10 Facts About Bashir Levingston

Bashir A Levingston is a former professional Canadian football cornerback and kick returner who played in the Canadian Football League.

Bashir Levingston was named first-team All-Big Sky Conference as a kick returner.

Bashir Levingston scored 12 touchdowns and totaled 1,597 all-purpose yards during his senior year at Eastern Washington.

Bashir Levingston broke or tied seven I-AA records including kickoff returns for a touchdown in a game and season, kickoff return yards in a game, average kickoff returns in a game, yards in kickoffs and punt returns in game and touchdowns on kickoffs and punt returns in a single game and season.

Bashir Levingston was originally signed by the New York Giants in 1999 and spent two years on the team.

Since being signed in 2002, Bashir Levingston has developed into one of the CFL's best kick returners, earning CFL Special Teams Player of the Week honors ten times in his career to go along with earning East Division All-Star honors in 2003 and 2004.

Bashir Levingston was named the CFL's Outstanding Special Teams Player and the East Division Special Teams Player of the Year in 2003 as well.

In 2004, Bashir Levingston won a Grey Cup championship with the Toronto Argonauts.

On June 28,2007, in a game against the BC Lions, Bashir Levingston broke a CFL record when he returned a missed field goal by Paul McCallum for a 129-yard touchdown.

On November 4,2007, Bashir Levingston was signed by the Montreal Alouettes.