For those of you (myself included) who know next to nothing about Canadian Football, and who wanted to know more about this Jesse Lumsden kid, who is supposedly 240 lbs. and runs a 4.4 forty at his workout click the external link to read more about him.For those who are too lazy to read all that, here are some of the more interesting tid bits.
Lumsden, a third-year geography student from Burlington, Ont. who rewrote
the CIS and OUA record books in his fourth season with McMaster, received the Hec Crighton Trophy presented annually to the most outstanding player. The 6-foot-2, 226-pound running back set new CIS single-season marks with 1816 rushing yards and 21 touchdowns, a new CIS career record with 47 touchdowns, and an OUA record with 4328 rushing yards.
He set a CIS single-season record with 1816 rushing yards, breaking Eric
Lapointe's (Mount Allison / Montreal Alouettes) mark of 1619 established in 1996; he set a CIS single-season record with 21 touchdowns, one more than Kojo Aidoo (McMaster / Hamilton Tiger-Cats) in 2000, a mark he had tied himself in 2003; he set a CIS career record with 43 touchdowns, two more than the 41 scored by Mike Bradley (Waterloo /Edmonton Eskimos) from 1997-2001; and he set an OUA career mark with 4328 rushing yards.
Interesting, the guy is big, very strong and very fast. Sounds like a Canadian version of Jim Brown. As for now, it looks like he will be returning punts, but if Alexander hold out for any real length of time...who knows?
Could you imagine, the Hawks finding the next Great NFL HB in Canada. How sweet would that be!
ReplyDeleteNo, like this:
ReplyDeleteHow sweet that would be, eh?
Where did you hear that this flying canuck ran a 4.4? That's pretty awesome for a walk-on.
One thing, he is supposedly 240lbs, but was playing at 226? I wonder if its a burger problem, or if he just grew. And did the extra 15lbs slow him any. I know the coaches said he was a longshot, did he get invited back to the next mini?
ReplyDeleteTo be honest I personally don't know the answers to the questions which is why I posted this in the first place. All I know is what I have heard, that he is listed at 240 and ran a 4.4 40 at his workout. If that is true one would assume he'll be given every chance to prove himself. I have also heard that he is quite the kick returner, but that information may have been innaccurate.
ReplyDeleteJosh, it's a conversion problem. It's sort of like the Canadian dollar being worth only 67 cents, but opposite. 240lbs American is only 226 lbs Canadian.
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