Acquired: Re-signed on January 29, 2009. Originally signed as a free agent on December 10, 2006.

2009: (Edmonton) Stamps played all 18 games (18 starts) and finished as the league's leading receiver with 85 receptions for 1402 yards and eight touchdowns. He had an outstanding game against Montreal on July 30 when he had four receptions for 109 yards and two touchdowns and, the next week in Hamilton, was the team's leading receiver with seven receptions for 136 yards. He continued his steak at home against Calgary on August 13 where he was again the team's leading receiver with five catches for 94 yards and two touchdowns, including the game-winner in the dying seconds. Stamps was the Eskimo nominee for Most Outstanding Player and was named a West Division All-Star, CFL All-Star and CFLPA All-Star. Playoffs: Stamps started the Western Semi-Final and was the team's leading receiver with four catches for 76 yards.

2008: (Edmonton) Stamps emerged as one of the Esks’ top receivers with 50 receptions for 751 yards and six touchdowns in 14 games (14 starts). He also had 14 kick returns for 297 yards. He missed the last four games of the season due to a leg injury suffered in the first half of the Winnipeg game on Oct 4. In the East Semi-Final he had one catch for 20 yards. In the East Final he had two catches for 47 yards.

Career: Stamps was originally signed by the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent in 2004 and spent time on the practice squad of the Baltimore Ravens and Jacksonville Jaguars. In 2007, Stamps played in nine games (seven starts) for the Esks. He spent five games on the disabled list when he underwent an appendectomy mid-season.

College/Personal: He attended Louisiana-Lafayette for four years from 2000-2003 and was a two-time First Team All-Conference (Sun Belt) selection and ended his college career in 2003 with a 44-game receiving streak—the second-longest active streak in the nation at the time. At New Orleans’ Carver High School, Stamps broke some of alumnus Marshall Faulk’s records. He competed in football, baseball and track & field. Fred and his wife, Tamika, have a son Fred Jr.