BCLions.com Staff
Stiff-arm your way to the end zone, earn a CFL Player of the Week nod.
After an explosive game against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in Week 16, Manny Arceneaux has been namend one of the CFL’s Players of the Week. He finished the night with eight catches for 151 yards and two touchdowns…and one highlight-reel-worthy stiff arm!
WATCH: Arceneaux takes it to the house!
“Manny just makes plays,” says QB Jonathon Jennings. “Someone that works that hard and with the skill set he has, you can’t ask for anything more.” The big-bodied reciver has been on fire the last few games, hauling in a staggering 25 catches for 477 yards and two touchdowns – almost half of his 973 yards on the season have come in the last four-game stretch.
“I’m a big guy that can move,” says Arceneaux, with the signature Manny laugh. And move he can. One need only look back to Week 15, where Arceneaux streaked across the width of the field to beat Tristan Jackson for the score to see just how fast he is. His team-leading 973 yards on 58 receptions and seven touchdowns is good enough for second in the league behind Calgary’s Eric Rogers.
WATCH: Receivers coach Khari Jones on the Manny threat
Arceneaux credits much of his play of late to his young QB. “I trust him; he trusts me. That’s the biggest thing,” he says. “I like to think of our relationship as a blind date where you don’t know the person but your conversation just clicks.” Cue that signature laugh again.
