We have been hearing about 3-4 players coming from Canada to try out for the Giants, but the numbers are actually larger Here is an updated list comint to the Giants tryout beginning Thursday:
wide receiver Lemar Durant
middle linebacker Byron Archambault
offensive lineman Sukh Chungh
offensive lineman Sean McEwen
defensive back Tevaughn Campbell
defensive lineman Daryl Waud
offensive lineman Jacob Ruby (Univ of Richmond-USA)
Who knows if any of them are ready for the NFL, but I have attached the results of the CFL Combine. Several have put up some very impressive numbers.
Several of these players came to the US a few months back and practiced and participated in the East West Shrine game, so there is some history with some of them.
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Why not?
He is Canadian.
Football wasnt his only sport. Jones also participated in Canadas national pastime.
I played hockey my whole life, too, he said. I would play hockey in the winter and football in the fall and baseball in the summer. I was playing sports all the time. My dad said it was the best way to stay out of trouble."
Ralph Vacchiano retweeted SFU Football
Another Canadian ... Simon Fraser WR Lemar Durant getting a tryout ...
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Congrats to graduating WR @Lemarvelous23 on being invited to the @Giants Rookie Camp next week! #NFL
That was funny. You are, what, 45?
But they don't tip!
And you can add another Canadian! ... DT Daryl Waud (Western University, Canada) has a tryout, according to @Giants360 (and other reports).
Add in C Brett Jones, the CFL import they signed in February, and Les Giants could have 8 Canadians at rookie camp this weekend. At least.
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Players invited to mini-camp for a tryout:
OL Sukh Chungh, University of Calgary
OL Sean McEwen, University of Calgary
OL Jacob Ruby, Richmond
DE Brad Harrah, Cincinnati
LB Byron Archambault, University of Montreal
QB Gary Nova, Rutgers
LB Takari Johnson, Concordia-Ann Arbor
DB Tevaughn Campbell, University of Regina (Saskatchewan)
WR Lemar Durant, Simon Fraser University
DT Daryl Waud, University of Western Ontario
DE Brad Bars, Penn State
TE Matt Marfisi, Tulane
DE Carlif Taylor, Southern Connecticut
http://www.tsn.ca/tsn-ca-cfl-draft-profile-jacob-ruby-1.180772
Daryl Waud
http://www.tsn.ca/tsn-ca-cfl-draft-profile-daryl-waud-1.200431
Suck Chung (heh)
http://www.tsn.ca/tsn-ca-cfl-draft-profile-sukh-chungh-1.211862
Byron Archambault
http://www.tsn.ca/tsn-ca-cfl-draft-profile-byron-archambault-1.235768
Who knows which if any of these guys will stick, but it's a lot of fun reading their stories.