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Arland Bruce

Height: 5'11"
Weight: 191lbs.

Born: November 23, 1977 in Olathe, KS

College: Minnesota

 

2009 Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Played in three games with the Argonauts before being traded to the Tiger-Cats on July 29…caught 14 passes for 199 receiving yards and one touchdown…spent one game on the inactive list.
2008 Toronto Argonauts
Played in all 18 games during his fifth season with the Argonauts…led the Argos with 92 receptions for 1,210 yards…also scored nine touchdowns…was named an East Division All-Star for the third time in his career.
2007 Toronto Argonauts
Nominated as an All-Time Argo at slotback…Started 14 games for the Argos at SB/WR, missing 4 due to shoulder injury, and also saw time at kick/punt returner…Led Toronto in receiving with 61 receptions for 855 yards and 7 touchdowns…Week 6, led club with 3 receptions for 80 yards, including a 40-yard catch to set up the game-tying touchdown at Montreal…Week 7, generated 55 yards receiving and 1 touchdown on a 34-yard reception from QB Rocky Butler…Week 14, led all receivers with 7 catches for 106 yards in win over Edmonton…Week 16, caught the Argos’ only touchdown of the game in win at Montreal…Week 18, made a career-high 10 receptions (03/11/07) and tied a career-high performance with 171 receiving yards in win at Saskatchewan...2007 Playoffs Started at SB and led all players with 131 yards on 4 receptions in East Final versus Winnipeg.
2006 Toronto Argonauts
Named Argos’ Most Outstanding Player by the Toronto chapter of the FRC…Named East Division All-Star for the second consecutive season…Named CFL All-Star for the first time in his career…Started at receiver in first pre-season game against Hamilton…Started at receiver in second pre-season game at Hamilton…Week 1, started at WR and led all players with 76 yards receiving and one TD…Week 2, started at receiver and lined up at KR in Winnipeg…Week 3, started at Wreceiver in B.C. and led Argos in receiving with 120 yards…Week 4, started at receiver and recorded five catches for 73 yards…Week 5, started at receiver and recorded a team-best 136 yards on 4 receptions, including a 94-yard catch and run to set up the gamewinning touchdown, the longest reception of his career (22/07/06)…Week 6, started at receiver and generated 70 receiving yards against B.C…Week 7, started at receiver and returned kickoffs vs. Montreal…Week 8, started at receiver and returned kicks in win over Hamilton…Recorded an Argo single-game career-high 171 yards receiving (12/08/06) on seven catches, including 41-yard over-the-shoulder catch to set up the team’s second major…Week 9, started at WR and led all receivers with 108 yards receiving, including a miraculous 83-yard catch-and-run for a touchdown in win over Montreal…Week 10, started at receiver and made 4 catches for 58 yards, including a miraculous game-winning TD catch in the back of the endzone…Week 11, started at receiver and caught two TD’s in win over Hamilton…His 29-yard TD reception in the third quarter helped Damon Allen surpass Warren Moon as pro-football’s all-time leading passer…Week 12, started at receiver in win over Hamilton…Week 13, started at reciever and led all players with 106 yards receiving and two TD in Calgary…Week 14, started at receiver and generated 52 yards receiving in win over Calgary…Week 15, started at receiver and caught two TDs in win over Edmonton… Week 16, started at WR and KR, making two catches for 87 yards and a touchdown in win over Edmonton…Week 17, started at receiver and KR vs Saskatchewan and earned Runner-Up CFL Special Teams Player of the Week…Week 18, started at receiver in loss to Montreal and played a sparkling game finishing with 124 receiving yards and the team’s only TD…Earned runner-up CFL Offensive Player of the Week.
2005 Toronto Argonauts
Named East Division All-Star for first time in his career…Was one of three Argos to generate over 1000 yards receiving in the season…Started at receiver for both pre-season games versus Hamilton and 16 regular season games, missing only two games due to injury…Week 2, led all receivers with 123 yards in win at Calgary… Week 3, led all Argo receivers with 79 yards receiving and had 2 TDs…Week 5, did not play due to adductor injury…Week 6, returned to starting line-up at WR and caught 6 balls for 84 yards…Week 8, finished second on the team in receiving yards with 104, including an 89-yard TD reception which was the longest of his career (20/08/05 at Edm)… Week 10, started at receiver and scored the team’s first TD in Labour Day game at Hamilton…Week 11, led all players with 101 yards receiving and two TD catches versus Hamilton…Week 12, started at receiver and primary P/K returner and generated 185 all-purpose yards in Saskatchewan…Week 13, led all Argo players with 90-yards receiving and two touchdowns. He also completed a 31-yard pass to fellow receiver Michael Palmer…Week 14, finished second on the team with 98 yards receiving versus Edmonton…Week 15, led all players with 137 yards receiving and caught a 46-yard pass in the dying moments to set up the game winning field goal. Surpassed 1,000 yards receiving on the season for second time in his CFL career…Week 16, recorded first touchdown of the game in 49-23 route of Montreal at Olympic Stadium… Week 18, did not dress in final regular season game due to foot injury.

