Antonio Pipkin

Antonio Pipkin
No. 17     Montreal Alouettes
Born: (1995-07-19) July 19, 1995
Gary, Indiana
Career information
Status Active
CFL status International
Position(s) QB
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 225 lb (102 kg)
College Tiffin
High school Thea Bowman Leadership Academy
Hand Right
Career history
As player
2017 Arizona Cardinals*
2017–present Montreal Alouettes
*Offseason and/or practice roster member only
Career stats

Antonio Pipkin (born July 19, 1995) is a Canadian football quarterback for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Tiffin.[1]

College career

Pipkin played quarterback for Tiffin University from 2014-2016. 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]

Professional career

Arizona Cardinals

On April 29, 2017, the Arizona Cardinals signed Pipkin as an undrafted free agent after he went unselected 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]

References

  1. "Montreal Alouettes roster: Antonio Pipkin". en.montrealalouettes.com. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  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.


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