29 Facts About Milt Stegall

Milt Stegall is currently an analyst on the CFL on TSN studio panel.

Milt Stegall attended Roger Bacon High School, where he was an All-State football player, All-City basketball player and qualified for the state track meet his senior year.

Milt Stegall attended Miami University, where he was a four-year football letterman from 1988 to 1991.

Milt Stegall finished with 106 receptions for 1,581 yards, and eight touchdowns as a wide receiver.

Milt Stegall signed as an undrafted free agent with the Cincinnati Bengals.

Milt Stegall played 21 games over 3 seasons, where he had four receptions for 43 yards and one touchdown.

Milt Stegall was primarily played as a kick returner though, where he totaled 446 yards off of 26 kickoffs and made five tackles on special teams.

In 1995, Milt Stegall decided to go north to the Canadian Football League and signed with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers where he played the final 6 games of the 1995 CFL season, with 469 receiving yards, and two punt returns, one for 80 yards.

Soon however, Milt Stegall made the switch to slotback which let him start the play closer to the middle of the larger field.

Milt Stegall flourished as a slotback, where in the CFL a player is allowed a running start before the play to gain momentum, being able to outrun defenders with his impressive speed.

Milt Stegall would go on to get 3 more All-Star selections as a slotback, peaking in 2002 where he had one of the greatest individual seasons in CFL history.

Milt Stegall led the CFL in receptions, receiving yards, yards from scrimmage, touchdowns, receiving touchdowns, 100-yard games, 100-yard receiving games, average yards per catch and non-kicker scoring.

Milt Stegall set a new league single-season record for touchdowns with 23 and a new league single-season record for receiving touchdowns, with 23.

Milt Stegall continued his excellence throughout the seasons with the Blue Bombers.

Amidst endless offensive coordinator changes, as well as many head coach changes, Milt Stegall still remained a reliable, and at times unstoppable force for the Blue Bombers.

On September 12,2008, Milt Stegall initially tied Allen Pitts with a 16-yard touchdown reception to become the CFL's all-time leader in career receiving yards.

Shortly thereafter, Milt Stegall surpassed Pitts with a highlight reel 92-yard touchdown catch and run, totaling 14,982 yards in his career.

Milt Stegall officially retired from professional football on February 18,2009.

Milt Stegall retired with CFL records for career touchdowns, career receiving touchdowns, and receiving yards.

Milt Stegall is one of the most popular CFL players among the media.

Milt Stegall was voted the best looking man in the CFL.

Milt Stegall often received praise from his teammates for his work ethic, personality, and leadership.

In June 2009, it was announced that Milt Stegall would join TSN as an analyst for their CFL broadcasts throughout the 2009 CFL season.

Milt Stegall remains a prominent member of the CFL analyst panel on CFL on TSN broadcasts.

Milt Stegall made it clear one of the conditions he would hold off retirement and return to playing was if his wife gave birth to their second son in Winnipeg.

On June 28,2007, Milt Stegall scored the game-tying touchdown versus the Edmonton Eskimos to tie the all-time touchdown record, shared with George Reed and Mike Pringle at 137 Touchdowns.

On July 27,2007, Milt Stegall became CFL's all-time touchdown leader after scoring his 138th touchdown against the Hamilton Tiger-cats.

Milt Stegall was honoured with a street in Winnipeg adjacent to Canad Inns Stadium formerly called Arena Road which was renamed Milt Stegall Drive.

On September 12,2008, Milt Stegall became the leader in receiving yards, moving past Allen Pitts' previous record.