Prior to joining the Redskins in January 2009, Dorsey spent 2005-08 as a return specialist and running back in the Canadian Football League. He played for Saskatchewan in 2006 and Toronto in 2007-08. He was a CFL all-star with Toronto in 2008 and also earned the John Agro Special Teams Award as the league’s most outstanding special teams player. He played college football at UNLV.
How Acquired: Signed with the Redskins as an unrestricted free agent in January 2009
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Earned Most Outstanding Special Teams Player honors in 2007 and 2008 for the Canadian Football League as a member of the Toronto Argonauts
2008 (Toronto Argonauts)
Unanimous selection as East Division Outstanding Special Teams Player for second consecutive season
Unanimous selection as Argos nominee for Outstanding Player and Outstanding Special Teams Player
Named East Division and CFL All-Star at kick returner for second straight season; also was named the 2008 CFLPA All-Star kick returner
Recorded eight carries for 62 yards including his first offensive touchdown as an Argonaut (7/20); also had five punt returns for 18 yards and five kickoffs for 116 yards against Edmonton
Notched the first 100+ yard receiving game of his career (09/01) and the longest reception of his career, 81 yards at Hamilton
Raced for 287 combined yards including a career-high and new club record 225 kickoff return yards at Montreal (9/7); Finished with 36 missed field goal yards, 225 kickoff return yards, one touchdown, 14 punt return yards and 12 rushing yards
2007 (Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Toronto Argonauts)
Named East Division Most Outstanding Special Teams Player
Named East Division All-Star on Special Teams
Traded to Winnipeg, along with DE Dwan Epps, from Saskatchewan on May 30, 2007 in exchange for OT Eric Wilson
Attended training camp with the Blue Bombers and played in two preseason games before being released on June 24
Signed with the Toronto Argonauts on July 23, 2007
Played in 14 regular season games with Toronto as a kick/punt returner, starting one
Made his Argos debut vs. Montreal (8/2) and returned a missed field goal 129 yards for a touchdown against Montreal (8/2) to tie the CFL record
In CFL Week 13 against Winnipeg (9/23), he scored the first kickoff return touchdown of the 2007 season (97 yards) which tied for the second-longest kickoff return in team history
Returned a punt 69 yards for a score in Week 15 vs. Edmonton (10/6)
2006 (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Dressed in all 18 regular season games and both the West Semifinal and West Championship for Saskatchewan
Led the Roughriders with 1,649 all-purpose yards, the seventh-best total in the CFL
Named CFL Special Teams Player of the Week in Weeks 1, 19 and 20 as a returner
2005 (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Dressed for five regular season games as back-up running back with the Roughriders
Saw action in the East Division Semi-Final vs. Montreal
Made CFL debut in Week 2 (02/07/05 at Ham) and returned six punts for 100 yards and two kickoffs for 59 yards
Spent four seasons (2001-04) with the UNLV Running Rebels
Rushed for 1,261 yards on 226 carries for six touchdowns during his senior year
Scored 12 touchdowns as a junior and gained 626 yards on the ground
Ranks fifth in Mountain West Conference history with 54 career kickoff returns and 1,267 kickoff return yards
A 2001 graduate of Tulare-Union High School in Tulare, Calif.
Was a three-sport star for the Redskins, playing football, basketball and running track
Member of three East Yosemite Conference championship teams under coach Darren Benett, including a 23-3 record in final two seasons
Set school record with more than 3,000 rushing yards
Took part in California Bowl pitting all-stars from around the state
Was his school’s 1999 defensive MVP for basketball
Ran the 100- and 200-meter events for coach Guy Fowler
