Brad Sinopoli closing in on CFL single-season record

Has made more than 100 catches so far this season with Ottawa

Peterborough native Brad Sinopoli is on a historic pace.

The Ottawa Redblacks receiver is closing in on the CFL’s regularseason record for most catches by a Canadian-born receiver.

Heading into Friday night’s game, the 30-year-old Crestwood Secondary School graduate had a league-best 101 catches for 1,207 yards and four TDs. The Redblacks have two more games.

Hall of Famer Ben Cahoon of the Montreal Alouettes holds the record of 112 receptions set in 2003.

The six-foot-four, 215-pound Sinopoli is on pace for 121 catches, which would be the fifth-most in CFL history.

Sinopoli captured the 2010 Hec Crighton Trophy as Canadian university football’s top player as a quarterback with the Ottawa Gee-Gees.

The two-time Grey Cup champion is the seventh Canadian to reach the 100-catch plateau in a season, with both Cahoon and Dave Sapunjis doing it twice.

JUSTIN TANG THE CANADIAN PRESS Ottawa Redblacks’ Brad Sinopoloi (88) tries to make his way past B.C. Lions’ Tony Burnett (26) and Chandler Fenner (39) during the first half of a CFL football game in Ottawa on Aug. 26, 2017.