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  • Montreal's Cobourne highlights CFL's weekly awards


    Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Three Montreal Alouettes, including running back Avon Cobourne, were among those selected as the CFL's top players for Week 8.

    Cobourne earned offensive honors after running for 107 yards on 16 carries, and also posting 103 yards and a touchdown on five catches in Montreal's 32-14 win over Toronto.

    The defensive prize went to Montreal defensive tackle Keron Williams. He had three sacks and finished with four tackles in the victory over Toronto. Williams has six sacks on the season, the third most in the league.

    Toronto's Dominique Dorsey captured the special teams honor for the third time this year.

    Dorsey collected 178 combined return yards in the defeat to the Alouettes.

    He leads the league with 1,258 combined return yards, in addition to leading the league in total combined yards with 1,589 yards.

    The top Canadian player for the week was Montreal cornerback Davis Sanchez, who recorded three tackles and an interception in the road victory. Midway through the third quarter, Sanchez picked off a Michael Bishop pass and ran it 26 yards down to the four-yard line, setting up a Montreal touchdown.

    08/19 14:46:00 ET


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