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KAYLE NEIS \/ THE CANADIAN PRESS FILES<\/p>\n
Winnipeg Blue Bombers running back Brady Oliveira (20) has earned the Bombers\u2019 Most Outstanding Player and Most Outstanding Canadian nods for a fourth straight season.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The Winnipegger leads the league in rushing with 1,344 yards and has a 174-yard lead on Edmonton\u2019s Justin Rankin, who is in second. Oliveira has rushed for 1,000 yards in five consecutive seasons, which is a new CFL record for a Canadian. If he can keep his streak going in 2027, he will tie Bombers legend Charles Roberts for the franchise record with six.<\/p>\n
Oliveira is nine yards shy of the second-highest total of his career. His personal best was 1,534 yards in 2023.<\/p>\n
The only thing the 2024 CFL MOP hasn\u2019t accomplished yet is winning a Grey Cup as the lead tailback.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s been a lot of great accolades throughout the course of my career and I need to talk about the guys around me because when it\u2019s all said and done, when I\u2019m able to look back at everything, what I\u2019m actually gonna remember about those awards are the guys that I got to play with,\u201d said Oliveira.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut that\u2019s definitely something I have to knock off the list, absolutely. That\u2019s something that I chase every single day, something that hungers me and drives me when I come in here when (I\u2019m) sore.\u201d<\/p>\n
Most Outstanding Defensive Player: DB Evan Holm<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t NIC ADAM \/ FREE PRESS FILES<\/p>\n Winnipeg Blue Bombers defensive back Evan Holm has been voted the club\u2019s Most Outstanding Defensive Player for a second year in a row.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n It\u2019s the second year in a row that Evan Holm has been voted the club\u2019s best defensive player.<\/p>\n He leads the Bombers with 15 pass knockdowns, which ranks second in the CFL behind Montreal\u2019s Lorenzo Burns (17). Holm, a fifth-year pro, also has 71 defensive tackles, an interception, a tackle for a loss, two fumble recoveries, and one forced fumble.<\/p>\n Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman: RT Jarell Broxton*<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t RUTH BONNEVILLE \/ FREE PRESS FILES<\/p>\n Winnipeg Blue Bombers\u2019 Jarell Broxton was voted the club\u2019s Most Outstanding Defensive Lineman after performing as the club\u2019s best blocker this season by far.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The CFL\u2019s highest-paid American offensive lineman was the Bombers\u2019 best blocker by far.<\/p>\n Jarell Broxton signed with the Bombers in the off-season after three straight years of being the Lions\u2019 Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman and a West Division all-star in 2025.<\/p>\n The Bombers\u2019 O-line regressed this season, but Broxton was a steady presence at right tackle.<\/p>\n Most Outstanding Special Teams Player: Trey Vaval<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t TIMOTHY MATWEY \/ THE CANADIAN PRESS FILES<\/p>\n Winnipeg Blue Bombers\u2019 Trey Vaval (left) earned his second straight Most Outstanding Special Teams Player nominee in his sophomore year after going on to win the league award last season as a rookie.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n This one was a toss-up.<\/p>\n Return specialist Trey Vaval and kicker Sergio Castillo have been two of the best players on the team this season.<\/p>\n In the end, Vaval got the edge to earn his second straight Most Outstanding Special Teams Player nominee. Last season as a rookie, Vaval went on to win the league award.<\/p>\n His 2,787 combined kick return yards \u2014 punts, kickoffs and missed field goals \u2014 rank first in the CFL. His two return touchdowns this season give him six as a Bomber, which is tied with Eric Blount for second most in franchise history. Janarion Grant tops the list with eight.<\/p>\n Vaval has dazzled as a returner while also starting five games this year at cornerback.<\/p>\n Most Outstanding Rookie Player: Major Williams*<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t CODIE McLACHLAN \/ THE CANADIAN PRESS<\/p>\n Winnipeg Blue Bombers cornerback Major Williams (left) received the Most Outstanding Rookie nod after racking up 76 defensive tackles, seven special teams tackles, one interception, and one tackle for a loss this season.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n This category would\u2019ve been really interesting if receiver Dorian Singer had played the whole season.<\/p>\n Unlike Singer, cornerback Major Williams has started all 17 games. He ranks second on the team in defensive tackles with 76 and has seven special teams tackles, one interception, and one tackle for a loss.<\/p>\n The emergence of Williams was massive for the Bombers, considering they moved on from several veterans in the secondary in the off-season.<\/p>\n winnipegfreepress.com\/taylorallen<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t Taylor Allen Taylor Allen is a sports reporter for the Winnipeg Free Press. Taylor was the Vince Leah intern in the Free Press newsroom twice while earning his joint communications degree\/diploma at the University of Winnipeg and Red River College Polytechnic. He signed on full-time in 2019 and mainly covers the Blue Bombers, curling, and basketball. Read more about Taylor<\/a>.<\/p>\n Every piece of reporting Taylor produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print \u2014 part of the Free Press\u2018s tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press\u2019s history and mandate<\/a>, and learn how our newsroom operates<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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