Andre Durie

Infobox CFL player
Name=Andre Durie
team=Toronto Argonauts


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status=Active
import=no
position1=Running back
number=26
College=York
high_school=St. Joseph Secondary School (Mississauga)
DateOfBirth=Birth date and age|1981|07|27
Birthplace=Mississauga, Ontario
Height_ft=5
Height_in=9
Weight_lbs=180
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playing_years=2007–present
playing_teams=Toronto Argonauts
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CFL=1059

Andre Durie is a running back playing for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was born on July 27, 1981, in Mississauga, Ontario.

College career

Andre Durie played CIS football for York University in Toronto. He started playing for the York Lions in 2003 after he set a junior Ontario Varsity Football League record with 22 touchdowns in a season. In 2004, Durie had a record-breaking season starting eight games at running back and set an Ontario University Athletics record for single game rushing yards with 349 and single-season York records for rushing yards (1,367), scoring (96 points), and rushing touchdowns (15), and a career York record for rushing touchdowns (23). Durie also tied a CIS single-game record with six touchdowns to lead York to a 55-33 win over Waterloo.http://www.argonauts.ca/index.php/roster/show/id/1059]

In the second game of the 2005 season he suffered nerve damage in his knee after a botched juke on third down and sat out the remainder of 2005 and 2006 seasons.

Canadian Football League career

After overcoming injuries that hurt his CIS career, Durie impressed the Argonauts management at the league evaluation camp and he appeared in 5 games for the Argos in 2007. After suffering another injury setback which has cost Durie more then half of the 2008 season he returned to action on special teams and as back-up running back. {| class="wikitable" border="1"
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Year|| Team|| No.|| Yards|| Avg|| Long|| TD
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2007|| TOR|| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

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