Antonio Pipkin
No. 6     Saskatchewan Roughriders
Pipkin with the Lions in 2022
Born: (1995-07-19) July 19, 1995
Gary, Indiana, U.S.
Career information
StatusActive
CFL statusAmerican
Position(s)Quarterback
Height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight225 lb (102 kg)
CollegeTiffin
High schoolThea Bowman
HandRight
Career history
As player
2017Arizona Cardinals*
2017–2019Montreal Alouettes
2020Edmonton Football Team*
2021–2022Toronto Argonauts
2022BC Lions
2023Hamilton Tiger-Cats
2023–presentSaskatchewan Roughriders
*Offseason and/or practice roster member only
Career stats

Antonio Pipkin (born July 19, 1995) is a Canadian football quarterback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Tiffin.[1] Pipkin has also been a member of the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL), and the Montreal Alouettes, Edmonton Football Team, Toronto Argonauts, BC Lions, and Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the CFL.

College career

Pipkin played quarterback for Tiffin University from 2014 to 2016. As a freshman in 2014, Pipkin completed 33 out of 54 pass attempts (61.1%) for 231-yards and one touchdown with three interceptions. In 2015, Pipkin became the Dragon's starting quarterback and finished the season with 250 completions out of 390 attempts (64.1%) for a career-high 3,227 passing yards and 32 touchdown and six interceptions in 11 games and 11 starts. He returned for his junior season in 2016 and completed 216 passes, out of 333 pass attempts (64.9%) for 2,534 passing yards. Pipkin also had 25 touchdown passes and six interceptions in 11 games and 11 starts. He finished his college career with a total of 499 pass completions, 777 pass attempts (64.2%), 58 touchdown passes, and 15 interceptions in 23 games and 23 starts.[2]

College statistics

Season Games Passing Rushing
GPRecordCompAttPctYardsAvgTDIntRateAttYardsAvgTD
Tiffin Dragons
2013 112–925338166.42,3176.11212121.61201651.45
2014 115–626040963.62,8637.0198133.81435563.95
2015 115–625039064.13,2278.3326157.61257225.88
2016 118–321633364.92,5347.6256150.01227576.27
Career4420−249791,51364.710,9417.28832140.45102,2004.325

Professional career

Arizona Cardinals

On April 29, 2017, the Arizona Cardinals signed Pipkin as an undrafted free agent after he was not selected during the 2017 NFL Draft.[3][4]

Montreal Alouettes

Pipkin was signed by the Alouettes on June 5, 2017. Pipkin made his first professional appearance on November 3, 2017, in the last week of the 2017 season. Pipkin completed only two of nine pass attempts for 14 yards.[5] He was released June 19, 2018.[6] He was re-signed by the team on August 6, 2018.[7] Pipkin became the sixth Alouettes quarterback to start a game in the 2018 season (Drew Willy, Jeff Mathews, Matthew Shiltz, Vernon Adams, Johnny Manziel) when he started in the team's Week 10 match against the Edmonton Eskimos. Pipkin, who was making his first professional start, completed 14 of 25 pass attempts for 217 yards with one touchdown and one interception.[8] Pipkin earned his first career win the following week when the Alouettes defeated the Toronto Argonauts.[9] The Alouettes decided to stick with Pipkin as their starting quarterback despite Johnny Manziel recovering from a concussion.[10] Pipkin struggled in Week 14, throwing four interceptions, two of which were returned for touchdowns, en route to a 32–14 defeat by the BC Lions.[11] In the days following Head Coach Mike Sherman announced that Manziel would start in the teams Week 15 match against the Bombers.[12] Pipkin signed a two-year contract extension with the Alouettes on October 28, 2018, and later that day played the second half of the Alouettes' second last game of the season.[13]

