Charles Asselin

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Charles Asselin
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Weight:
    200
  • Hometown:
    Cantley, Que.
  • Position:
    RB
  • Year:
    3
  • High School:
    E.S.P. De La Salle / Nepean Broncos
  • Major:
    Economics and Public Policy
  • Team:
    Football
  • gp
    8
  • yds
    809
  • yds/g
    101.1
  • td
    8
Bio

CAREER HONOURS:

  • 2x U SPORTS Academic All-Canadian (2022-23, 2024-25)
  • 2022 OUA All-Rookie Team
  • 2022 Gee-Gees Team Award: Matt Anthony Rookie of the Year

SECOND YEAR (2023):

Featured as primary returner on special teams, as well as a backup running back in second season… Tallied 449 kickoff return yards and 440 punt return yards to rank fourth in the OUA in both categories… Led the team and finished fifth in the OUA in all-purpose yards per game (136.8) racking up 1094 yards overall in the regular season… Added 60 rushing yards on 21 carries and 145 receiving yards on 12 catches… Featured as primary back in playoff game against Queen’s (Oct. 28) adding 62 rushing yards on 11 attempts as well as 45 return yards.

FIRST YEAR (2022) 

Earned OUA All-Rookie team selection in true freshman season with Ottawa… Featured primarily as a kick and punt returner on special teams… Racked up 396 punt return yards to rank second in the OUA, added 419 yards on kick returns to rank fourth in the conference… Finished second on the team in all-purpose yardage with 832 for a total of 104.0 per game… Added 198 all-purpose yards (119 kick / 79 punt return) in two playoff games… Had three carries for 17 yards in a win over York (Oct. 15)… Earned team’s Matt Anthony Rookie of the Year award following the season.

Player statistics
  Overall Conference
Rushes 138 138
Yards 809 809
Yards per game 101.1 101.1
Yards per rush 5.9 5.9
Touchdowns 8 8
Fumbles - -
Fumbles lost - -
Recent results
Date Opponent Result
Sep 7 at Waterloo W, 26-5
Sep 14 Queen's L, 48-20
Sep 21 at Windsor L, 21-18
Sep 28 at Laurier L, 32-20
Oct 6 vs. Carleton W, 35-32
Oct 19 Toronto W, 49-7
Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Aug 25 Western L, 38-11 - - - - - - - - -
Aug 31 at York W, 27-4 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 7 at Waterloo W, 26-5 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Queen's L, 48-20 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 at Windsor L, 21-18 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at Laurier L, 32-20 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 6 vs. Carleton W, 35-32 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 19 Toronto W, 49-7 - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Aug 25 Western L, 38-11 7 119 17.0 75 1 - -
Aug 31 at York W, 27-4 30 186 6.2 27 2 - -
Sep 7 at Waterloo W, 26-5 29 184 6.3 28 1 - -
Sep 14 Queen's L, 48-20 12 46 3.8 12 0 - -
Sep 21 at Windsor L, 21-18 15 83 5.5 17 1 - -
Sep 28 at Laurier L, 32-20 13 36 2.8 9 1 - -
Oct 6 vs. Carleton W, 35-32 14 51 3.6 28 2 - -
Oct 19 Toronto W, 49-7 18 104 5.8 25 0 - -
Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Aug 25 Western L, 38-11 5 23 4.6 15 0 - -
Aug 31 at York W, 27-4 1 9 9.0 9 0 - -
Sep 7 at Waterloo W, 26-5 3 78 26.0 47 0 - -
Sep 14 Queen's L, 48-20 1 8 8.0 8 0 - -
Sep 21 at Windsor L, 21-18 1 9 9.0 9 0 - -
Sep 28 at Laurier L, 32-20 3 17 5.7 6 0 - -
Oct 6 vs. Carleton W, 35-32 4 42 10.5 22 0 - -
Oct 19 Toronto W, 49-7 2 4 2.0 11 0 - -
Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Aug 25 Western L, 38-11 - - - - - 0
Aug 31 at York W, 27-4 - - - - - 0
Sep 7 at Waterloo W, 26-5 - - - - - 0
Sep 14 Queen's L, 48-20 - - - - - 0
Sep 21 at Windsor L, 21-18 - - - - - 0
Sep 28 at Laurier L, 32-20 - - - - - 0
Oct 6 vs. Carleton W, 35-32 - - - - - 0
Oct 19 Toronto W, 49-7 - - - - - 0
Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Aug 25 Western L, 38-11 - - - - - - - -
Aug 31 at York W, 27-4 - - - - - - - -
Sep 7 at Waterloo W, 26-5 - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Queen's L, 48-20 - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 at Windsor L, 21-18 - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at Laurier L, 32-20 - - - - - - - -
Oct 6 vs. Carleton W, 35-32 - - - - - - - -
Oct 19 Toronto W, 49-7 - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Aug 25 Western L, 38-11 4 135 33.8 79 0 1 11 11.0 11 0
Aug 31 at York W, 27-4 1 13 13.0 13 0 - - - - -
Sep 7 at Waterloo W, 26-5 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Queen's L, 48-20 5 106 21.2 26 0 - - - - -
Sep 21 at Windsor L, 21-18 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at Laurier L, 32-20 4 117 29.3 43 0 - - - - -
Oct 6 vs. Carleton W, 35-32 4 93 23.3 26 0 - - - - -
Oct 19 Toronto W, 49-7 2 37 18.5 19 0 - - - - -
Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Aug 25 Western L, 38-11 1 119 23 11 135 288
Aug 31 at York W, 27-4 1 186 9 - 13 208
Sep 7 at Waterloo W, 26-5 1 184 78 - - 262
Sep 14 Queen's L, 48-20 1 46 8 - 106 160
Sep 21 at Windsor L, 21-18 1 83 9 - - 92
Sep 28 at Laurier L, 32-20 1 36 17 - 117 170
Oct 6 vs. Carleton W, 35-32 1 51 42 - 93 186
Oct 19 Toronto W, 49-7 1 104 4 - 37 145
Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Aug 25 Western L, 38-11 6 1 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 -
Aug 31 at York W, 27-4 12 2 0 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 7 at Waterloo W, 26-5 6 1 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 14 Queen's L, 48-20 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 21 at Windsor L, 21-18 6 1 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 28 at Laurier L, 32-20 6 1 0 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 6 vs. Carleton W, 35-32 12 2 0 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 19 Toronto W, 49-7 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Aug 25 Western L, 38-11 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Aug 31 at York W, 27-4 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 7 at Waterloo W, 26-5 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Queen's L, 48-20 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 at Windsor L, 21-18 1 0 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at Laurier L, 32-20 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 6 vs. Carleton W, 35-32 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 19 Toronto W, 49-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2022-23 8 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2023-24 8 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2024-25 8 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2025-26 8 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Total 32 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2022-23 8 3 17 2.1 5.7 0 11 1 0
2023-24 8 21 60 7.5 2.9 0 15 3 1
2024-25 8 138 809 101.1 5.9 8 75 - -
2025-26 8 101 444 55.5 4.4 2 34 1 1
Total 32 263 1330 41.6 5.1 10 75 5 2
gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2022-23 8 - - - - - - -
2023-24 8 12 1.5 145 18.1 12.1 0 36
2024-25 8 20 2.5 190 23.8 9.5 0 47
2025-26 8 23 2.9 237 29.6 10.3 0 23
Total 32 55 1.7 572 17.9 10.4 0 47
gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2022-23 8 - - - - - - - 0
2023-24 8 - - - - - - - 0
2024-25 8 - - - - - - - 0
2025-26 8 - - - - - - - 0
Total 32 - - - - - - - 0
gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2022-23 8 - - - - - - - -
2023-24 8 - - - - - - - -
2024-25 8 - - - - - - - -
2025-26 8 - - - - - - - -
Total 32 - - - - - - - -
kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2022-23 19 419 22.1 0 49 37 396 10.7 0 38
2023-24 23 449 19.5 0 33 41 440 10.7 0 79
2024-25 20 501 25.1 0 79 1 11 11.0 0 11
2025-26 26 593 22.8 0 69 1 22 22.0 0 22
Total 88 1962 22.3 0 79 80 869 10.9 0 79
gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2022-23 8 17 - 396 419 832 104.0
2023-24 8 60 145 440 449 1094 136.8
2024-25 8 809 190 11 501 1511 188.9
2025-26 8 444 237 22 593 1296 162.0
Total 32 1330 572 869 1962 4733 147.9
pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2022-23 0 0.0 0 - 0 0 - - - - - 0
2023-24 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 - - - - - 0
2024-25 48 6.0 8 0 0 0 - - - - - 0
2025-26 12 1.5 2 0 0 0 - - - - - 0
Total 60 1.9 10 0 0 0 - - - - - 0
gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2022-23 8 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2023-24 8 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2024-25 8 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2025-26 8 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Total 32 2 0 2.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event
Total 8 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 8 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location
Home 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral 1 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result
Wins 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Month
August 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
September 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event
Total 8 138 809 101.1 5.9 8 75 - -
Conference 8 138 809 101.1 5.9 8 75 - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 3 37 269 89.7 7.3 1 75 - -
Away 4 87 489 122.3 5.6 5 28 - -
Neutral 1 14 51 51.0 3.6 2 28 - -
Result
Wins 4 91 525 131.3 5.8 5 28 - -
Losses 4 47 284 71.0 6.0 3 75 - -
Month
August 2 37 305 152.5 8.2 3 75 - -
September 4 69 349 87.3 5.1 3 28 - -
October 2 32 155 77.5 4.8 2 28 - -
gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event
Total 8 20 2.5 190 23.8 9.5 0 47
Conference 8 20 2.5 190 23.8 9.5 0 47
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 3 8 2.7 35 11.7 4.4 0 15
Away 4 8 2.0 113 28.3 14.1 0 47
Neutral 1 4 4.0 42 42.0 10.5 0 22
Result
Wins 4 10 2.5 133 33.3 13.3 0 47
Losses 4 10 2.5 57 14.3 5.7 0 15
Month
August 2 6 3.0 32 16.0 5.3 0 15
September 4 8 2.0 112 28.0 14.0 0 47
October 2 6 3.0 46 23.0 7.7 0 22
gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event
Total 8 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 8 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location
Home 3 - - - - - - - 0
Away 4 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral 1 - - - - - - - 0
Result
Wins 4 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 4 - - - - - - - 0
Month
August 2 - - - - - - - 0
September 4 - - - - - - - 0
October 2 - - - - - - - 0
gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event
Total 8 - - - - - - - -
Conference 8 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 3 - - - - - - - -
Away 4 - - - - - - - -
Neutral 1 - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 4 - - - - - - - -
Losses 4 - - - - - - - -
Month
August 2 - - - - - - - -
September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 2 - - - - - - - -
kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event
Total 20 501 25.1 0 79 1 11 11.0 0 11
Conference 20 501 25.1 0 79 1 11 11.0 0 11
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 11 278 25.3 0 79 1 11 11.0 0 11
Away 5 130 26.0 0 43 - - - - -
Neutral 4 93 23.3 0 26 - - - - -
Result
Wins 7 143 20.4 0 26 - - - - -
Losses 13 358 27.5 0 79 1 11 11.0 0 11
Month
August 5 148 29.6 0 79 1 11 11.0 0 11
September 9 223 24.8 0 43 - - - - -
October 6 130 21.7 0 26 - - - - -
gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event
Total 8 809 190 11 501 1511 188.9
Conference 8 809 190 11 501 1511 188.9
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location
Home 3 269 35 11 278 593 197.7
Away 4 489 113 - 130 732 183.0
Neutral 1 51 42 - 93 186 186.0
Result
Wins 4 525 133 - 143 801 200.3
Losses 4 284 57 11 358 710 177.5
Month
August 2 305 32 11 148 496 248.0
September 4 349 112 - 223 684 171.0
October 2 155 46 - 130 331 165.5
pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event
Total 48 6.0 8 0 0 0 - - - - - 0
Conference 48 6.0 8 0 0 0 - - - - - 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location
Home 6 2.0 1 0 0 0 - - - - - 0
Away 30 7.5 5 0 0 - - - - - - 0
Neutral 12 12.0 2 0 0 - - - - - - 0
Result
Wins 30 7.5 5 0 0 - - - - - - 0
Losses 18 4.5 3 0 0 0 - - - - - 0
Month
August 18 9.0 3 0 0 0 - - - - - 0
September 18 4.5 3 0 0 - - - - - - 0
October 12 6.0 2 0 0 - - - - - - 0
gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event
Total 8 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Conference 8 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Away 4 1 0 1.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Neutral 1 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 4 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Losses 4 1 0 1.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Month
August 2 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
September 4 1 0 1.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
October 2 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
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