Geroy Simon Geroy Simon ( born September 11 , 1975 , in Johnstown , Pennsylvania ) is a professional Canadian football slotback with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League . He has played for 13 seasons in the CFL , two with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and 11 with the BC Lions . Simon won the CFL ' s Most Outstanding Player Award in 2006 while also winning two Grey Cup championships as a member of the Lions in 2006 and in 2011 . Simon is the all - time career leader in CFL receiving yards with 15 , 744 yards , third in pass receptions with 984 and third in touchdown receptions with 100 . College career . Simon finished second on the University of Maryland ' s all - time charts for receptions ( 185 ) and receiving yards ( 2 , 059 ) , and caught 10 career touchdown passes . As a senior , he caught 35 passes for 534 yards and 3 touchdowns . He had his best season as a sophomore , setting an ACC record with 77 catches for 891 yards and 5 touchdowns . That season , he also returned a kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown . Professional career . Pittsburgh Steelers . 1997 : Spent part of the 1997 season on the NFL ' s Pittsburgh Steelers Practice Squad . Winnipeg Blue Bombers . 1999 - 2000 : Saw some time at slotback and wide receiver for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers , playing in 10 games in 1999 and all 18 regular season games in 2000 . Simon caught 51 passes for 725 yards and 7 TDs in 2000 , all career numbers at the time . BC Lions . 2001 : Joined the BC Lions as a free agent and served as a backup at the slotback position , seeing time in 6 games . 2002 : Led the Lions with 50 receptions in his first full season in the starting lineup , finishing with 754 yards . He also threw for a 71 - yard touchdown toss in his only attempt of the season . He established career highs in kick returns with 51 punt returns for 464 yards , 19 kickoff returns for 385 yards and six missed field goal returns for 128 yards . 2003 : Recorded his first 1 , 000 yard receiving season with 1687 yards and was named both a Western and a CFL All - Star for the first time in his career . Named Offensive Player of the Week for Week # 16 . He also scored his first two - point conversion on a five - yard reception . For the second consecutive season , he threw a touchdown pass , this time for 52 yards . He also had a career high seven carries for 135 yards and one rushing touchdown . 2004 : Became the third Lions player to record 100 receptions in a season with 103 catches . He broke Darren Flutie ' s BC Lions team record for single season receiving with 1 , 750 yards . Caught 3 passes for 31 yards in the 2004 Grey Cup . Received his second straight Western and CFL All - Star berth and was named Offensive Player of the Week in Week # 9 . 2005 : Led the Lions in receiving ( both yards and receptions ) for the third straight season . Ranked 4th in the CFL in receiving yards with 1 , 322 and 5th in receptions with 89 . Set an all - time Lions playoff record with a 90 - yard reception for a TD vs . Edmonton in the 2005 West Final . 2006 : Simon led the CFL in receiving yards and receptions , with 1 , 856 yards on 105 receptions and 15 touchdowns , all of which are career highs . Consequently , he broke his own team receiving yards record that he set in 2004 . He also tied the CFL record for most 100 yard receiving games in a season with 11 . Evidenced by his dominant play , Simon was named the CFL Offensive Player of the Month for both September and October . For his efforts on the season , Simon was named the Most Outstanding Player of the CFL for the 2006 season . He capped off the season by contributing four catches for 41 yards in the BC Lions ' 2006 Grey Cup win . 2007 : Simon had a difficult start to the season , accumulating only 449 yards and one touchdown through ten games . However , it turned out that he had saved his best for last and caught 38 passes for 859 yards and six touchdowns in the final eight games , incidentally , all wins for the Lions . He set a personal best 18 . 2 yard average per catch and claimed his second straight receiving title with a 211 yard performance in the final game of the season . 2008 : On July 25 , 2008 , in a home game against the Montreal Alouettes , Simon surpassed Jim " Dirty 30 " Young for the number one spot as the Lions all - time receiving yards receiver . He finished the season with 10 , 262 career receiving yards . He also became the Lions all - time receiving touchdown leader surpassing Young ' s 65 with his 66th touchdown on Sept 27 , 2008 versus the Hamilton Tiger - Cats . He finished the season with eight 100 yard receiving games and finished second in receiving despite missing two games with injury . 2009 : With the release of Jason Clermont before the 2009 CFL season , Simon and Paris Jackson were the only remaining 1000 - yard receivers on the 2009 BC Lions team and Simon routinely faced double and triple coverage by opponents reducing his receptions . Nonetheless , Simon had 79 receptions for 1 , 239 yards , securing his seventh straight 1000 - yard receiving yards season . This was also his seventh consecutive season in which he led the Lions in receiving yards . 2010 : Simon recorded his eighth straight 1000 - yard receiving yard season in 2010 , amassing 1 , 190 yards on 78 catches with six touchdowns . 2011 : On September 10 , Simon passed Willie Fleming as the Lions ' all - time touchdown leader after he scored his 88th touchdown as a Lion in the last game to be played at Empire Field . He came into the season needing 1417 receiving yards to pass Milt Stegall as the CFL ' s all - time leader in receiving yardage . While finishing just short , he nonetheless had an all - star season , recording 84 catches for 1350 yards and eight touchdowns . Simon played in the 99th Grey Cup , catching four passes for 79 yards en route to a 34 - 23 Lions ' victory and the second Grey Cup championship of his career . 2012 : On June 29 , while playing against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and with the former record holder Milt Stegall in attendance , Simon became the all - time CFL career reception yards leader . Saskatchewan Roughriders . 2013 : On January 24 , Simon was traded to the Saskatchewan Roughriders in exchange for receiver Justin Harper and Saskatchewan ' s third round pick in the 2014 CFL Draft . On the same day , the Saskatchewan Roughriders signed Simon to a contract for one year plus an option worth $ 170 , 000 per year plus bonuses . Personal life . Before ultimately choosing football as a career , Simon enjoyed great success as a basketball player at a young age . He also took up baseball and track , but became attracted to football after watching Walter Payton . Envisioning a career in professional football , he accepted a scholarship offer from the University of Maryland . During his spare time , Simon listens to B . B . King , watches SportsCentre , and plays pool . He also coaches his son ' s minor football team . Geroy lives in Langley , British Columbia during the season with his wife Tracy and their two children Jaden , and Jordan . His eldest son Gervon , who was born when Geroy was a freshman at Maryland , is currently the starting quarterback at Greater Johnstown High School , Geroy ' s alma mater . Gervon has committed to attend the US Military Academy and play for the Army Black Knights in 2012 . Awards & Legacy . In 2012 in honour of the 100th Grey Cup , Canada Post used his image on a series of commemorative postage stamps . The image was also used on presentation posters and other materials to promote the Grey Cup game and other celebrations associated with the centennial .