Calgary Stampeders kicker Rene Paredes is the CFL’s Most Outstanding Special Teams Player for 2013. Paredes was presented with the honour at the CFL Player Awards ceremonies on Thursday night in Regina.

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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.

Paredes 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.

He was named the CFL’s special-teams player of the week twice in 2013 and the special-teams player of the month three times.

Paredes is just the second Stampeders player to win the Most Outstanding Special Teams Player award since it was created in 2002. Sandro DeAngelis (2006) had previously been the only winner for Calgary.