{"id":49370,"date":"2025-08-06T11:30:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T11:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/49370\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T11:30:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T11:30:07","slug":"former-ucf-running-back-peny-boone-signs-with-cfls-toronto-argonauts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/49370\/","title":{"rendered":"Former UCF Running Back Peny Boone Signs With CFL’s Toronto Argonauts"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Canadian Football League’s Toronto Argonauts announced Tuesday the signing of former UCF Knights’ running back Peny Boone<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Boone played one season in Orlando in 2024, rushing 34 times for 208 yards with two touchdowns. He also caught one pass for nine yards, appearing in a total of seven of the Knights’ contests. The bruising back was also the only UCF player to carry the ball without a negative rushing attempt in the 2024 season as Gus Malzahn’s team played to a 4-8 record.<\/p>\n

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Per CFL.CA, Boone becomes one of three former Knights on active rosters in the CFL. Defensive back Sheldon Arnold II and defensive lineman Shaun Peterson Jr.<\/a> are both on the Calgary Stampeders roster.<\/p>\n

Most recently, Boone spent time at the Carolina Panthers’ rookie minicamp in May, but his involvement with the team did not go beyond that.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Detroit native began his college career at Maryland<\/a>, where he spent two seasons and appeared in 14 games as a Terrapin. He finished that chapter of his college days with 58 carries for 258 yards with two touchdowns. He then transferred to Toledo<\/a> for two seasons with\u00a01,849 rushing yards, 18 rushing touchdowns, and 26 catches for 312 yards and a touchdown. Boone was the\u00a0MAC Offensive Player of the year in 2023, rushing for 1,400 yards that season with 15 touchdowns. He then briefly transferred to Louisville<\/a>, but left the Cardinals in the spring to join the Knights for his senior campaign.<\/p>\n

Boone will join an Argonauts team that is 2-6 to start the 2025 CFL season. The Argos are back in action on Saturday, August 9 against the Ottawa Redblacks at 3 p.m. ET. That game will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network in the United States. Toronto’s roster lists Boone at 6’1″ and 232 pounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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