Benoit Groulx is a former Canadian football

Canadian football

Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...

 quarterback

Quarterback

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 and current offensive coordinator and quarterback coach for the Bishop's Gaiters

Bishop's Gaiters

The Bishop's Gaiters is the name of the men's and women's athletic teams that represent Bishop's University in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Although their logo and mascot suggest the term stems from the word alligator, "Gaiter" actually refers to a boot covering worn by Anglican bishops up until the...

 of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport

Canadian Interuniversity Sport

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. He played five years as a quarterback in CIS football

CIS football

Twenty-six universities across Canada compete in football under the auspices of Canadian Interuniversity Sport . The teams are divided into four conferences, drawing from the four regional associations of the CIS: Canada West Universities Athletic Association, Ontario University Athletics, Quebec...

 for the Laval Rouge et Or.

Groulx was born March 3, 1985, and grew up in Montreal

Montreal

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, Quebec. He attended the Cégep du Vieux Montréal

Cégep du Vieux Montréal

Cégep du Vieux Montréal is a CEGEP located at 255 rue Ontario Est, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada....

 and played for the Vieux Montréal Spartiates winning the Bol D'or 3 times and twice being named most valuable player

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 in the CEGEP

Cégep

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 AAA league, before enrolling at Université Laval

Université Laval

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 to study sports administration.

University football

Though a few told him that he was too short, too slow, and had too little arm strength to compete at the university level, Groulx quickly impressed Laval head coach Glen Constantin

Glen Constantin

Glen Constantin is the current head coach of the Université Laval football team, the Laval Rouge et Or, a position he has held since 2001. He has won five Vanier Cups as head coach with the team, the most by a single head coach in CIS football history. He was named coach of the year in 2005 and in...

 at training camp. His performance in the regular season was equally impressive. Starting the season as a back-up, he came off the bench near the end of the week 2 game, when veteran William Leclerc was injured and again replaced Leclerc in week 3 this time mid-way through the second quarter and led a 61 to 15 victory over Bishop's Gaiters

Bishop's Gaiters

The Bishop's Gaiters is the name of the men's and women's athletic teams that represent Bishop's University in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Although their logo and mascot suggest the term stems from the word alligator, "Gaiter" actually refers to a boot covering worn by Anglican bishops up until the...

. His performance earned him the Quebec University Football League

Quebec University Football League

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 offensive player of the week honours in week 3 and the starting quarterback position. Groulx ended the regular season playing in 5 games with 1317 yards, 13 touchdowns, five interceptions, and 90 completions out of 132 passes, the highest completion percentage in the 2005 CIS football season. He also earned CIS offensive player of week 5 and QUFL player of the week honours for the Dunsmore Cup

Dunsmore Cup

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 semi-finals 72–14 win over the Sherbrooke Vert et Or.

Groulx returned for his second season and equalled his 2005 season 68 percent completion average to again lead the nation with 170 completions in 250 passes for 2,422 yards, 12 touchdowns, and 6 interceptions over the 8 games of the regular season. His 2,422 yard passing performance set a new QUFL single season record and he was named the Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy

Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy

The Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy is a Canadian football award recognizing the most outstanding player of the Quebec University Football LeagueThe trophy was originally presented to the player who best exemplified skill, sportsmanship, and courage in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union...

 winner as the most outstanding player in the Quebec conference and nominee for the national Hec Crighton Trophy. Groulx and the Rouge et Or went on to complete the year without a loss to win the 2006 Vanier Cup

Vanier Cup

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On January 14, 2010, Groulx was announced as the new offensive coordinator for the Bishop's Gaiters

Bishop's Gaiters

The Bishop's Gaiters is the name of the men's and women's athletic teams that represent Bishop's University in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Although their logo and mascot suggest the term stems from the word alligator, "Gaiter" actually refers to a boot covering worn by Anglican bishops up until the...

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Regular Season Statistics

Year	Team	Attempts	Completions	%	Yards	Touchdowns	Interceptions
2005	Laval Rouge et Or	90	132	68.2	1317	13	5
2006	Laval Rouge et Or	170	250	68.0	2422	12	6
2007	Laval Rouge et Or	66	87	75.9	944	11	3
2008	Laval Rouge et Or	185	246	75.2	2385	12	2
2009	Laval Rouge et Or	101	138	73.2	1462	18	3
TOTAL	...	612	853	71.7	8530	66	19