Royce
Metchie
#9 Defensive Back
Royce
Metchie
#9 Defensive Back
Height 5'11
Weight 197 lbs
Birth Date (Age) 1996-09-11 (27)
Born Nigeria
School Guelph
Status NAT
Defensive Tackles 72
Special Teams Tackles 0
Interceptions 1
Sacks 0

CFL: 6

Argos: 3

Acquired: Calgary Stampeders traded pending free agent Metchie’s rights to the Argonauts on February 4, 2022 in exchange for the rights to pending free agent Cameron Judge. Signed with Argonauts February 4.

2023: Played 18 games with Toronto Argonauts. Recorded 72 tackles, 1 interception, 3 knockdowns, 2 forced fumbles, and 1 fumble recovery. Returned an interception 15 yards for his first CFL touchdown in Edmonton June 25. Named Argos Most Outstanding Canadian. Playoffs: Recorded 5 tackles and 1 knockdown in Eastern Final loss to Montreal.

2022: Played 17 games with Toronto. Recorded a career-high 72 defensive tackles, 1 special teams tackle, and 2 interceptions. Recorded career-high 9 tackles against Montreal October 29. Playoffs: Recorded 4 tackles and recovered a fumble in Eastern Final win against Montreal. 109th Grey Cup: Recorded 3 tackles in 24-23 win over Winnipeg.

2021: Played 7 games with Calgary. Finished season with 31 tackles, an interception, and a forced fumble. Suffered season-ending bicep injury September 17 at Hamilton. Playoffs: Missed Western Semi-Final loss to Saskatchewan due to injury.

2020: No season.

2019: Played in 17 games with Calgary. Recorded 48 tackles, 7 special teams tackles, and 3 interceptions. His first CFL interception came September 2 against Edmonton off Trevor Harris. Playoffs: Had 3 tackles in Western Semi-Final loss to Winnipeg.

2018: Selected by Calgary Stampeders in the third round, 25th overall, in the CFL Draft. Played 7 games. Finished with 5 special teams tackles. Made CFL debut June 28 against Ottawa. Playoffs: Did not play in Western Final win over Winnipeg. 106th Grey Cup: Did not play in win over Ottawa.

College: Attended University of Guelph (2014-17). Played 28 regular season and 6 playoff games. Recorded 124.5 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 2 interceptions, a sack, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery in the regular season. Recorded 27 tackles, and ½ sack in the playoffs. Had 5.5 tackles and ½ sack in 2015 Mitchell Bowl loss to Montreal. Member of 2015 Yates Cup champions.

Personal: Attended St. Edmond Campion in Brampton. Born in Lagos, Nigeria. Comes from an incredibly talented football family; his younger brother John Metchie III is a receiver with the Houston Texans, brother Miles played linebacker at Guelph, while brother Leon played defensive back at St. Mary’s. The family lived in Nigeria, Ghana, and Taiwan before moving to Canada.

Seasons

Defence

YEAR TEAM GP DT ST SACKS INT TD FF
2018
CGY 7 0 5 0 0 0 0
2019
CGY 17 48 7 0 3 0 0
2021
CGY 7 31 0 0 1 0 1
2022
TOR 17 72 1 0 2 0 0
2023
TOR 18 72 0 0 1 1 2
Total
66 223 13 0 7 1 3

Game Log

Defence

DATE WEEK OPP DT ST SACKS INT TD FF
06-18
2 HAM 2 0 0 0 0 0
06-25
3 EDM 7 0 0 1 1 0
07-03
4 BC 4 0 0 0 0 0
07-14
6 MTL 1 0 0 0 0 0
07-21
7 HAM 4 0 0 0 0 0
07-29
8 SSK 5 0 0 0 0 1
08-04
9 CGY 9 0 0 0 0 0
08-13
10 OTT 4 0 0 0 0 0
08-25
12 CGY 3 0 0 0 0 0
09-04
13 HAM 3 0 0 0 0 0
09-09
14 MTL 5 0 0 0 0 1
09-15
15 MTL 5 0 0 0 0 0
09-23
16 HAM 2 0 0 0 0 0
09-29
17 WPG 3 0 0 0 0 0
10-06
18 EDM 4 0 0 0 0 0
10-14
19 OTT 3 0 0 0 0 0
10-21
20 SSK 7 0 0 0 0 0
10-28
21 OTT 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total
72 0 0 1 1 2