6" | Team did not qualify

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2005

| OTT

| 18

| 6

| 221

| 36.8

| 63

| 0

| colspan="6" | Team did not qualify

ALIGN="center"

| 2006

| SSK

| 16

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

| 2

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2007

| SSK

| 8

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2007

| HAM

| 10

| 2

| 47

| 23.5

| 26

| 0

| colspan="6" | Team did not qualify

ALIGN="center"

| 2008

| MTL

| 4

| 1

| 22

| 22.0

| 22

| 0

ALIGN="center"

| 2008

| WPG

| 10

| 2

| 57

| 28.5

| 40

| 0

| 1

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2009

| SSK

| 10

| 1

| 19

| 19.0

| 19

| 0

| 2

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

ALIGN="center"

| 2010

| EDM

| 3

| 1

| -1

| -1.0

| -1

| 0

| colspan="6" | Team did not qualify

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2011

| EDM

| 12

| 2

| 26

| 13.0

| 16

| 0

| 2

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

ALIGN="center"

| 2012

| CGY

| 5

| 1

| 20

| 20.0

| 20

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | CFL totals

! 112

! 20

! 571

! 28.6

! 115

! 0

! 7

! 0

! 0.0

! 0

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20130122050932/http://www.stampeders.com/roster/show/id/3065 Calgary Stampeders bio]

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