Kerry Watkins retires

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http://www.cfl.ca/article/veteran-al...atkins-retires

MONTREAL -- Kerry Watkins, the second-leading receiver in Montreal Alouettes history, announced his retirement Tuesday.

The eight-year veteran registered 515 career catches for 7,431 yards and 48 touchdowns. He leaves Montreal second on the club's all-time receiving list behind slotback Ben Cahoon (1,017 catches)

"We congratulate Kerry for a fantastic career and thank him for helping us build such a successful football team,'' general manager Jim Popp said in a statement.

Watkins helped Montreal capture consecutive Grey Cup wins in 2009 and 2010.

Watkins had five straight 1,000-yard receiving seasons (2005-'09). He finished with 970 yards in 2010 despite missing five games due
to injury.

Watkins' best season came in 2005 when he registered 97 catches for 1,364 yards, both career highs. That season, he was one of four Alouettes receivers to crack the 1,000-yard mark, joining Cahoon, Terry Vaughn and Dave Stala.

Injuries limited Watkins to just 31 catches for 395 yards and three TDs last season. He missed the early part of the 2011 campaign with sinus problems before suffering a fractured right fibula against in a game Oct. 30.

Watkins was named a CFL all-star twice (2005, '09).

was a bit surprised to see this considering he isn't 33 yet... but his production did slow last season due to injuries.

sorry to see a good player leave our league... not sorry to see a guy who routinely torched us leave though.

i suppose this gives Popp some more SMS room to conjure more star import players out of thin air like he seems to be able to do...

[ArgoGabe22]

I don't even think Popp has to sign anyone. They have so much depth I expect a Brandon London to take his spot.

[argolio]

Injuries probably had something to do with his decision. Regardless, he had a good career and made a positive contribution to the league.

[294life]

Injuries probably had something to do with his decision. Regardless, he had a good career and made a positive contribution to the league.

amen to that.

[294life]

Jeff Reinbold just named DC for the als. Brings back memories of 97-98.

[ArgoRavi]

Jeff Reinbold just named DC for the als. Brings back memories of 97-98.

I thought that Reinebold had a good gig at SMU. I didn't think that we would ever see him back in the CFL. He is certainly one of the game's great characters. On one of TSN's Top 10 shows, Reinebold said something to the effect that while they lost a lot of games when he was the head coach in Winnipeg, they had a lot of fun doing so.