Stampeders players Jon Cornish, Charleston Hughes, Rene Paredes and Brett Jones have all been named West Division finalists for major league awards.

For the second year in a row, Cornish will represent the West in the Most Outstanding Player and Most Outstanding Canadian categories. Hughes is a finalist for Most Outstanding Defensive Player, Paredes for Most Outstanding Special Teams Player and Jones for Most Outstanding Rookie.

It’s the first time in franchise history the Stamps have had finalists for five major awards. The winners will be announced on Nov. 21 as part of Grey Cup week festivities in Regina.

The award finalists are determined through a vote by the Football Reporters of Canada and CFL head coaches.

Here is a closer look at the Stampeders’ award finalists:

Jon Cornish (Most Outstanding Player, Most Outstanding Canadian): Cornish won his second consecutive rushing title as he ran for 1,813 yards, the fourth-highest total in CFL history. He also led the league and set a new franchise record with 2,157 yards from scrimmage. Cornish led all running backs with an average of 7.0 yards per carry and was tops in the CFL this season with 14 touchdowns. His spectacular season featured nine 100-yard games — including five in a row to tie a franchise record — and a career-best 208-yard effort on Oct. 5 against Winnipeg. He won nine weekly CFL awards in 2013 as well as four monthly honours. Cornish is the reigning Most Outstanding Canadian award winner and he was runner-up to Toronto’s Chad Owens for the MOP in 2012.

Charleston Hughes (Most Outstanding Defensive Player): Hughes is the CFL’s sack champion in 2013 with 18 and he wound up just one sack shy of Harold Hallman’s single-season franchise record. Hughes had 39 tackles, including three tackles for loss, and shared the team lead with three forced fumbles. He also had three pass knockdowns and one interception. He passed three players this season to move into third place all-time in Stampeders history with 54 career sacks. Hughes was named the CFL’s defensive player of the week on three occasions in 2013.

Rene Paredes (Most Outstanding Special Teams Player): The third-year player from Pierrefonds, Que., established a pair of major CFL records in 2013, successfully converting on 39 straight field-goal attempts (smashing the previous record of 30) and posting an all-time best single-season success rate of 94.7 per cent. He converted 54 of his 57 field-goal tries in 2013 — including 15 of 16 from 40 or more yards — and led the league with 213 points. He is just the third player in Stampeders history to crack the 200-point milestone in a season. Paredes was named the CFL’s special-teams player of the week twice and the special-teams player of the month three times.

Brett Jones (Most Outstanding Rookie): Just 21 at the start of the season, the University of Regina product made a profound impact during his first professional season. Jones was the only offensive lineman to play every game this season, with 17 of his 18 starts coming at the all-important centre position. Jones was the man in the middle of an offensive line that has paved the way for Jon Cornish’s league-leading total of 1,813 rushing yards and allowed the Stampeders to lead the CFL in rushing yards and fewest sacks allowed.