Former CFL star Chad Owens has been arrested and charged with one count of assault.
The five-foot-eight, 180-pound Owens was the CFL’s outstanding player in 2012 with Toronto after registering a record 3,863 all-purpose yards. He also led the league in receiving with 94 catches for 1,328 yards and six TDs and became the first player in pro football history to accumulate at least 3,000 combined yards in consecutive seasons.
"We do trust Chad, he’s been in the best shape of any athlete in this league for the last three years and, again, we trust that. We think he made a bad decision on doing this but, again, we trust he’ll come in great shape and be ready to play."On June 8, 2013 the Argos and Owens agreed to a two-year contract extension that reportedly made Owens the league’s highest-paid non-quarterback.
But Toronto didn’t re-sign Owens at the end of the ’15 season, making him a free agent. He signed with Hamilton in February 2016 and played 12 games with the Ticats before suffering a season-ending broken foot.
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