All-star kicker Rene Paredes a veteran with Calgary Stampeders, rookie with fire department
Rene Paredes is the most veteran player in the Calgary Stampeders’ locker room and a rookie at the fire station.
So there’s been a few adjustments for the 38-year-old as he embarks on his 12th season as a Stampeder, not the least of which is standing on different rungs of the ladder in each outfit. Paredes works two 24-hour firefighting shifts a week. Those shifts kept him out of three on-field sessions in the first dozen days of training camp.
Paredes says he won’t miss any games because he’s traded the three shifts on his firefighting schedule that would have bled into game days. Paredes has been Calgary’s Mr. Reliable and Mr. Clutch, with the exception of a rough 5-for-8 outing in the 2021 West Division semi-final.His field-goal conversion rate was 90 per cent. Paredes ranked first in field goals from 40-plus yards .
Since signing with the Stampeders in 2011, Paredes has played every game except one in his rookie season.He’s compiled stretches of 39, 32 and 30 straight games without a missed field goal during his career.His body of work warranted accommodation of his career aspirations beyond football, Stampeders head coach Dave Dickenson said.
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