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.