TORONTO – Bo Levi Mitchell, Kyries Hebert, Sean Whyte and Shea Emry were named the Gibson’s Finest Players of the Week for Week 5 of the 2013 Canadian Football League season.
The four players were chosen by a panel of judges including: former Canadian Football League players Matt Dunigan and Duane Forde of TSN, and Pierre Vercheval of RDS.
Gibson’s Finest CFL Offensive Player of the Week
Bo Levi Mitchell
QB – Calgary Stampeders
Calgary Stampeders 37 @ Winnipeg Blue Bombers 24
Calgary Stampeders quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell was named the Offensive Player of the Week for Week 5.In Mitchell’s first career CFL start he threw for 376 yards, three touchdowns and completed 29 of his 33 pass attempts in Calgary’s 37-24 win over Winnipeg.
Mitchell, the 2011 Walter Payton Award recipient at Eastern Washington University, threw no interceptions and also ran for 12 yards on six attempts.
Mitchell’s 376 passing yards was the third most yards by a quarterback in his debut since 2002.
Mitchell threw a 27, 15 and 10 yard touchdown passes to three different receivers in the game.
Gibson’s Finest CFL Defensive Player of the Week
Kyries Hebert
LB – Montreal Alouettes
Edmonton Eskimos 27 @ Montreal Alouettes 32
Montreal Alouettes safety Kyries Hebert was named the Defensive Player of the Week for Week 5. Hebert led the Montreal Alouettes with ten tackles, two sacks and a special teams tackle in Montreal’s nail-biting win over Edmonton.
Hebert, a former player at University of Louisiana at Lafayette leads the CFL with seven sacks and has complied 31 tackles and a fumble recovery for the Alouettes through five weeks of the CFL season.
Gibson’s Finest CFL Special Teams Player of the Week
Sean Whyte
K – Montreal Alouettes
Edmonton Eskimos 27 @ Montreal Alouettes 32
Montreal Alouettes kicker Sean Whyte was named the Special Teams Player of the Week for Week 5. Whyte was perfect six-for-six on field goals and added a pair of converts in the Alouettes 32-27 win over the Eskimos.
Whyte, a five year CFL veteran, kicked field goals from 32, 31, 24 (twice) 14 and 9 yards in the game.
After five weeks into the season, Whyte is currently third in the league in kicking points with 53 and has made 14 of his 15 field-goal attempts.
Gibson’s Finest CFL Canadian Player of the Week
Shea Emry
LB – Montreal Alouettes
Edmonton Eskimos 27 @ Montreal Alouettes 32
Montreal Alouettes linebacker Shea Emry was named the Canadian Player of the Week for Week 5. Emry had two interceptions including a 21-yard interception return off a Mike Reilly pass in the first quarter.
The former University of British Columbia standout and native of Richmond, BC is tied for first in the league with two interceptions this season.
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