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Damonte Coxie

Damonte Coxie
No. 86     Toronto Argonauts
Coxie with the Toronto Argonauts in 2024
Born: (1996-11-28) November 28, 1996 (age 28)
Reserve, Louisiana, U.S.
Career information
StatusActive
CFL statusAmerican
Position(s)Wide receiver
Height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight200 lb (91 kg)
CollegeMemphis
High schoolEast St. John High
Tara High
Career history
As player
2022–presentToronto Argonauts
Career highlights and awards
CFL East All-Star2023
Career stats

Damonte Coxie (born November 28, 1996) is an American professional football wide receiver for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He is a two-time Grey Cup champion after winning with Argonauts in 2022 and 2024.

College career

After using a redshirt season in 2016, Coxie played college football for the Memphis Tigers from 2017 to 2020.[1] He played in 43 games where he had 185 receptions for 2,948 yards and 20 touchdowns.[2]

Bold indicates career high
Receiving
Season Games Rec Yds Avg TD
Memphis Tigers
2017 11 21 323 15.4 3
2018 14 72 1,174 16.3 7
2019 14 76 1,276 16.8 9
2020 2 16 175 10.9 1
Career 41 185 2948 15.9 20

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2021 NFL draft, Coxie had a tryout with the Green Bay Packers, but was not signed.[3]

Following a year in which he did not play football, Coxie was signed by the Toronto Argonauts on January 24, 2022.[4] He spent training camp with the team in 2022 and was added to the team's practice roster prior to the start of the regular season.[5] After the team's receiving corps was beset by injuries, Coxie made his professional debut on July 31, 2022, against the Ottawa Redblacks.[2] He made his first career reception in his second game, on August 20, 2022, against the Calgary Stampeders.[2] He finished the 2022 season having played in seven regular season games, starting in six, where he had 15 catches for 210 yards.[6] He ended the season on the six-game injured list and was there when the Argonauts won the 109th Grey Cup.[6]

In 2023, Coxie became a regular starter and played in 14 regular season games where he had 39 receptions for 787 yards and five touchdowns.[6] For his breakout season, he was named a CFL East All-Star.[7] He also played in the team's East Final loss to the Montreal Alouettes where he had one catch for 29 yards.[6]

In the 2024 season, Coxie played and started in 17 regular season games where he had 59 receptions for 860 yards and four touchdowns.[8] He sat out the East-Semi Final due to injury, but played in the next two post-season games, including the 111th Grey Cup where he had three receptions for 29 yards in the Argonauts' 41–24 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.[9]

Personal life

Coxie was born to parents Monte Weathers and Donald Coxie.[1] His father, Donald, was killed in a car accident when Coxie was seven years old.[10]

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