Pro path

Calgary signed Paredes as a free agent on July 4, 2011. Paredes signed with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on May 16, 2011, attended Blue Bombers training camp and dressed for the team’s second pre-season game. He also attended Winnipeg’s 2010 training camp.

2011

Paredes joined the Stamps for Week 2 after an injury sidelined Rob Maver. The rookie made an early impression, kicking a 50-yard field goal in his first CFL attempt on July 8 at BC. He went on to make 35 of 45 field goal attempts and finished fifth in the CFL with 158 kicking points. He was perfect on 48 point-after-touchdown conversions. Paredes twice kicked five field goals in a game including an Oct. 14 game against Toronto in which he was perfect in five attempts. He also kicked five field goals on Sept. 9 in Edmonton. He was the team’s kickoff specialist, averaging 60.1 yards per kickoff on 88 attempts for 5,289 yards. Paredes was named the CFL’s top special teams player in Week 2 after helping the Stamps defeat the Lions in BC. He kicked at least 10 points in a game on seven occasions including a season-high 17 points on Sept. 9 against Edmonton and again on Oct. 14 against Toronto. He was three-for-three in field goals and accounted for 10 points in the West Division semifinal against Edmonton.

Career highlights

• Made his CFL debut on July 8, 2012, against BC
• Converted a 50-yard field goal on his first CFL attempt
• Scored 10 points in his CFL debut
• Named CFL’s special teams player of the week after his first game
• Had five field goals and 17 points on Sept. 9, 2011, against Edmonton
• Matched career bests with five field goals and 17 points on Oct. 14 against Toronto
• Made his playoff debut in the 2011 West Division semifinal and was three-for-three in field goals

College

Paredes spent 2005-08 with the Concordia Stingers of the Quebec University Football League. He was among the top three field-goal kickers in Canadian university in each of his last two seasons at Concordia. In 2008, his senior season, he was good on 18 of 22 attempts for an 81.8-per cent success rate, good for third in the nation. In 2007, Paredes led the CIS with a field-goal percentage of 88.2 as he made 15 of 17 attempts and was a Quebec league all-star. During his college career, Paredes was good on 54 of 71 field-goal attempts.

Notable

Paredes was born in Venezuela but grew up in Pierrefonds, Que. He attended CEGEP at John Abbott College and went to Felix Varela Senior High in Miami, Fla. During his senior year in high school, Paredes was first-team all-Dade County and first-team all-state.