WINNIPEG — Trey Vaval of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers was named the CFL Special Teams Player of the Year on Thursday.
Vaval received the award at the CFL awards banquet.
Voting was conducted by Football Reporters of Canada and all nine CFL head coaches.
The five-foot-11, 163-pound Vaval led the CFL in punts (75) and yards (957), scoring a touchdown, and returned two kickoffs for points, the most in the league.
He also led the team in missed field goals (six), yards (391), longest returns (128) and touchdowns (one).
Veteran kicker Lirim Khairullahu of the Toronto Argonauts was also a finalist. The 35-year-old from St. Catharines, Ont., made 57 of 64 field goals, including a CFL-record 12 from beyond 50 yards (on 15 attempts) and a league-best 25 of 30 from beyond 40 yards.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 13, 2025.
