Arguably one of the best quarterbacks to ever play in the Canadian Football League, Ricky Ray has announced his retirement after sixteen seasons in the Great White North. Ray played for both the Edmonton Eskimos and Toronto Argonauts, recording a total of four Grey Cup championships across his illustrious football career. It is widely expected that he will jump into coaching, as well as be a slam dunk first ballot Hall of Famer as early as next year.
By the numbers. Ricky Ray won Grey Cups in 2003, 2005, 2012, and 2017. His career numbers show 60,429 passing yards, a touchdown interception ratio of 325-177, and a pass attempt/completion ratio of 7,247/4,942. His career passer rating is 98.23, having played in 234 career games, and starting 214 of them. Ray was a model of consistency over the years, and largely avoided injury until his last couple of seasons.
There was a lot of doubt as to if Ray would play again after the devastating injury he suffered last season in Toronto's home loss to the Calgary Stampeders on June 23rd. As someone who was watching that game and saw the play, you can tell that was the end of Ray at that very moment. Ray did not play another game for the double blue, and spent most of the off-season debating his future as a player in the Canadian Football league.
There is no doubt that he'll rank as one of the all-time greats in the CFL. All the best to Ricky Ray, and what the future holds for him. TTS hopes that he'll be in the league as a coach soon enough, as he has shown himself to be one of the smartest people in Canadian football.
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