2012 Edmonton Eskimos season

2012 Edmonton Eskimos season
Head coach	Kavis Reed
General manager	Eric Tillman - Fired Nov 3rd, 2012
Home field	Commonwealth Stadium
Results
Record	7–11
Division place	4th, West
Playoff finish	Lost East Semi-Final
Team MOP	J. C. Sherritt, LB
Team MOC	Ted Laurent, DT
Team MOR	Shamawd Chambers, WR
Uniform

The 2012 Edmonton Eskimos season was the 55th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 64th overall. The Eskimos finished in 4th place in the West Division with a 7–11 record but still managed to make the playoffs for the second straight season via the CFL's "crossover" rule. The Eskimos played the Toronto Argonauts in the East Semi-Final and lost 42–26.

Offseason

CFL Draft

The 2012 CFL Draft took place on May 3, 2012 live at 1:00 PM MDT. The Eskimos had five selections in the six-round draft, including two in the first round after trading Ricky Ray to the Toronto Argonauts.^[1]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	4	Austin Pasztor	OL	Virginia
1	6	Shamawd Chambers	WR	Wilfrid Laurier
2	14	Justin Capicciotti	DL	Simon Fraser
5	36	Hasan Hazime	DE	Akron
5	38	Ryan King	LB	Saint Mary's

Notable transactions

Date	Type	Incoming	Outgoing	Team
December 12, 2011	Trade	Steven Jyles (QB) Grant Shaw (K/P) *1st round pick in 2012 CFL Draft – Jabar Westerman (DL)	Ricky Ray (QB)	Toronto Argonauts
February 23, 2012	Trade	Future considerations	Eric Wilbur (K/P)	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
April 23, 2012	Trade	**6th round pick in 2013 CFL Draft - Shane Bergman (OL)	Xavier Fulton (OL)	Saskatchewan Roughriders
May 3, 2012	Trade	1st round pick in 2012 CFL Draft – Austin Pasztor (OL) 2nd round pick in 2012 CFL Draft – Justin Capicciotti (DL) 5th round pick in 2012 CFL Draft – Ryan King (LB)	1st round pick in 2012 CFL Draft – Jabar Westerman (DL) 3rd round pick in 2012 CFL Draft – Michael Atkinson (DL)	BC Lions
May 25, 2012	Trade	Merrill Johnson (LB)	Conditional 6th round pick in 2014 CFL Draft	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
September 5, 2012	Trade	Matt O'Donnell (OL) 4th round pick in 2013 CFL Draft - Jorgen Hus (LB)	Greg Carr (WR) ***5th round pick in 2013 CFL Draft - Alex Anthony (WR)	Saskatchewan Roughriders
September 12, 2012	Trade	Brody McKnight (K)	Derek Schiavone (P/K) 1st round pick in 2013 CFL Draft - Mike Edem (LB) 4th round pick in 2013 CFL Draft - Nicolas Boulay (LB)	Montreal Alouettes
September 13, 2012	Trade	Darcy Brown (FB)	Ricardo Colclough (DB) 6th round pick in 2015 CFL Draft - Everett Ellefsen (DB)	Hamilton Tiger-Cats

*Later traded to the BC Lions
**Later traded to the Calgary Stampeders
***Later traded back to the Saskatchewan Roughriders

Preseason

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Attendance	Record
A	Fri, June 15	Edmonton Eskimos	17–20	Calgary Stampeders	23,629	0–1
B	Thurs, June 21	BC Lions	24–16	Edmonton Eskimos	30,891	0–2

Regular season

Season standings

West Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Y-BC Lions	18	13	5	0	481	354	26	Details
X-Calgary Stampeders	18	12	6	0	534	431	24	Details
X-Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	8	10	0	457	409	16	Details
X-Edmonton Eskimos	18	7	11	0	422	450	14	Details

Season schedule

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	Sat, June 30	Toronto Argonauts	15–19	Edmonton Eskimos		35,538	1–0	2
2	Sun, July 8	Edmonton Eskimos	1–17	Saskatchewan Roughriders		31,459	1–1	2
3	Fri, July 13	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	10–42	Edmonton Eskimos		32,067	2–1	4
4	Fri, July 20	Edmonton Eskimos	27–14	BC Lions		28,335	3–1	6
5	Thurs, July 26	Edmonton Eskimos	22–23	Winnipeg Blue Bombers		29,533	3–2	6
6	Bye						3–2	6
7	Fri, Aug 10	Saskatchewan Roughriders	20–28	Edmonton Eskimos		43,178	4–2	8
8	Fri, Aug 17	Montreal Alouettes	38–25	Edmonton Eskimos		32,760	4–3	8
9	Mon, Aug 27	Edmonton Eskimos	26–17	Toronto Argonauts		22,912	5–3	10
10	Mon, Sept 3	Edmonton Eskimos	30–31	Calgary Stampeders		32,102	5–4	10
11	Fri, Sept 7	Calgary Stampeders	20–18	Edmonton Eskimos		39,363	5–5	10
12	Sat, Sept 15	Edmonton Eskimos	8–51	Hamilton Tiger-Cats		24,162	5–6	10
13	Sat, Sept 22	BC Lions	19–18	Edmonton Eskimos		35,578	5–7	10
14	Fri, Sept 28	Edmonton Eskimos	15–39	Calgary Stampeders		29,290	5–8	10
15	Fri, Oct 5	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	20–35	Edmonton Eskimos		30,557	6–8	12
16	Sat, Oct 13	Saskatchewan Roughriders	20–37	Edmonton Eskimos		38,678	7–8	14
17	Fri, Oct 19	Edmonton Eskimos	19–39	BC Lions		30,102	7–9	14
18	Sun, Oct 28	Edmonton Eskimos	25–27	Montreal Alouettes		23,312	7–10	14
19	Fri, Nov 2	Calgary Stampeders	30–27	Edmonton Eskimos		21,147	7–11	14

