Justin Medlock
Inducted: 2023
Placekicker/punter: 2016-19
CFL Most Outstanding Special Teams Player: 2016
CFL All-Star: 2016
Division All-Star: 2011, 2015, 2016
The Blue Bombers chased Justin Medlock during CFL free agency in 2016, believing the veteran kicker could be a difference maker in a league where the margins between winning and losing can be miniscule. Good call.
Over the course of his four years in a Winnipeg uniform Medlock earned the nickname ‘Money’ because it seemed as though he nailed virtually every clutch kick — including hitting six attempts in the 2019 Grey Cup victory that ended a near-three decades long championship drought.
Medlock was named the CFL’s Most Outstanding Special Teams Player in 2016, his first year with the Blue Bombers, after setting a CFL record with 60 field goals on 68 attempts (88.2 percent). He followed that up with 56 field goals in 2017, tied for the fourth-most in CFL history. He was named the Blue Bombers’ Most Outstanding Special Teams player in 2016, 2017 and 2018 and over the course of his days with Winnipeg, tied the club record for most field goals in a game (seven) and for the longest field goal in franchise history (58 yards). An underrated punter, Medlock is also in the club’s Top 10 with an average of 43.8 yards and just six punt singles in 418 attempts.