Do you remember Brad Banks? He was the Hinds CC quarterback who went on to have a super senior season at Iowa, finishing second in the Heisman Trophy voting. The NFL has little use for 5--foot-11 quarterbacks, so Banks went up to the CFL, where he's playing for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Banks is one of 14 players with Mississippi ties playing in the CFL this season. The rest (and let Doctor S know if he missed somebody):
James Armstead (Ole Miss/Moss Point), WR, Saskatchewan Roughriders
John Avery (Ole Miss/Northwest Mississippi CC), RB, Toronto Argonauts
Korey Banks (Mississippi State, DB, BC Lions
Antonious Bonner (Ole Miss), LB, Toronto Argonauts
Robert BrownSouthern Miss, DT, Edmonton Eskimos
Shannon Garrett (Mississippi College), DB, Edmonton Eskimos
Corey Holmes (Mississippi Valley State/Greenville), RB, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Jarious Jackson (Tupelo), QB, BC Lions
Jason Jiminez (Southern Miss), OT, BC Lions
Ronald McClendon (Ole Miss), RB, Edmonton Eskimos
Barrin Simpson (Mississippi State/Starkville), LB, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Timothy Strickland (Ole Miss), LB, Montreal Alouettes
Gavin Walls (Ripley), DE, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
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