70. | Prepare To Win With Milt Stegall

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Unscripted With Akeem Haynes

Education


This week I'm joined by Hall of Fame Receiver Milt Stegall, Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio Milt is the youngest of 5 siblings. from an early age excelled athletically He attended Roger Bacon High School, where he was an All-State football player, All-City basketball player and qualified for the state track meet his senior year. Stegall attended Miami of Ohio University, where he was a four-year football letterman from 1988 to 1991. Stegall finished with 106 receptions for 1,581 yards, and eight touchdowns as a wide receiver. Because of his speed (he competed on Miami's track and field team where he holds the 3rd fastest 100-meter dash, 10.44 seconds, and 5th fastest 200-meter dash, 21.24 seconds). All of these accomplishments garnered Stegall an honourable mention all-Mid-American Conference selection as a junior. Milt signed with the Cincinnati Bengals after college as an undrafted free agent with Cincinnati Bengals. He played 21 games over 3 seasons, where he before singing with the green bay packers for the 1995 season, however, injuries slowed him down which led him to get released. later that year he signed with the Winnipeg blue bombers. As soon as he touched the field the legend of milt Stegall began. in 2002 milt would go on to have one of the greatest individual seasons in CFL history. He led the CFL in receptions (106), receiving yards (1,896), yards from scrimmage (1,896), touchdowns (23), receiving touchdowns (23), 100-yard games (10), 100-yard receiving games (10), average yards per catch (17.9) and non-kicker scoring (140). He set a new league single-season record for touchdowns with 23 and a new league single-season record for receiving touchdowns, also with 23. All of these made him the obvious choice as the CFL's Most Outstanding Player. Stegall has continued his excellence throughout the seasons with the Blue Bombers. Throughout his playing career, milt still has the CFL records for most touchdowns with 147, most receiving touchdowns in a season with 23, the highest yards per catch average with 26 with numbers like that he was a clear first-ballot Hall of the farmer. in 2012 he was selected as a first-ballot Hall of fam inductive and the ceremony was in the city where he played his whole entire CFL career. After his playing career ended In June 2009, he joined the TSN analyst for the CFL boarding casing network which he still does to the current date. Follow Milt on social: @miltstegalltsn