Antonio Pipkin

Antonio Pipkin (born July 19, 1995) is a Canadian football quarterback who is currently a member of the Edmonton Football Team. He was most recently a member of the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Tiffin.[1] Pipkin has also been a member of the Arizona Cardinals (NFL).

Antonio Pipkin
No. --     Edmonton Football Team
Born: (1995-07-19) July 19, 1995
Gary, Indiana
Career information
StatusActive
CFL statusAmerican
Position(s)QB
Height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight225 lb (102 kg)
CollegeTiffin
High schoolThea Bowman Leadership Academy
HandRight
Career history
As player
2017Arizona Cardinals*
2017–2019Montreal Alouettes
2020–PresentEdmonton Football Team
*Offseason and/or practice roster member only
Career stats

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]

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 of the CFL on February 13, 2020.[22]

CFL statistics
  Passing   Rushing
Year Team Games Started Comp Att Pct Yards TD Int Rating Att Yards Avg Long TD Fumb
2017 MTL 1 0 2 9 22.2 14 0 0 39.6 2 5 2.5 5 0 0
2018 MTL 12 4 78 131 59.5 1,120 3 8 69.5 45 252 5.6 28 8 0
2019 MTL 14 2 19 42 45.2 161 1 0 63.7 11 61 5.5 18 0 1
CFL totals 27 6 99 182 54.4 1,295 4 8 66.0 53 303 5.7 28 8 0

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.
  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. https://montrealgazette.com/sports/football/cfl/montreal-alouettes/i-cant-let-the-team-down-like-that-als-pipkin-says-of-costly-fumble
  19. https://montrealgazette.com/sports/football/cfl/montreal-alouettes/zurkowsky-its-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. https://3downnation.com/2020/01/30/alouettes-release-qb-antonio-pipkin-ahead-of-roster-bonus/
  22. https://www.esks.com/2020/02/13/eskimos-sign-antonio-pipkin/
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