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Cody Grace

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Cody Grace
No. 24     Calgary Stampeders
Grace with the Calgary Stampeders in 2024
Born: (1996-03-19) 19 March 1996 (age 28)
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Career information
StatusActive
CFL statusGlobal
Position(s)Punter
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight257 lb (117 kg)
CollegeArkansas State
High schoolWarwick Senior High
CFL draft2021G, round: 1, pick: 7
Drafted byCalgary Stampeders
Career history
As player
2021–presentCalgary Stampeders
Career highlights and awards
CFL All-Star2022
CFL West All-Star2021, 2022
Career stats

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

Early life

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

College career

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

Professional career

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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

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