Pipkin was named the Al's starting quarterback for Week 1 of the 2019 season, ahead of Vernon Adams Jr.[14] Pipkin suffered a lower leg injury in the team's Week 1 loss to the Eskimos, and was expected to miss 4–6 weeks.[15] He returned to action partway through the Al's Week 8 game against the Redblacks, after an injury to Vernon Adams, but Pipkin was unable to lead the team to victory, completing 8 out of 17 passes.[16] Pipkin started in Week 9 for a still injured Adams, but was unable to lead Montreal to a win in the first ever weather shortened game.[17] Vernon Adams returned to the starting role the following week and remained the starter for the remainder of the season while Pipkin was relegated to the third quarterback role. As a backup to Matthew Shiltz who was starting in place of a suspended Adams, Pipkin fumbled the ball on a short yardage plunge at the BC Lions 2 yard line, costing the Alouettes the game.[18][19] Pipkin was released by the Alouettes on January 30, 2020.[20] His release took effect prior to a series of off-season bonuses due to be paid totaling 23,500 CND over 4 months.[21]

Edmonton Football Team

Pipkin was signed by the Edmonton Football Team to a one-year contract on February 13, 2020.[22] However, the league cancelled play for the 2020 CFL season and Pipkin did not play for the team as his contract expired in 2021.

Toronto Argonauts

On February 9, 2021, the first day of free agency, Pipkin signed with the Toronto Argonauts.[23] He served primarily as the third-string quarterback during the 2021 season, but was elevated to the backup following the trade of Nick Arbuckle to the Edmonton Elks.[24] He started the final game of the regular season where he completed 10 of 22 pass attempts for 111 yards and one interception, but also had nine carries for 78 yards and one touchdown.[25] He spent part of 2022 training camp with the team, but was released after the first pre-season game on May 29, 2022.[26]

BC Lions

On May 31, 2022, it was announced that Pipkin had signed with the BC Lions.[27] On September 10, 2022 Pipkin made his first start for the Lions.[28] BC was defeated 31-10 by the Montreal Alouettes with Pipkin completing only 13 of 24 pass attempts for 174 yards and an interception.[29] The Lions' starting quarterback Nathan Rourke was injured at the time, and newly acquired Vernon Adams was still being brought up to speed with the offense.[30] He became a free agent upon the expiry of his contract on February 14, 2023.[31]

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

On July 18, 2023, It was announced that Pipkin had been signed by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats due to the injuries of starting quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell and backup Matthew Shiltz.[32] He played in two games and spent one game on the practice roster, but did not record any statistics.[33]

Saskatchewan Roughriders

On August 13, 2023, Pipkin was traded to the Saskatchewan Roughriders in exchange for Kaare Vedvik.[34] He played in nine games where he operated the short yardage unit and had 25 carries for 49 yards with five touchdowns and had one pass completion for 57 yards.[35] He signed a contract extension on November 23, 2023.[36]

CFL statistics

  Games   Passing   Rushing
Year Team GP GS Rec Comp Att Pct Yards TD Int Rating Att Yards Avg Long TD Fumb
2017 MTL 1 0 0–0 2 9 22.2 14 0 0 39.6 2 5 2.5 5 0 0
2018 MTL 12 4 2–2 78 131 59.5 1,120 3 8 69.5 45 252 5.6 28 8 0
2019 MTL 14 2 0–2 19 42 45.2 161 1 0 63.7 11 61 5.5 18 1 0
2020 EDM Season cancelled
2021 TOR 7 1 0–1 13 26 50.0 158 0 1 53.0 27 131 4.9 34 5 1
2022 BC 18 1 0–1 29 52 55.8 393 2 1 84.9 43 137 3.2 16 7 1
2023 HAM 200–0 000.00000.0 000.0000
SSK 900–0 11100.05700118.8 25492.01050
CFL totals 63 8 2–6 142 261 54.4 1,903 6 10 69.5 153 635 4.2 34 26 2

