STAMPEDERS SIGN EX-RIDER
Calgary Stampeders head coach and general manager John Hufnagel is pleased to announce the signing of import defensive lineman Joe Sykes. As per team policy, terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Sykes is a two-time Arena Football League all-star who has nine games of CFL experience with Saskatchewan (five games in 2009) and Edmonton (four games in 2011). He was the AFL’s defensive player of the year in 2012 with San Jose and the defensive lineman of the year in both 2012 with San Jose and in 2013 with San Antonio.
The six-foot-five, 280-lb. native of Grenada, Miss., was signed as an undrafted free agent by the National Football League’s Washington Redskins in 2006. Sykes has also spent time with Green Bay and Milwaukee in arena football and with Sacramento in the United Football League.
Sykes was first-team Southwestern Athletic Conference in 2005 at Southern University after leading the conference with nine sacks and topping the Jaguars with 16 tackles for loss.
