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{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1980)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox CFL biography
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|12|10}}
| birth_place = [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| team =
| number = 2, 13
| status =
| import = Yes
| position1 = Slotback
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 190
| college = [[Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football|Louisiana-Lafayette]]
| high_school = [[Carver High School (New Orleans)|G. W. Carver]]
| playing_years1 = {{NFL Year|2004}}
| playing_team1 = [[San Francisco 49ers]]*
| playing_years2 = {{NFL Year|2004}}
| playing_team2 = [[Jacksonville Jaguars]]*
| playing_years3 = {{NFL Year|2004|2005}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Transactions |url=https://www.nfl.com/transactions/league/signings/2004/11 |website=NFL.com |access-date=10 June 2024}}</ref>
| playing_team3 = [[Baltimore Ravens]]*
| playing_years4 = {{NFL Year|2005|2006}}
| playing_team4 = [[Jacksonville Jaguars]]*
| playing_years5 = {{CFL Year|2006|2014}}
| playing_team5 = [[Edmonton Eskimos]]
| playing_years6 = {{CFL Year|2015}}
| playing_team6 = [[Montreal Alouettes]]
| career_footnotes = <nowiki/>*Offseason and/or practice squad member only
| career_highlights =
* 2× First-team All-[[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]] ([[2002 Sun Belt Conference football season|2002]], [[2003 Sun Belt Conference football season|2003]])
| CFLAllStar = {{CFL Year|2009}}, {{CFL Year|2011|2013}}
| CFLWestAllStar = {{CFL Year|2009|2013}}
| honours = Eskimos' Most Outstanding Player (2009, 2010)
| CFL = 1891
}}
'''Fred Stamps''' (born December 10, 1980) is an American former professional [[Gridiron football|football]] [[slotback]] in the [[Canadian Football League]] (CFL) who last played for the [[Montreal Alouettes]]. But signed a 1 day contract to officially retire as part of the [[Edmonton Eskimos]]. He was originally signed by the [[San Francisco 49ers]] as an [[undrafted free agent]] in 2004. He played [[college football]] at [[Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football|UL Lafayette]]. Stamps has also been a member of the [[Jacksonville Jaguars]], [[Baltimore Ravens]], [[Edmonton Eskimos]], and [[Montreal Alouettes]].

==High School==
Stamps attended THEE George Washington Carver High School in the 9th Ward of New Orleans, LA—class of 2000.

==College career==
Fred Stamps played for the [[Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns]] from 2000 till 2003. Stamps also played track and field and baseball.

==Professional career==
===National Football League===
In 2004, Stamps was signed by the [[San Francisco 49ers]] as an undrafted free agent. Following his release by the 49ers, Stamps spent time on the practice squads for both the [[Baltimore Ravens]] and the [[Jacksonville Jaguars]].

===Edmonton Eskimos===
Fred Stamps decided to sign with the [[Edmonton Eskimos]] of the [[Canadian Football League]]. In the [[2007 CFL season]] Stamps played in nine games (he missed five games because of appendectomy surgery). The [[2008 CFL season|following year]] Fred Stamps played in 14 games amassing 751 receiving yards and 6 touchdowns. In the [[2009 CFL season]] played all 18 games and recorded 1,402 yards and 8 touchdowns. In [[2010 CFL season|2010]] Stamps once again suffered an injury this time injuring his shoulder. He missed 4 games but still had a great year statistically, collecting 1,223 yards and 5 touchdowns. Stamps added a third consecutive 1,000 yard season in the [[2011 CFL season|2011]] campaign, amassing 1,153 yards and 8 touchdowns on 82 receptions; despite missing a couple of weeks because of a serious injury to his testicles. In the off-season the Eskimos traded away franchise QB [[Ricky Ray]]. Stamps played in all 18 games of the regular season and finished 2nd in receiving yards with 1,310 and 4th in receiving TDs with 9. Stamps lead the league in receiving yards in the 2013 season with 1,259 yards.

