Allen Pitts Allen Pitts ( born June 28 , 1964 in Tucson , Arizona ) was a receiver for the Calgary Stampeders in the Canadian Football League from 1990 to 2000 . He attended Cal - State Fullerton and played his entire professional career as a receiver for the Calgary Stampeders . He retired as the CFL ' s all - time leading receiver in term of career yardage until he was passed by Milt Stegall in 2008 . Career . Pitts holds many Stampeder records including most career touchdowns with 117 , which at the time was also a CFL record , and held the CFL All - Time receiving yards with 14 , 891 until September 12 , 2008 when Milt Stegall broke the record ; Pitts still holds the record for receiving yards by a Stampeder . He played in 5 Grey Cup games , and was instrumental in two Grey Cup victories in 1992 and 1998 . In 1992 Pitts became the second CFL player to have more than one season with at least 100 receptions , but the first player to do so in consecutive seasons . The year prior , Pitts had 118 catches for 1764 yards and 15 touchdowns and then had 103 catches for 1591 yards and 13 touchdowns . Injuries in 1993 saw Pitts accumulate 45 receptions for 776 yards and 4 scores . However he had a monster year in 1994 setting a new receiving yards record with 2036 , a receptions record with 126 , and a touchdown record with 21 . The latter two have since been eclipsed by other players . The power of the Stampeders ' passing attack was proved in 1995 despite a serious injury to star quarterback Doug Flutie . The rise of Jeff Garcia saw the two combine for over 6000 yards , which gave Pitts 100 catches for 1492 yards and 11 touchdowns . Remarkably he was the team ' s second leading receiver , behind David Sapunjis ( 111 - 1653 - 12 ) . This marked the first time a CFL team had two receivers with 100 or more receptions in the same season . Despite a very respectable season in 2000 with 77 catches for 1045 yards and six scores , the Stampeders chose to release the great receiver and he then retired rather than playing for another team . At the time of his retirement , Pitts held the record for career receptions with 966 but has since been passed by Darren Flutie with 972 and by Terry Vaughn with 1006 . Currently Pitts shares the record for most games in a season with 100 more yards at 11 with Terry Greer , Hal Patterson , and Joey Walters . He also holds the career record for plus 100 yard receiving games with 64 . Perhaps remarkably Pitts was the Stampeder nominee for the CFL ' s Most Outstanding Player Award twice in his career . The first in 1991 , losing the division acknowledgment to Doug Flutie who was then with the Lions . His second came in 1999 and was the runner - up to Danny McManus of the Tiger - Cats . Being on a team that included , over the years , quarterbacks Doug Flutie , Jeff Garcia , and Dave Dickenson plus Kelvin Anderson at running back perhaps made being the team ' s award - nominee more difficult . He was elected into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2006 . He was enshrined on the Stampeders Wall of Fame in 2005 , with the retirement of his jersey number 18 . In November , 2006 , Allen Pitts was voted one of the CFL ' s Top 50 players ( # 10 ) of the league ' s modern era by Canadian sports network The Sports Network / TSN .