References

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  2. ↑ "Tiffin University Dragons: Antonio Pipkin". gotiffindragons.com. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  3. ↑ Adam Green (May 11, 2017). "ESPN's Kiper: Cardinals QB Antonio Pipkin an undrafted free agent to watch". arizonasports.com. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  4. ↑ Zach Baker (April 30, 2017). "Tiffin University QB Pipkin signs with Cardinals". advertiser-tribune.com. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  5. ↑ "2017-11-03 Game Tracker – Montreal Alouettes vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2448) – CFL.ca". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  6. ↑ "Alouettes release sophomore QB Pipkin – CFL.ca". CFL.ca. 2018-06-19. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  7. ↑ "Montreal Alouettes Transactions". footballdb.com. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
  8. ↑ "2018-08-18 Game Tracker – Montreal Alouettes vs. Edmonton Eskimos (2502) – CFL.ca". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
  9. ↑ "2018-08-24 Game Tracker – Toronto Argonauts vs. Montreal Alouettes (2505) – CFL.ca". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
  10. ↑ "Als QB Manziel cleared for return, but Pipkin likely to start against Ottawa". National Post. 2018-08-29. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
  11. ↑ "2018-09-14 Game Tracker – BC Lions vs. Montreal Alouettes (2516) – CFL.ca". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
  12. ↑ "Manziel will start for Alouettes Friday – TSN.ca". TSN. 2018-09-17. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
  13. ↑ "Als extend Pipkin, Mathews and Adams Jr. – CFL.ca". CFL.ca. 2018-10-28. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
  14. ↑ TSN ca Staff (2019-06-10). "Montreal Alouettes name Antonio Pipkin starting quarterback – TSN.ca". TSN. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  15. ↑ TSN ca Staff (2019-06-21). "Montreal Alouettes sign quarterback Brandon Bridge to one-year deal – TSN.ca". TSN. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  16. ↑ "2019-08-02 Game Tracker - Ottawa Redblacks vs. Montreal Alouettes (2590)". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-08.
  17. ↑ "2019-08-09 Game Tracker - Saskatchewan Roughriders vs. Montreal Alouettes (2593)". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
  18. ↑ "'I can't let the team down like that,' Als' Pipkin says of costly fumble".
  19. ↑ "Zurkowsky: It's easy to scapegoat Als coach Jones, but Pipkin fumbled the game away".
  20. ↑ "QB Antonio Pipkin released by Alouettes". CFL.ca. 2020-01-30. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  21. ↑ "Alouettes release QB Antonio Pipkin ahead of February 1 roster bonus | 3DownNation".
  22. ↑ "Eskimos sign Antonio Pipkin". Edmonton Football Team. February 13, 2020.
  23. ↑ "Argos add QB Antonio Pipkin". Toronto Argonauts. February 9, 2021.
  24. ↑ TSN ca Staff (2021-10-26). "Toronto Argonauts Edmonton Elks Nick Arbuckle - TSN.ca". TSN. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  25. ↑ "Edmonton Elks vs Toronto Argonauts". Canadian Football League. November 16, 2021.
  26. ↑ "Argos transactions – May 29, 2022". Toronto Argonauts. May 29, 2022.
  27. ↑ "QB Antonio Pipkin agrees to terms with Lions". BC Lions. May 31, 2022.
  28. ↑ "2022-09-09 Game Tracker - BC Lions vs. Montreal Alouettes (6262)". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  29. ↑ "2022-09-09 Game Tracker - BC Lions vs. Montreal Alouettes (6262)". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  30. ↑ "Lions aren't in hurry-up offence with QB Vernon Adams, who will get a chance to learn the ropes". theprovince. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  31. ↑ "Transactions – Football player trades and signings". Canadian Football League. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  32. ↑ "Hamilton Tiger-Cats". Retrieved 2023-07-19.
  33. ↑ "Game Notes" (PDF). Canadian Football League. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  34. ↑ "Riders acquire quarterback Antonio Pipkin via trade with Hamilton". Saskatchewan Roughriders. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
  35. ↑ "Antonio Pipkin". Canadian Football League. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  36. ↑ "Riders extend quarterback Antonio Pipkin". Canadian Football League. November 23, 2023.
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