CHICK DEALT TO ESKIMOS
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats announced Sunday that the football club has acquired a second round pick in the 2018 CFL Draft from the Edmonton Eskimos in exchange for international defensive end John Chick and a fifth round pick in the 2018 CFL Draft.
Chick, 34, has appeared in all eight of Hamilton’s games this season, posting 16 defensive tackles, two quarterback sacks and a forced fumble. The 6-4, 253-pound native of Gillette, Wyoming, has registered 56 defensive tackles, 16 sacks and five forced fumbles in 26 games with the Tiger-Cats over the last-two seasons (2016-17), and was named a CFL All-Star and Hamilton’s Most Outstanding Defensive Player in 2016.
In eight CFL seasons with the Saskatchewan Roughriders (2007-09, 2013-15) and Tiger-Cats (2016-17), Chick, a product of Utah State, has registered 226 defensive tackles, 69 quarterback sacks, one interception and 15 forced fumbles in 117 career games.
Chick, 34, has appeared in all eight of Hamilton’s games this season, posting 16 defensive tackles, two quarterback sacks and a forced fumble. The 6-4, 253-pound native of Gillette, Wyoming, has registered 56 defensive tackles, 16 sacks and five forced fumbles in 26 games with the Tiger-Cats over the last-two seasons (2016-17), and was named a CFL All-Star and Hamilton’s Most Outstanding Defensive Player in 2016.
In eight CFL seasons with the Saskatchewan Roughriders (2007-09, 2013-15) and Tiger-Cats (2016-17), Chick, a product of Utah State, has registered 226 defensive tackles, 69 quarterback sacks, one interception and 15 forced fumbles in 117 career games.