===Montreal Alouettes===
Stamps was traded to the Montreal Alouettes in exchange for [[Kenny Stafford]] on January 16, 2015.<ref name="A">{{cite web|url=http://cfl.ca/article/end-of-an-era-esks-ship-stamps-to-als |title=End of an Era: Esks ship Stamps to Als for Stafford |publisher=cfl.ca |date=January 16, 2015 |access-date=January 16, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116224327/http://cfl.ca/article/end-of-an-era-esks-ship-stamps-to-als |archive-date=January 16, 2015 }}</ref> Fred Stamps was released from the Alouettes on January 25, 2016.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=691765104493383681 |user=DidierOrmejuste |title=The Alouettes ont libéré le demi inséré, Fred Stamps. / The Alouettes have released SB Fred Stamps. #CFL |first=Ormejuste |last=Didier |access-date=January 26, 2016}}</ref>

===Retirement===
After spending three years as a free agent Fred signed a 1 day contract to officially retire as an Edmonton Eskimo

==Statistics==
{| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="0" width="65%" style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="2" | Receiving
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  
! colspan="6" | Regular season
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  
! colspan="6" | Playoffs
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Games
! No.
! Yards
! Avg
! Long
! TD
! Games
! No.
! Yards
! Avg
! Long
! TD
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|[[2007 CFL season|2007]]
|[[2007 Edmonton Eskimos season|EDM]]
|9
|28
|289
|10.3
|21
|0
| colspan="6" | ''Team did not qualify''
|- ALIGN="center"
|[[2008 CFL season|2008]]
|[[2008 Edmonton Eskimos season|EDM]]
|14
|50
|751
|15.0
|46
|6
|2
|3
|67
|22.3
|29
|0
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|[[2009 CFL season|2009]]
|[[2009 Edmonton Eskimos season|EDM]]
|18
|85
|1,402
|16.5
|63
|8
|1
|4
|76
|19.0
|28
|0
|- ALIGN="center"
|[[2010 CFL season|2010]]
|[[2010 Edmonton Eskimos season|EDM]]
|14
|80
|1,223
|15.3
|51
|5
| colspan="6" | ''Team did not qualify''
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|[[2011 CFL season|2011]]
|[[2011 Edmonton Eskimos season|EDM]]
|15
|82
|1,153
|14.1
|75
|8
|2
|7
|88
|12.6
|25
|1
|- ALIGN="center"
|[[2012 CFL season|2012]]
|[[2012 Edmonton Eskimos season|EDM]]
|18
|70
|1,310
|18.7
|95
|9
|1
|3
|51
|17.0
|46
|0
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|[[2013 CFL season|2013]]
|[[2013 Edmonton Eskimos season|EDM]]
|15
|68
|1,259
|18.5
|51
|11
| colspan="6" | ''Team did not qualify''
|- ALIGN="center"
|[[2014 CFL season|2014]]
|[[2014 Edmonton Eskimos season|EDM]]
|14
|33
|545
|16.5
|54
|2
|2
|2
|27
|13.5
|17
|0
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|[[2015 CFL season|2015]]
|[[2015 Montreal Alouettes season|MTL]]
|16
|40
|479
|12.0
|54
|5
| colspan="6" | ''Team did not qualify''
|-
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | [[Canadian Football League|CFL totals]]
! 133
! 536
! 8,411
! 15.7
! 95
! 54
! 8
! 19
! 309
! 16.3
! 46
! 1
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150622000045/http://en.montrealalouettes.com/roster/show/id/1891 Montreal Alouettes bio]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20141123210106/http://esks.com/roster/show/id/1891 Edmonton Eskimos bio]

{{CFL receiving yardage leaders}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stamps, Fred}}
[[Category:1980 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American football wide receivers]]
[[Category:Baltimore Ravens players]]
[[Category:Canadian football wide receivers]]
[[Category:Edmonton Elks players]]
[[Category:Jacksonville Jaguars players]]
[[Category:Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football players]]
[[Category:Montreal Alouettes players]]
[[Category:Players of American football from New Orleans]]
[[Category:Players of Canadian football from New Orleans]]
[[Category:San Francisco 49ers players]]
[[Category:21st-century African-American sportsmen]]
[[Category:20th-century African-American sportsmen]]

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