Men's Football | 8/27/2017 11:52:00 PM
MONTREAL -- The Montreal Alouettes have announced the signing of free-agent offensive lineman Timothy Mitchell, a graduate of the McGill University football program. The 6-foot-5, 290-pound native of St. Hubert, Que., is the sixth product from McGill -- and the third offensive lineman -- currently listed on a pro football team roster.
That list also includes OL Laurent Duvernay Tardif of the National Football League's Kansas City Chiefs, OL Qadr Spooner linebacker Jesse Briggs of the CFL's Winnipeg Blue Bombers, wide receiver Shaq Johnson of the BC Lions and safety Mike Edem of the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
Mitchell, who signed one day before his 26th birthday, previously had a tryout with the CFL's Ottawa Redblacks in 2015. He dressed in 12 games for the McGill Redmen in the 2013 and 2014 seasons before earning a certificate in human resources management.
When Mitchell officially suits up for the Alouettes, he will become the 59th McGill player to make a CFL or NFL team, including NFL products J.P. Darche, Randy Chevrier and the aforementioned Duvernay-Tardif.
------------------------------------------------------------
McGill Players in the CFL (58) and NFL (3)
(in order of first appearance in the pros)
------------------------------------------------------------
Bill Pullar Calgary 1946-48,1952-56
John Taylor Montreal 1946
Dave Tomlinson Montreal 1947, Calgary 1947-48, 1954, Montreal 1952-53
Jim Mitchener Calgary 1948, Montreal 1952-54, B.C. 1956
Whizzer Smith Montreal 1948
Johnny Newman Montreal 1950-51
Buster Brown Hamilton 1951-53
George Bossy Montreal 1952
Marv Meirowitz Montreal 1952-53
Cec Findlay Montreal 1952-54
Dawson Tilley Montreal 1952
Jim Miller Montreal 1953-58
Geoff Crain Winnipeg 1953-54, Ottawa 1955
George Klein B.C. 1954, Montreal 1955
Gene Robillard B.C. 1954
Gerry Hogan Montreal 1954-57
Dr. Bob MacLellan Montreal 1955-60
Ron Murphy Montreal 1958-61
Len Sigurdson Saskatchewan 1958
Joe Poirier Ottawa 1959-70
Chuck Wood Ottawa 1962-63
Ian Monteith Winnipeg 1963
Dr. Willie Lambert Montreal 1964
Peter Howlett Montreal 1967-69
George Springate Montreal 1970-72
Dan Dulmage Hamilton 1973-74
Don Cowie Calgary 1975
Hector Pothier Edmonton 1978-89
Marc Lacelle Montreal 1981-82
Paul Gohier Hamilton 1983
Tony Lawson Toronto 1983-84
Floyd Salazar Toronto 1988-89 1991, Hamilton 1990
Robin Belanger B.C. Lions 1989-92, Toronto 1992
Michael Soles Edmonton 1989-95, Montreal 1996-1999
Gerry Ifill Toronto 1990
Christian Masotti Edmonton 1991
Francois Belanger Toronto 1993-94
Val St. Germain Ham. 94-98, Edm. 99-01, Ott. 02-05, Win 05-07, Sask 07
Matthieu Quiviger Montreal 1996
Ryan Coughlin Montreal 1997-99
Samir Chahine Edm. 98-01, Tor. 01, Ham. 02, Cal. 03, Ott. 04-05
Dan Pronyk Hamilton 1998
J.P. Darche Toronto (CFL) 99, Seattle (NFL) 2000-06, KC (NFL) 07-08
Randy Chevrier Dallas (NFL) '01, Cincinnati (NFL) '01, Edmonton 2002-03, Calgary 2005-16, Saskatchewan 2016
Ben Wearing Winnipeg 2001
John Macdonald Hamilton 2002-04
Stephen Young Winnipeg 2003, Montreal 2004
Mike Mahoney Calgary 2004, Saskatchewan 2005-07, Winnipeg 2007
Jim Merrick Hamilton 2004-05
Robert LeBlanc Edmonton 2005
Greg Hetherington Calgary 2007, B.C. Lions 2008-09
Jean-Nicolas Carrière Toronto 2008-09
Erik Galas Montreal 2009
Jessie Briggs, Winnipeg 2014-present
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, Kansas City (NFL) 2014-present
Mike Edem, Montreal 2013-15, B.C. Lions 2016, Saskatchewan 2017-present
Shaq Johnson, B.C. Lions 2016-present
Qadr Spooner, Winnipeg 2017-present
Tim Mitchell, Montreal 2017-present
PLAYERS IN NFL ARE HIGHLIGHTED
For more information:
Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
Athletics & Recreation
McGill University
514-398-7012 (Tel.)
MOBILE SITE:
http://mcgillathletics.ca/mobile/index.aspx
WEBSITE:
www.mcgillathletics.ca
E-MAIL:
earl.zukerman@mcgill.ca
