Toronto Argonauts: Top 5 highlights of Ricky Ray’s career
By Paul Taylor
3) Rays wins it all in his first season with the Double Blue
Following the 2011 season, the Argonauts were in disarray. With a record of just 22-50 in the previous four season, including just one playoff appearance, they were searching for answers.
Fortunately for the Argos, the solution came courtesy of a surprising trade which brought in Ray from the Edmonton Eskimos. Suddenly, the Double Blue had one of the CFL’s premier playcallers at their disposal.
The 2006 CFL West All-Star didn’t waste any time getting to work. Despite missing four games, he threw for over 4,000 yards and led the team to a playoff spot.
Along the way, Ray set a new team single-season completion percentage record of 68.6 %. However, it was in the postseason where he really left his mark on a rejuvenated franchise.
The former New York Jet helped the Argos set a CFL-playoff record of 31 points in a single quarter during the first game (against his former team no less), before shocking the Alouettes in Montreal in the East Final. And he capped off a remarkable first season in Toronto, by leading the Double Blue to victory in the 100th Grey Cup on home turf, against the favoured Stampeders.