Ricky Ray and Darian Durant top the CFL East and West Division all-star lists

TORONTO – Toronto Argonauts quarterback Ricky Ray tops this year’s CFL East Division all-stars, while Darian Durant of the Saskatchewan Roughriders headlines the West.

Ray’s numbers were held back as he missed six games to injury and sat out the last game of the season. But he finished with 234 completed passes out of 303 tries for a career high 77.2 per cent, tops among CFL starting quarterbacks.

Durant finished the season with 4,154 passing yards and a league-leading 31 touchdown strikes.

Representing the West at running back is Calgary’s Jon Cornish, the CFL rushing leader, and Saskatchewan’s Kory Sheets, the runner-up. Hamilton’s C.J. Gable and Winnipeg’s Will Ford share the honour in the East.

Toronto’s Chad Owens is one of the four receivers named in the East and Edmonton’s Fred Stamps was a unanimous pick as one of the four in the West, after leading the league with 1,259 receiving yards.

Defensive players include CFL tackle leader Chip Cox from Montreal and runner-up Henoc Muamba from Winnipeg in the East, and sack-leader Charleston Hughes from Calgary and Saskatchewan’s Alex Hall in the West.

The lists are voted on by coaches and members of the Football Reporters of Canada. The CFL will announce its all-star team, featuring players from both divisions, in early December.