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{{Infobox sports award|image=Arnaud Gascon-Nadon.jpg|caption=[[Arnaud Gascon-Nadon]] with the J. P. Metras Trophy in 2011|name=J. P. Metras Trophy|sport=[[Canadian football]]|league=[[U Sports football|U Sports]]|givenfor=Most outstanding [[Lineman (gridiron football)|down lineman]] in the league|firstwinner=Bart Evans, <br> [[Manitoba Bisons football|Manitoba Bisons]]|first=1974
|mostrecent=Giordano Vaccaro, <br> [[Manitoba Bisons football|Manitoba Bisons]]|mostwins=[[Mathieu Betts]] (3 times), <br> [[Laval Rouge et Or football|Laval Rouge et Or]]}}

The '''J. P. Metras Trophy''' is awarded annually to the most outstanding [[Lineman (gridiron football)|down lineman]] in [[U Sports football]]. The award was first initiated in 1974 and is named after [[John P. Metras]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sport Awards|url=https://usports.ca/en/awards/sport-awards|access-date=2021-02-07|website=U SPORTS|language=en}}</ref>

Metras was a former coach of the [[Western Mustangs football|Western Mustangs]] from 1939 to 1969 and was inducted to the [[Canadian Football Hall of Fame]] in 1980.<ref>{{Cite web|title=John P. Metras|url=https://cfhof.ca/members/john-p-metras/|access-date=2021-02-07|website=Canadian Football Hall of Fame|language=en-US}}</ref>

The American equivalent to the J. P. Metras Trophy is the [[Lombardi Award]].

