Cody Grace

Cody Grace (born 19 March 1996) is an Australian professional Canadian football punter for the Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League (CFL).

Cody Grace

No. 24     Edmonton Elks
Grace with the Calgary Stampeders in 2024
Born:	(1996-03-19) 19 March 1996 (age 29) Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Career information
Status	Active
CFL status	Global
Position(s)	Punter
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	228 lb (103 kg)
College	Arkansas State
High school	Warwick Senior High
CFL draft	2021G, round: 1, pick: 7
Drafted by	Calgary Stampeders
Career history
As player
2021–2024	Calgary Stampeders
2025–present	Edmonton Elks
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-Sun Belt (2019) Second-team All-Sun Belt (2018)
CFL All-Star	2022
CFL West All-Star	2021, 2022
Career stats
Playing stats at CFL.ca

Early life

Grace grew up in Perth, Western Australia, where he attended Warwick Senior High School and played Australian rules football.^[1]

College career

Grace played college football for the Arkansas State Red Wolves from 2017 to 2019.^[2][3]

Professional career

Calgary Stampeders

Grace was drafted in the first round, seventh overall by the Calgary Stampeders in the 2021 CFL Global Draft and signed with the team on 11 May 2021.^[4] Following 2021 training camp, he won the job as the team's punter and played in his first career professional game on 7 August 2021, against the Toronto Argonauts.^[3] He played in 14 regular season games and had 78 punts with a 45.6-yard average.^[3] He was named a CFL Western All-Star at the end of the year and became the first Global player to win the award.^[5]

Edmonton Elks

Grace joined the Edmonton Elks in free agency on February 12, 2025.