| Johnny Augustine | |
| Image Upright: | 0.95 |
| Import: | no |
| Birth Date: | 7 July 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Welland, Ontario, Canada |
| Team: | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| Number: | 27 |
| Status: | Active |
| Position1: | Running back |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 9 |
| Weight Lb: | 200 |
| Cis: | Guelph |
| Cfldraftedyear: | 2017 |
| Cfldraftedround: | Undrafted |
| Playing Years1: | –present |
| Playing Team1: | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| Career Highlights: | |
| Cfl: | johnny-augustine/163309/ |
Johnny Augustine (born July 7, 1993) is a professional Canadian football running back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
Augustine played college football at University of Guelph playing for the Guelph Gryphons.[1] [2]
After very high expectations of being drafted early Augustine went undrafted in the 2017 CFL Draft he was signed by the Edmonton Eskimos but was released after a failed tryout for the team.[3] Augustine was signed by the Saskatchewan Roughriders but was released prior to 2018 training camp. He subsequently signed with Winnipeg.
On May 16, 2018, it was announced that Augustine was signed by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.[4] Augustine was a part of the 107th Grey Cup victory when the Blue Bombers defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.[5]
On December 27, 2019, it was announced that Augustine was signed to a two-year contract extension with the Blue Bombers.[6] [7]
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | |||||||||||||
| 9 | 7 | 51 | 7.3 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | 38 | 242 | 6.4 | 55 | 0 | 6 | 92 | 15.3 | 58 | 1 | ||||
| CFL totals | 25 | 45 | 293 | 6.5 | 55 | 1 | 7 | 93 | 13.3 | 58 | 1 | |||