Brady Oliveira voted Winnipeg Blue Bombers Most Outstanding Player, top Canadian

Running backmost Brady Oliveira is the Winnipeg Blue Bombers Most Outstanding Player for the 2nd play successful a row.

The CFL announced each of their squad awards connected Wednesday and Oliveira is simply a treble victor for the 2nd consecutive year, besides getting voted arsenic the club’s Most Outstanding Canadian.

Olivera was a unanimous prime for some awards with the Winnipeg merchandise connected the verge of winning the CFL’s rushing rubric for a 2nd consecutive season. With 1,318 yards rushing, Olivera has much than a 100 gait pb connected the BC Lions’ William Stanback who has 1,175 yards heading into the last crippled of the regular season.

Oliveira won the CFL’s apical Canadian grant past play but mislaid the MOP contention to Toronto Argonauts backmost Chad Kelly.

Oliveira is already eighth connected the Bombers all-time rushing database successful conscionable 4 seasons of carrying the stone successful the bluish and gold.

“I deliberation the entity is the bounds for myself,” Oliveira said. “I deliberation I tin proceed to scope caller heights for myself astatine the moving backmost position, truthful ever trying to find a antithetic areas of my crippled to amended on.

“I deliberation you saw. The hard enactment paid off. Just trying to beryllium the astir accordant subordinate that I tin and astatine the extremity of the time beryllium productive.”

Oliveira has rushed for astatine slightest 100 yards six antithetic times and besides has implicit 400 yards receiving successful 2024.

“He distinguishes himself I deliberation by the benignant of his game,” said caput manager Mike O’Shea. “There’s not a batch of guys that are built similar him and tally similar him.

“He surely has that tendency to beryllium fantabulous each the time.”

Cornerback Tyrell Ford is their Most Outstanding Defensive Player successful his archetypal play arsenic a starter. After returning from the NFL, Ford leads the squad with 7 interceptions, which is conscionable 1 shy of the league lead.

Left tackle Stanley Bryant is erstwhile again their apical violative lineman aft a one-year hiatus. He received each ballot and it’s the sixth clip he’s been selected for the grant with the Bombers aft the 38-year-old already became the archetypal subordinate successful the league to triumph the CFL’s Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman grant 4 times.

“He’s inactive really, truly good,” said O’Shea. “I don’t deliberation there’s an statement anymore. He’s going to spell down successful past arsenic the champion ever astatine his position.”

Receiver Ontaria Wilson is their Most Outstanding Rookie successful different unanimous vote. He presently leads the Bombers successful receiving with conscionable nether a 1000 yards with 3 touchdowns.

And kicker Sergio Castillo was a unanimous prime arsenic their champion peculiar teamer. He’s made implicit 80 per cent of his tract extremity attempts successful mounting CFL records for the astir vocation 60+ yarders and besides the astir 50+ yarders successful a azygous season.

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It’s the 33-year-old’s 2nd vocation information with the Bombers and O’Shea believes Castillo’s contributions are some connected the tract and successful the locker room.

“Besides him being an fantabulous kicker and a feline who works earnestly astatine his craft, he’s besides a good, light-hearted teammate that brings a batch of joyousness to the locker room,” helium said. “He is existent to himself. Like he’s not trying to beryllium anybody else. He’s not changing who helium is, which isthat authenticity is ever invited successful a locker room, I’m sure.”

The winners were selected by each team’s caput manager and the section members of the Football Reporters of Canada.

All the squad grant winners present determination connected to a 2nd circular of voting to find the part finalists which volition beryllium announced adjacent Thursday.

Most Outstanding Player Team Award Winners (* Unanimous selection)

Winnipeg – RB Brady Oliveira *

B.C. – WR Justin McInnis

Edmonton – WR Eugene Lewis

Calgary – WR Reggie Begelton *

Saskatchewan – DB Rolan Milligan Jr. *

Hamilton – QB Bo Levi Mitchell *

Toronto – RB Ka’Deem Carey

Ottawa – WR Justin Hardy *

Montreal – LB Tyrice Beverette *