Ben Cahoon Season 1997

Personal

• Parents are Ken and Joan
• Served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Married Kimberli Herbert in February, 1994
• They have four daughter: McKelle, Kylee, Camri and Hallie
• Prepped at Mountain View High
• Majored in physical therapy

BYU Playing Career

• Academic All-American and team captain in 1997
• Led BYU in receiving with 931 receiving yards on 57 receptions
• All-WAC Second Team and College Sporting News All-American honorable mention in 1997
• A member of the 1996 Cotton Bowl championship team
• 219 receiving yards at Arizona State in 1997 still ranks No. 9 at BYU for a single-game receiving total

Professional Playing Career

• Signed with the CFL's Montreal Allouettes in 1998 after being drafted as the sixth pick in the first round
• Went to camps as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Played in the Canadian Football League for 13 years and is the league's all-time receptions leader with 1,017 receptions
• Inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2014
• Two-time recipient of the CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian award (2002, 2003)
• Played entire career in Montreal, helping the Alouettes to three Grey Cup titles, including back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010
• CFL Grey Cup career leader with 46 receptions and 658 yards
• A 10-time division all-star in the CFL

Coaching Career

• 2011-12 BYU wide receivers coach
• 2016-17 BYU wide receivers coach
• Coached BYU all-time leading receiver Cody Hoffman to his best collegiate season with 100 receptions, 1,248 yards in 2012
• Hoffman finished career with 260 receptions, 3,612 yards and 33 receiving touchdowns
• Had five receivers in 2011 with at least 25 receptions and four receivers with at least 200 yards receiving in 2012

Other College

• Set the school record for most receptions in a career (90) and in a season (78) at Ricks College
• Selected as team most valuable receiver
• In his sophomore season he had 1,146 yards receiving and seven TDs
• Second most receptions in the nation as a sophomore
• Third in the nation in receiving yards
• First-team all-region, first-team All-WSFL
• First-team Academic All-American
• Honorable mention All-American