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Damon Duval No. 38 Edmonton Eskimos Date of birth: April 3, 1980 Place of birth: Morgan City, Louisiana Career information Status: Active CFL status: Import Position(s): K/P Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Weight: 197 lb (89 kg) College: Auburn High school: Chattanooga Central Organizations As player: 2003
2003-2004
2005-2010
2011-PresentJacksonville Jaguars (NFL)
Atlanta Falcons (NFL)
Montreal Alouettes (CFL)
Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)Career highlights and awards CFL All-Star: 2007 CFL East All-Star: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 Playing stats at CFL.ca Damon Duval (born April 3, 1980, in Morgan City, Louisiana) is a professional Kicker and Punter for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League. Raised by his mother, Cynthia, Damon attended Central High School in Harrison, Tennessee. At age 13, he played professional soccer in the United States Indoor Soccer League as a Striker for the Chattanooga Express. Not only was he the youngest player ever signed in the USISL league, he also was the Leading Scorer in the seasons he played. Additionally, he was a Striker on both the United States Olympic Development Team and the United States National Soccer Team.
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College career
Damon signed to play college football for the Auburn Tigers and is considered one of the best kickers and punters in Auburn University history. During his career, Duval amassed over 9,000 punting yards for an average of 44 yards per punt. His 60.8% field goal success rate helped Auburn to a 29-19 record during his four seasons with the team, including appearances in the 2000 Citrus Bowl and 2001 Peach Bowl. Duval is perhaps best known for making a 44 yard game winning kick with 10 seconds left in the rain against the #1 ranked Florida Gators on October 13, 2001[1] (one of three game winning field goals for the Tigers in 2001). Duval graduated from Auburn as a fifth year senior with degrees in Health Promotion and Business. During his career, he was selected to the Coaches' All-SEC team as both a kicker and a punter, becoming the first player to ever be named to the team at two different positions. Duval was also named to the Walter Camp and American Football Coaches Association All-America team as a kicker and was a finalist for the Lou Groza Award.
Pro career
Despite being one of the top kickers available in the 2003 NFL Draft, Duval was not drafted into the National Football League but did sign as an unrestricted free agent with the Jacksonville Jaguars. He was waived by Jacksonville on June 19, 2003[2] and later signed with the Atlanta Falcons. He was waived by Atlanta on August 29, 2004[3] and subsequently left the NFL to sign with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. Duval made an immediate impact on the CFL, leading the league in scoring his rookie season (2005) with 191 points and proved to be very reliable kicking field goals. His 2005 CFL highlight came in the 93rd Grey Cup when he made a 27 yard field goal with no time left to force overtime. Continuing his 2005 success, Duval led the league in field goal percentage with 86.4% in 2006 which led to his making the 2006 All Star team.[4] He also finished second in kicking points (201), punting average (45.4 yards) and kickoff average (61.1 yards). Duval's strong play helped Montreal reach the 94th Grey Cup by kicking a game sealing field goal in the Division finals. Unfortunately, his team fell short again despite Duval's 43 yard field goal in the second quarter. On November 7th, 2009 he set the record for points in the CFL regular season with 242, again with the Montreal Alouettes.[5]
In the 2009 Grey Cup Championship November 29, Duval's field goal on the game's final play gave the Alouettes a 28-27 win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders, capping a remarkable Montreal comeback. Duval helped the Alouettes win back-to-back Grey Cups with the team's second straight win in 2010.
After the 2010 season, Duval became a free agent and he signed with the Edmonton Eskimos on June 6, 2011.[6]
Personal life
Duval is married to Ashley Smith. She's the sister of the Edmonton Eskimos' receiver, Brad Smith, and the daughter of the Montreal Alouettes' president, Larry Smith.
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References
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg0sJP-f4uA&NR
- ^ http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/JAC/6438765
- ^ http://www.atlantafalcons.com/team/article.jsp?id=1453
- ^ http://www.cbc.ca/sports/greycup/features/allstars.html
- ^ http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=297559
- ^ http://www.esks.com/article/esks-agree-to-terms-with-all-star-kicker
2001 College Football All-America Team consensus selections Offense QB Rex Grossman | RB Luke Staley | RB William Green | WR Jabar Gaffney | WR Josh Reed | TE Daniel Graham
OL Bryant McKinnie | OL Toniu Fonoti | OL Andre Gurode | OL Mike Williams | OL Mike Pearson | OL Terrence Metcalf | C LeCharles BentleyDefense DL Alex Brown | DL Dwight Freeney | DL John Henderson | DL Julius Peppers
LB Rocky Calmus | LB Robert Thomas | LB E. J. Henderson
DB Quentin Jammer | DB Ed Reed | DB Roy WilliamsSpecial teams P Travis Dorsch | PK Damon DuvalEdmonton Eskimos current roster Active roster 2 Fred Stamps | 5 Kerry Joseph | 7 Brandon James | 9 Jykine Bradley | 10 Donovan Alexander | 12 T. J. Hill | 13 Eric Ward | 15 Ricky Ray | 17 Derek Schiavone | 19 Hugo Lopez | 20 David Pittman | 22 Brian Bonner | 23 Jerome Messam | 24 Delroy Clarke | 29 Chris Thompson 30 Mathieu Bertrand | 31 Calvin McCarty | 35 Weldon Brown | 37 Rod Williams | 38 Damon Duval | 39 Corbin Sharun | 43 Rico McCoy | 44 Mike Miller | 45 Damaso Munoz | 47 JC Sherritt | 49 Mike Cornell | 51 Aaron Fiacconi | 52 Taylor Inglis | 56 Patrick Kabongo | 57 Gordon Hinse | 61 Kyle Koch | 63 Brian Ramsay | 66 Greg Wojt | 67 Scott Mitchell | 69 Cliff Washburn | 71 Marcus Henry | 74 Youssy Pierre | 80 Tyler Scott | 81 Jason Barnes | 87 Chris Bauman | 91 Marcus Howard | 93 Robert Henderson | 94 Ted Laurent | 95 Étienne Légaré | 97 Julius Williams | 99 Jermaine Reid
Practice roster 3 Reggie McNeal | 18 Brian Logan | 33 Wopamo Osaisai | 34 Pascal Fils | 59 Dale Stevenson | 64 Junius Coston
Inactive list 4 Adarius Bowman | 16 Matt Nichols | 28 Samuel Fournier | 32 Daniel Porter | 40 Rod Davis | 48 Joe Sykes | 85 Nathan Coehoorn | 86 Brad Smith | 88 Andrew Nowacki | 90 Greg Peach | 96 Dee Sterling
East: HAM · MON · TOR · WIN • West: BC · CAL · EDM · SASCategories:- 1980 births
- Living people
- American players of Canadian football
- Auburn Tigers football players
- Canadian football placekickers
- Canadian football punters
- Edmonton Eskimos players
- Montreal Alouettes players
- People from Morgan City, Louisiana
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