All-time fave Argo rookie seasons

[OV Argo]

Time to re-visit some all-time Argos in this Covid drag off-season.



Some fave all-time Argos who had huge rookie seasons ... going back in time to begin:


71 - Leon McQuay - 977 rushing yards (7.1 yds/carry average !!!) & 429 receiving yards (played only 12 games in the 14 game sched. ?) - help lead the Argos to the 71 GC game ... oops, damn the Vancouver rain & soggy field; one of the most explosive RBs in CFL history IMO

74 - Sam Cvijanovich - MLB (pretty sure he lined-up there?) - 7 INTs & 2 FR for 9 take-aways; before the CFL recorded tackle, sack or forced fumble #s - love to know what the Samsters #s were there - CFL rookie of the year as a force on D!; wish he had stayed a long-time Argo, but flamed-out of CFL in short order ? Might vote for him as my all-time fave Argo rookie

77 - Paul Bennett - rookie DB out of Canadian college ball not only starts in the D-backfield (D-half i think?) and makes CFL all-star DB with 4 INTs (again no tackle stats then), but to top it off, is the main Argo punt & KO returner and amasses 1340 combined return yards ! Why could he not have played his entire fine CFL career as an Argo? - pi$$ me off ;o) All-time best Canadian Argo rookie season ?

80 - Bruce Clark - DT - back in the day when the CFL could still steal/sign some top US college ball players - Clark was a 1st round / 4th overall NFL draft pick, and did not disappoint in the CFL - 4 FR & 1 INT (and again wish the CFL would have kept tackle & sack #s then); CFL all-star as a rookie; too bad he only stayed with the Argos / CFL for just 2 seasons before he headed to the NFL (to become an all-star there with the Saints); one of the most talented DT to ever play in the CFL perhaps ? - maybe up there with the likes of John Helton or Dave Fennell who had long CFL careers

82 - Bob Bronk - FB - back in the day when fullbacks were still a force in CFL offences - Bronk out of Queens had 150 rushing yards & 452 receiving yards with 6 TDs, and i recall him as a tough as a moose blocker too to help protect Condredge in that big run & shoot pass attack - impact rookie on an Argo team that took 1st in the East and went to the GC

87 - Gill Fenerty - the Thrill had 879 rushing yds. & 456 receiving yds. with 15 TDs as an Argo rookie and helped lead the Argos to the 87 GC (scored a TD on a beauty pass reception in that game); an all-time great Argo RB, IMO, who went on to play with home State Saints in the NFL



Love to see another Argo great rookie season up-coming, but rookies making that kind of HUGE impact in the CFL nowdays are just not as common ?