==List of winners==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year !! Athlete<ref name="ref1">{{cite web|title=Past U Sports Award Winners|url=http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/fball/history/past_awards|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117222743/http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/fball/history/past_awards|archive-date=2015-11-17|publisher=Canadian Interuniversity Sport}}</ref>!! Team<ref name="ref1" />
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|1974 || {{sort|Evans, Bart|Bart Evans}}|| [[Manitoba Bisons football|Manitoba]]
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|1975 || {{sort|Pothier, Mark|Mark Pothier}} || [[Saint Mary's Huskies football|Saint Mary's]]
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|1976 || {{sort|Inglis, Gerry|Gerry Inglis}} || [[Alberta Golden Bears football|Alberta]]
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|1977 || {{sort|Bakker, Dick|[[Dick Bakker]]}} || [[Queen's Gaels football|Queen's]]
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|1978 || {{sort|Willox, Dave|Dave Willox}} || Alberta
|-
|1979 || {{sort|Muller, Jim|Jim Muller}} || Queen's
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|1980 || {{sort|McArthur, Scott|Scott McArthur}} || [[Calgary Dinos football|Calgary]]
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|1981 || {{sort|Grassa, Tony|Tony Grassa}} || [[St. Francis Xavier X-Men football|StFX]]
|-
|1982 || {{sort|Langford, Peter|Peter Langford}} || [[Guelph Gryphons football|Guelph]]
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|1983 || {{sort|DeSilva, Jim|Jim DeSilva}} || [[Carleton Ravens football|Carleton]]
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|1984 || {{sort|Young, Boyd|Boyd Young}} || [[Ottawa Gee-Gees football|Ottawa]]
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|1985 || {{sort|Schad, Mike|[[Mike Schad]]}} || Queen's
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|1986 || {{sort|Godry, Louie|Louie Godry}} || Guelph
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|1987 || {{sort|Vercheval, Pierre|[[Pierre Vercheval]]}} || [[Western Mustangs football|Western]]
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|1988 || {{sort|Stiliadis, Veron|Veron Stiliadis}} || [[Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks football|Wilfrid Laurier]]
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|1989 || {{sort|Gioskos, Chris|Chris Gioskos}} || Ottawa
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|1990 || {{sort|Morris, Chris|[[Chris Morris (Canadian football)|Chris Morris]]}} || [[Toronto Varsity Blues football|Toronto]]
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|1991 || {{sort|Rauhaus, Jason|Jason Rauhaus}} || Manitoba
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|1992 || {{sort|Konrad, Chris|Chris Konrad}} || Calgary
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|1993 || {{sort|Chesser, Paul|Paul Chesser}} || [[Concordia Stingers football|Concordia]]
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|1994 || {{sort|Connery, Paul|Paul Connery}} || [[Bishop's Gaiters football|Bishop's]]
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|1995 || {{sort|Van Hofwegen, Harry|Harry Van Hofwegen}} || Carleton
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|1996 || {{sort|Repesse, James|James Repesse}} || [[Saskatchewan Huskies football|Saskatchewan]]
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|1997 || {{sort|Kushnir, Mike|Mike Kushnir}} || StFX
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|1998 || {{sort|Everson, Garret|Garret Everson}} || Calgary
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|1999 || {{sort|Saint James, Tyson|[[Tyson St. James]]}} || [[UBC Thunderbirds football|UBC]]
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|2000 || {{sort|Chevrier, Randy|[[Randy Chevrier]]}} || [[McGill Redmen football|McGill]]
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|2001 || {{sort|Gourgues, Carl|Carl Gourgues}} || [[Laval Rouge et Or football|Laval]]
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|2002 || {{sort|Idonije, Israel|[[Israel Idonije]]}} || Manitoba
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|2003 || {{sort|Khan, Ibrahim|[[Obby Khan|Ibrahim Khan]]}} || [[Simon Fraser Clan football|Simon Fraser]]
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|2004 || {{sort|Cunningham, Troy|Troy Cunningham}} || Concordia
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|2005 || {{sort|Picard, Dominic|[[Dominic Picard]]}} || Laval
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|2006 || {{sort|Best, Chris|[[Chris Best]]}} || [[Waterloo Warriors football|Waterloo]]
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|2007 || {{sort|Evans, Scott|[[Scott Evans (Canadian football)|Scott Evans]]}} || Wilfrid Laurier
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|2008 || {{sort|Légaré, Étienne|[[Étienne Légaré]]}} || Laval
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|2009 || {{sort|Morencie, Matt|[[Matt Morencie]]}} || Windsor
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|2010 || {{sort|Gascon-Nadon, Arnaud|[[Arnaud Gascon-Nadon]]}} || Laval
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|2011 || {{sort|Gascon-Nadon, Arnaud|[[Arnaud Gascon-Nadon]]}} || Laval
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|2012 || {{sort|D'Aguilar, Ben|[[Ben D'Aguilar]]}} || [[McMaster Marauders football|McMaster]]
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|2013 || {{sort|Duvernay-Tardif, Laurent|[[Laurent Duvernay-Tardif]]}} || McGill
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|2014 || {{sort|Lattanzio, Ettore|[[Ettore Lattanzio]]}} || Ottawa
|-
|2015<ref>Kirk Penton, [http://www.winnipegsun.com/2015/11/26/manitoba-bisons-david-onyemata-wins-jp-metras-trophy-as-top-down-lineman-in-cis "Manitoba Bisons David Onyemata wins J.P. Metras trophy as top down lineman in CIS"], ''[[Winnipeg Sun]]'', November 26, 2015.</ref> || {{sort|Onyemata, David|[[David Onyemata]]}} || Manitoba
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|2016 || {{sort|Betts, Mathieu|[[Mathieu Betts]]}} || Laval
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|2017 || {{sort|Betts, Mathieu|[[Mathieu Betts]]}} || Laval
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|2018 || {{sort|Betts, Mathieu|[[Mathieu Betts]]}} || Laval
|-
|2019<ref>{{Cite web|title=Seinet-Spaulding becomes third player in McGill history to win elite Metras Trophy|url=https://mcgillathletics.ca/news/2019/11/21/seinet-spaulding-becomes-third-player-in-mcgill-football-history-to-win-metras-trophy.aspx|access-date=2021-02-07|website=McGill University Athletics|language=en}}</ref> || {{sort|Seinet-Spaulding, Andrew|Andrew Seinet-Spaulding}} || McGill
|-
|2021 || {{sort|Knight, Deionte|[[Deionte Knight]]}} || Western
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|2022 || {{sort|Benedet, Theo|[[Theo Benedet]]}} || UBC
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|2023 || Theo Benedet || UBC
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|2024 || {{sort|Vaccaro,Giordano| Giordano Vaccaro}} || Manitoba
|}

==See also==
*[[Hec Crighton Trophy]]
*[[Presidents' Trophy (U Sports)|Presidents' Trophy]]
*[[Peter Gorman Trophy]]
*[[Russ Jackson Award]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://en.usports.ca/sports/fball/index U Sports Football home page]

{{U Sports football}}

[[Category:U Sports football trophies and awards]]


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