Andrés Salgado
![]() Salgado before a Stampeders game in 2019. | |
Born: | Mexico | December 2, 1991
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Career information | |
Status | Free agent |
CFL status | Global |
Position(s) | Wide receiver |
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
Weight | 189 lb (86 kg) |
College | UNAM |
CFL Draft | 2019 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9 |
Drafted by | Calgary Stampeders |
Career history | |
As player | |
2016−2019 | Condors CDMX |
2019–2021 | Calgary Stampeders |
Career stats | |
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Andrés Salgado Gómez (born December 2, 1991) is a Mexican professional gridiron football wide receiver who is a free agent. He most recently played for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at UNAM and previously for the Condors CDMX of the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA), a professional spring football league in Mexico, before being drafted by the Calgary Stampeders.
Early career
Salgado played in youth categories at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. In 2011, he was selected as the only Mexican to be considered for the Rest of the World team that played against the best high school players from the United States in an exhibition match as part of the activities of the Super Bowl XLV.[1]
College career
Salgado played college football for the UNAM Pumas from 2013 to 2018.[2] During this time, Salgado won three ONEFA championships (2013, 2014, 2017).
Professional career
While still a college player, Salgado joined Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA) team Condors CDMX in 2016. During his career with the Condors, Salgado was considered to be one of the Mexican league top receivers.[3] He led the 2019 LFA season with an average of 18.9 yards per catch, contributing as a key player for the Condors' victory at the LFA championship game, the Tazón Mexico IV.[4]
Salgado was selected by the Calgary Stampeders as the team's first pick (ninth overall) at the 2019 CFL–LFA Draft and was signed on May 16, 2019.[4] Out of the many wide receivers taken in the CFL Global drafts, Salgado was the only one to be targeted with a pass attempt, which fell incomplete. Salgado also recorded one special teams tackle in the 15 regular season games he played in.
Following a cancelled 2020 season, Salgado received praise in training camp from receivers coach Marquay McDaniel, hinting at a larger role in the coming season.[5] However, Salgado ended up not playing during the season, spending the entire year on the practice roster. After the first pre-season game in 2022, he was released on May 29, 2022.[6]
References
- ^ "Andrés Salgado Gómez, de estirpe azul y oro". deporte.unam.mx (in Spanish). UNAM. 11 January 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ "Anuario Pumas Universidad 2013" (in Spanish). UNAM. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ "Andrés Salgado Gómez". LFA.mx (in Spanish). LFA. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Andres Salgado". stampeders.com. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ "STAMPS NOTES: Salgado 'not the same guy' as in 2019".
- ^ "Stamps drop six from roster". Calgary Stampeders. May 29, 2022.
External links
- CS1 Spanish-language sources (es)
- Articles with short description
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Calgary Stampeders players
- Mexican players of American football
- Mexican players of Canadian football
- American football wide receivers
- Condors CDMX players
- Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Canada
- Canadian football wide receivers
- National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni