The Toronto Argonauts’ first round of training camp cuts took a few high profile names with it.

Chad Kackert, the running back named the Grey Cup’s most outstanding player when the Argos won it in 2012 topped the list of seven players cut on Tuesday night. The team announced its cuts Wednesday morning.

Quarterback Adrian McPherson, defensive linemen J.C. Copeland and Jamal Young, linebacker Marquis Spruill and receivers Christion Jones and Shane Williams-Rhodes were also released.

Kackert, 29, played four seasons with the Argos, from 2011 to 2015, but was dogged by injuries from 2013 onward. Just five-foot-eight and 206 pounds, he played 30 games for the Argos and turned 267 carries into 1,702 yards and 12 touchdowns.

He ran 20 times in that 2012 Grey Cup game for 133 yards and caught eight passes for 62 more yards. His play piqued the interest of the New York Jets and Kackert worked out for them that winter, but re-signed with the Argos. Then, late in the 2013 season, he suffered an ankle injury and broke his fibula. He retired in 2014 and the Argos made him their strength and conditioning coach.

Kackert came back, though, and got into eight games in 2015. In his debut, he had 12 carries for 73 yards in a 27-20 win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

The Argos wrap up their pre-season Friday in Montreal against the Alouettes. Their final round of cuts comes on Sunday and they have to reduce their rosters to 46 active players by 11:59 p.m.

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