Penalty information for 2023

[Stats Junkie]

As I have been doing for several years now, I tracked the individual & team penalties in the CFL this season.

I used the post games stats packages as a starting point and added details based on notes that I took during games. I added in penalties that were announced on the field but did not make the stats packages for one reason or another. I assigned penalties to individual players as best as I could, based on video, when no player was assigned. I also had the opportunity to take information directly from the official penalty cards on a couple of occasions.

There are still a number of penalties that I could not assign to an individual because no player was listed in the stats, the announcement was made while TSN was at commercial or no audible announcement was made in stadium.

Most individual penalties
13 - Mathieu Betts - BC
11 - Carthell Flowers-Lloyd - Ham
11 - Chad Kelly - Tor
10 - Jonathan Moxey - Cgy
10 - Emmanuel Rugamba - BC
10 - Kent Perkins - BC
9 - Alonzo Addae - Ott
9 - Pier-Olivier Lestage - Mtl
9 - Brandon Council - Ssk
9 - Dejon Allen - Tor
6 - Jamieson Sheahan - Wpg

Most penalty yards
149 - Jalon Edwards-Cooper - BC
142 - Mathieu Betts - BC
121 - Jonathan Moxey  - Cgy
120 - Carthell Flowers-Lloyd - Ham
118 - Alonzo Addae - Ott
110 - Pier-Olivier Lestage - Mtl
108 - Darrius Bratton - Edm
100 - Emmanuel Rugamba - BC
99 - Dean Faithfull - Edm
60 - Jamieson Sheahan - Wpg
* DBs accumulate yards quickly on DPI
* Kickers yards can be high - KO out of bounds


Most pre-snap penalties
9 - Chad Kelly - Tor
6 - Zack Williams - Cgy
5 - Jordan Murray - Ham
5 - Vernon Adams - BC
4 - Coulter Woodmansey - Ham
4 - David Menard - BC
3 - Jamieson Sheahan - Wpg
* Time count penalties for Kelly, Adams & Sheahan

Most dead ball penalties
6 - Sione Teuhema - BC
6 - Pier-Olivier Lestage - Mtl
6 - Richie Leone - Ott
5 - J.R. Reed - Mtl
5 - Chris Edwards - Ham
3 - Jamieson Sheahan - Wpg
* Kicks out of bounds are applied as post play penalties

Misconduct fouls
5 - Sione Teuhema - BC
5 - Pier Olivier Lestage - Mtl
4 - Chris Edwards - Ham
3 - Dino Boyd - Ott
3 - Ed Gainey - Edm
3 - Lorenzo Mauldin - Ott
3 - Pete Robertson - Ssk
3 - Jamal Peters - Tor
3 - Tarvarus McFadden - Tor
3 - Nic Marshall - Ssk
2 - Brandon Alexander - Wpg

Penalties by Team
Edm   156-1586
BC    155-1492
Ham   165-1404
Tor   154-1395
Cgy   128-1358
Mtl   145-1310
Ott   121-1160
Ssk   126-1159
Wpg   100-965

Pre-Snap penalties
33 Ham
31 Tor
25 BC
22 Edm
19 Cgy
17 Mtl
17 Ssk
16 Ott
14 Wpg

Dead Ball fouls
47 Tor
40 Ham
40 Ott
39 Mtl
37 Edm
36 Ssk
34 BC
33 Cgy
13 Wpg

[ModAdmin]

Winnipeg appears to be a very disciplined team.  Credit to both players and coaching staff.

[GOLDMEMBER]

Nicely done Junkie is expected us to be best in the department. Thanks!

[Waffler]

Sask surprises me. I thought they would be much higher as a team.

Winnipeg jumps off the page with fewest dead ball fouls. 20 less than the next team. 

[Blue In BC]

BC's penalties may come back and haunt them this week?

[TecnoGenius]

Ya, kudos to WPG.  That's culture, coaching and players policing each other.

MTL probably read your post    as they have pulled LeStage for the ESF, which is a bit of a surprise.

[John T.]

Of course, to the Riderfans.com people this is just further proof that the Bombers have the league in their pocket and they deliberately never call penalties against the Bombers who are the dirtiest team in the history of all sports and they hold on every play and have since at least 1930 and Mike O'Shea is the dirtiest player that ever played and Brady Oliveira is on performance-enhancing drugs because Andrew Harris and Mosaic Stadium is nicer and the Banjo Bowl is offensive and wah! they've got indoor plumbing...

So there is that.

[Jockitch]

Well done Stats J

[TecnoGenius]

Brady Oliveira is on performance-enhancing drugs because Andrew Harris and Mosaic Stadium is nicer and the Banjo Bowl is offensive and wah! they've got indoor plumbing...

Ya it's quite laughable that they moan about Brady yet they never say boo about Oullette who's arms and chest are literally double or triple that of Brady...  It's like they forgot that players are randomly tested for PEDs or something.

[dd]

I wanna see Oulette results. No way that guys not on em

[The Fresh Prince Of Belair, MB]

Wow this Sheahan guy sure is a thug!

[Blue In BC]

Chris Edwards earned another 3 game suspension which will be applied in 2024 if he's still in the league. He's scheduled to be a free agent in February.

[TecnoGenius]

Chris Edwards earned another 3 game suspension which will be applied in 2024 if he's still in the league. He's scheduled to be a free agent in February.

What did he do?  3 games!?  Wow.  He's been taking tips from Simoni and Marino