Total attendance: 308,866
Average attendance: 34,318 (57.6%)

Roster

Edmonton Eskimos roster

Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Slotbacks

84 Cary Koch
2 Fred Stamps

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

Linebackers

49 Mike Cornell LB
12 T. J. Hill LB
48 Simoni Lawrence LB
45 Damaso Munoz LB
47 J. C. Sherritt LB
46 Kye Stewart LB

Defensive Backs

10 Donovan Alexander S
35 Weldon Brown DB
22 Joe Burnett CB/KR
24 Delroy Clarke DB
42 Clint Kent DB
25 Mike Miller S
27 Ronnie Prude DB
29 Chris Thompson DB
37 Roderick Williams DB

Special Teams

Injured List

68 Joel Bell T
18 Darcy Brown FB
9 Burke Dales P
57 Gordon Hinse C
19 Hugo Lopez S
6 Jeremiah Masoli QB
23 Jerome Messam RB
99 Jermaine Reid DT
80 Tyler Scott WR
59 Dale Stevenson T
44 Peter Thiel FB
75 Kade Weston DT

9-Game Injured List

Practice Roster

8 Dobson Collins WR
71 Terriun Crump SB
83 Ed Gant WR
87 Youssy Pierre WR
41 Michael Ricks DB
82 Steven Turner KR
32 Bryan Williams DB

Suspended List

Disabled List

Italics indicate Import player
Roster updated 2012-11-10
Depth Chart • Transactions
46 Active

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Coaching staff

Edmonton Eskimos Staff

Front Office

President and CEO – Len Rhodes
Director of Football Operations – Vacant
General Manager – Vacant
Assistant General Manager and Director of Player Personnel – Paul Jones
Manager of Football Operations and Canadian Scouting – Vacant
Head Scout – Edward Hervey
Head Canadian Scout - Rob Ralph

Head Coaches

Head Coach – Kavis Reed
Assistant Head Coach - Kit Lathrop

Offensive Coaches

Offensive Coordinator – Kavis Reed
Quarterbacks – Marcus Crandell
Run Game Coordinator and Running Backs – Jamie Barresi
Receivers – Derrell Mitchell
Offensive Line – Tim Prinsen
Offensive Consultant – David Kelly

Defensive Coaches

Defensive Coordinator and Linebackers – Mark Nelson
Defensive Line – Kit Lathrop
Defensive Backs – Marcello Simmons
Defensive Assistant - Terry Eisler

Special Teams Coaches

Special Teams Coordinator – Marcello Simmons
Special Teams Assistant - Terry Eisler

Strength and Conditioning

Strength and Conditioning Trainer – Mike Cook

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Playoffs

Schedule

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance	Result
East Semi-Final	Sun, Nov 11	Edmonton Eskimos	26–42	Toronto Argonauts		25,792	Loss

East Semi-Final

Edmonton at Toronto

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eskimos	7	0	3	16	26
• Argonauts	0	31	1	10	42

Date: November 11
Location: Rogers Centre
Toronto, ON
Game start: 11:00 AM MST
Game attendance: 25,792
Television network: TSN

References

↑ "Draft Tracker | Prospect Central | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 2013-04-22.

2012 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Toronto Winnipeg

See also	2012 CFL Draft 100th Grey Cup

Edmonton Eskimos

Founded in 1949 Based in Edmonton, Alberta

Franchise	Franchise Records Players Seasons Head coaches

Stadiums	Clarke Stadium Commonwealth Stadium

Lore	Labour Day Classic Battle of Alberta Alberta Crude 70th Grey Cup Edmonton Eskimos Cheerleaders

Important figures	Danny Bass Leroy Blugh Johnny Bright Hugh Campbell Tommy Joe Coffey Rod Connop Dave Cutler Eck Duggan Ron "Swampdog" Estay Dave "Doctor Death" Fennell Brian Fryer Larry Highbaugh Brian Kelly Danny Kepley Norm Kimball Normie "The China Clipper" Kwong Moe Lieberman Neil Lumsden George McGowan Rollie Miles Ken Montgomery Warren Moon Frank Morris Roger Nelson Jackie "Ole Spaghetti Legs" Parker Willie "The Terminator" Pless Tom Scott Terry Vaughn Tom Wilkinson Henry "Gizmo" Williams

Key personnel	Owners: Community owned General Manager: Ed Hervey Head Coach: Jason Maas

Grey Cup championships (14)	1954 1955 1956 1975 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1987 1993 2003 2005 2015

Western Division championships (23)	1952 1954 1955 1956 1960 1973 1974 1975 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1986 1987 1990 1993 1996 2002 2003 2005 2015

Current league affiliations	League: Canadian Football League Division: West

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