{"id":554078,"date":"2026-03-22T22:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T22:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/554078\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T22:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T22:29:09","slug":"10-lists-in-10-days-receiving-yardage-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/554078\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Lists in 10 Days | Receiving Yardage Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been a fun exercise putting together this \u201910 Lists in 10 Days\u2019 series \u2014 and a bit of an eye-opener, too.<\/p>\n

And so, as we come to a close here with the last instalment, what this process has done is reinforce just how many Canadian Football League legends have worn Winnipeg Blue Bombers colours over the years \u2014 and how lucky we are to be witnessing so many more still in action.<\/p>\n

Scrolling through the media guide and the CFL Record Book we\u2019ve seen so many names from the current or recent rosters dominate all the lists on those pages, from Stanley Bryant, Zach Collaros, Brady Oliveira, Willie Jefferson, Sergio Castillo and Adam Bighill, among others.<\/p>\n

Many more are soon destined to cement themselves among future Winnipeg Football Club Hall of famers \u2014 among them, homegrown receiver Nic Demski, and that\u2019s who we\u2019re going to zero in on today.<\/p>\n

Demski led the Blue Bombers in receiving for a second straight season in 2025, pulling in 67 passes for 1,001 yards and seven touchdowns in 14 games \u2014 his third consecutive 1,000-yard campaign.<\/p>\n

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In the process, he moved into seventh place on the club\u2019s all-time receiving yardage list and now sits at 5,560 as a Blue Bomber, with his 425 receptions ranking fifth in franchise history and his receiving TD total of 39 currently ninth best overall.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a sense, too, that there might be a few more chapters to add on to his prime years.<\/p>\n

\u201cEarly on in my career, I was always athletic enough and being able to be a playmaker and all that good stuff, but I never was a holistic pro,\u201d said Demski after signing a two-year contract extension just before Christmas. \u201cBeing in the film room, being in the weight room, taking care of my body, getting extra treatment, all that good stuff.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, until I came to Winnipeg and kind of saw how everyone else was doing it in front of me, to see them get into their routines and see how they handled their bodies and kind of expanded their football IQ, they definitely led the way for me for that. I followed the path and it\u2019s brought me here.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo me, just to see the success that I\u2019ve had, the relationship with Zach (Collaros), and the relationship with the different coaches that have been around me and everybody giving me their wisdom and whatnot I feel like I can even take my game to a higher level. I\u2019m really excited about that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Another 1K season would move Demski into the club\u2019s Top 5 in all-time receiving yardage and certainly lock in a future spot in the Winnipeg Football Club Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, his role in the locker room has transformed over the last few years, too. He\u2019s the receiving room\u2019s vet now and a player so many look to for guidance and inspiration \u2014 the same way Weston Dressler once was to him when Demski first turned pro and then the pair ended up being teammates here when he came home to Winnipeg after spending the first few years of his career in Saskatchewan after being selected by the Roughriders out of the University of Manitoba in the first round of the 2015 CFL Draft.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s funny, because I had him there (in Saskatchewan) in my locker-room my rookie year, but I was probably too young and dumb to really get under his wing,\u201d Demski said. \u201cBut Weston Dressler, I\u2019ve never seen somebody work so hard off the field as they do on the field.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember as soon as I signed a contract (in Winnipeg), Lapo (Paul LaPolice, then the Blue Bombers offensive coordinator) told me, \u2018You\u2019ve got to follow Dressler everywhere you go. Wherever Dress goes, follow. Do what he does. Mimic everything he does.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Good advice. And, clearly, Demski listened, learned and has put it all into solid work since. His numbers certainly provide the black and white evidence.<\/p>\n

Blue Bombers Top 10 all-time receiving yardage leaders:<\/p>\n

1. Milt Stegall (1995-2008) \u2014 854 receptions \u2014 15,1453 yards<\/p>\n

2. James Murphy (1983-90) \u2014 573-9,036<\/p>\n

3. Joe Poplawski (1978-86) \u2014 549-8,341<\/p>\n

4. Terrence Edwards (2007-12) \u2014 469-7,200<\/p>\n

5. Rick House (1979-84, 1989-91) \u2014 385-6,266<\/p>\n

6. Perry Tuttle (1986-91) \u2014 321-5,817<\/p>\n

7. Nic Demski (2018- ) \u2014 425-5,560<\/p>\n

8. Ernie Pitts (1957-69) \u2014 337-5,525<\/p>\n

9. Clarence Denmark (2011-17) \u2014 417-5,478<\/p>\n

10. Jeff Boyd (1983-87) \u2014 283-5,110<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s been a fun exercise putting together this \u201910 Lists in 10 Days\u2019 series \u2014 and a bit…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":554079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-554078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}