Elfrid Payton

Elfrid Payton
Date of birth: September 22, 1967 (1967-09-22) (age 44)
Place of birth: Gretna, Louisiana
Career information
Status: Retired
CFL status: Import
Position(s): DE
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight: 230 lb (100 kg)
College: Grambling State
Organizations
 As player:
1991-1993
1994
1994-1995
1996-1999
2000
2001
2002-2003
2004
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Shreveport Pirates
Baltimore Stallions
Montreal Alouettes
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Toronto Argonauts
Edmonton Eskimos
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Career highlights and awards
CFL All-Star: 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002
CFL East All-Star: 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001
CFL West All-Star: 2002
Awards: 1993 James P. McCaffrey Trophy
2002 CFL Most Outstanding Defensive Player
2002 Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy
Canadian Football Hall of Fame, 2010

Elfrid Payton (born September 22, 1967) was an all-star football player in the Canadian Football League.

Payton graduated from Grambling State University.

Career

Payton played with seven different teams over the course of his career.

1991 to 1993 – Payton played with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, where he was an all-star and James P. McCaffrey Trophy winner in 1993.

1994 – Payton started the season with the Shreveport Pirates, but finished with the Grey Cup finalist Baltimore CFLers, registering twenty seven tackles and four sacks.

1995 – Payton had eighteen sacks in an all-star season with the Grey Cup champion Baltimore Stallions.

1996 to 1999 – Payton had three all-star seasons (1997, 1998 and 1999) with the Montreal Alouettes.

2000 – Payton returned to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

2001 – Payton was an all-star with the Toronto Argonauts.

2002 to 2003 – Payton played with the Edmonton Eskimos, where he won the CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award and was an all star in 2002, and won a Grey Cup in 2003.

2004 – Payton returned to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Payton played in 189 total regular season games, seventeen playoff games, and four Grey Cups. His 154 career sacks are the 2nd highest career total in CFL history.

Post-career

In 2010 Payton was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.[1]

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