2005 Playoffs:Started at receiver in East Championship versus Montreal.

 2004 Toronto Argonauts
Released by San Francisco following training camp…signed as a free agent with Toronto on September 3…Started 8 games for Toronto as SB and kick returner…Finished season 18th in League with 1,303 combined yards in just seven CFL games…Week 12, dressed for first game as an Argo (06/09/04) for the Labour Day Classic in Hamilton, started as a kick returner but was thrust into duty at receiver following two player ejections…Returned 3 punts for 49 yards and ran back 3 kickoffs for 88 yards, was named CFL Special Teams Player of the Week for his efforts for the first time in his career…Week 15, scored his second punt return TD (81 yards) in as many games, earned CFL Special Teams Player of the Week for his efforts…Named CFL Special Teams Player of the Month for September…Week 16, scored his first receiving touchdown as an Argo on an 11 yard pass from Michael Bishop, was 2nd runner up for Special Teams Player of the Week for his 127 kick return yards vs Calgary…Week 17 vs BC, recorded 278 combined yards…Week 18 at Calgary, earned honourable mention as CFL Special Teams Player of the Week.

2004 Playoffs Started at SB and played special teams, recording 5 catches for 48 yards and 1 TD from Damon Allen, also tallied 5 punt returns for 18 yards vs Hamilton in East Semi-Final…Started at SB, was the star of the game becoming Allen’s go-to man…led all receivers with 12 passes for 101 yards and returned a kickoff 97-yards in the 1st quarter for a TD in East Championship vs the Alouettes, named the CFL Special Teams Player of the Week and 2nd runner-up for the CFL Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts.

Grey Cup Championship Caught 5 passes for 79 yards, returned 2 punts 17 yards and had 2 kickoff returns for 30 yards in win vs BC.

 2003 San Francisco 49ers
Signed with the San Francisco 49ers (NFL) as an option year player on March 3 and played special teams.

 2002 Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Named a CFLPA All-Star at wide receiver, had best receiving game on July 17 vs Ottawa, he caught 4 passes for 110 yards and 2 TDs…Scored 4 receiving touchdowns on August 23 vs Calgary finished with 6 receptions for 79 yards.

 2001 Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Signed with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers as a free agent on May 1…Had his best game of the season vs Calgary on November 2 when he caught 6 balls for 139 yards, had his first multi-TD game on October 10 vs Edmonton when he scored 2 receiving…Played in the 2001 Grey Cup loss vs Calgary and caught 5 passes for 81 yards and 1 TD.

 2000 Kansas City Cheifs
Signed as an un-drafted free agent with the Kansas City Chiefs (NFL) on April 19…Released by Kansas City on August 31.

 College Minnesota Golden Gophers
Played for Minnesota in 1998 & 1999…
1999 Played in 11 games, team finished season 8-3 and lost in the Sun Bowl to Oregon where he caught a 38-yard touchdown pass…Attended Hutchinson Community College prior to attending Minnesota where he was a 1,000 yard rusher in his freshman season and was named a First-Team All-American. In his sophomore season he ran for 997 yards and 10 TDs and was named Second Team All-American.


Career CFL Stats          
Year Team
No.
Yards
Avg.
Long
TD
2001 WPG
48
818
17.0
62
7
2002 WPG
67
1062
15.9
55
12
2004 TOR
16
247
15.4
34
1
2005 TOR
67
1205
18.0
89
11
2006 TOR
77
1370
17.8
94
11
2007 TOR
61
839
13.8
49
7
2008 TOR
92
1,210
13.1
51
9
2009 TOR
14
199
14.2
38
1
2009 HAM
74
1,043
14.1
49
9
Totals 3
516
7,993
15.5
94
68