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1 — Football player in the past 45 years who has won the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada’s top athlete. That was Cornish in 2013
1 — CFL Most Outstanding Player award (2013)
1 — Player (Rob Cote) who served as the Stamps’ primary fullback during Cornish’s entire time in Calgary
2 — Grey Cup rings (2008, 2014)
3 — Most Outstanding Canadian awards
3 — 1,000-yard seasons from 2012-14
3 — League rushing titles
3 — CFL all-star team selections
3 — Times he was named the Calgary Booster Club’s male athlete of the year
4 — Position on the Stamps’ all-time rushing category despite making just 60 career starts
4 — West Division all-star berths
4 — Rushing touchdowns in an Aug. 9, 2013, game against Saskatchewan
5 — Consecutive 100-yard games in 2013, a feat which tied a franchise record
6.7 — Career yards-per-carry average
9 — The number he wore on his back for the Red and White and also the number of seasons he played in the CFL
12 — Yards gained on Cornish’s first CFL carry, which was during the 2007 Labour Day Classic
13 — The lucky 2006 draft selection with which the Stamps picked the University of Kansas star
25 — Career 100-yard rushing games in the regular season and playoffs
27 — Touchdowns scored in a two-year span (2013-14)
40 — CFL player of the week or month awards won by Cornish in a 56-game span from Week 13 when he was named a starter to the end of the 2014 season when the league award format changed
53 — Career touchdowns
78 — Yards covered on his spectacular touchdown catch in the 2014 Western Final against Edmonton
79 — Career special-teams tackles including a team-leading 21 in 2008
79 — Yards on a touchdown run against Toronto on Sept. 13, 2014. It was his career long
127 — Yards in his 2011 playoff debut as a starter
140 — Regular-season appearances for the Stampeders
208 — Career-best single-game rushing total, which happened Oct. 5, 2013, against Winnipeg
1,813 — Rushing yards during the 2013 season, the fourth-best total in CFL history
2,157 — Franchise record yards-from-scrimmage total in 2013
6,844 — Career rushing yards