Trio Added to Practice Roster
July 28, 2015 - Canadian Football League (CFL)
Calgary Stampeders News Release
The Calgary Stampeders have added three players with CFL experience to the practice roster including national receiver Jabari Arthur, who returns for a third tour of duty with the Red and White. Also signing practice-roster agreements are national defensive back and special-teamer Corbin Sharun and international offensive lineman Nate Menkin.
The Stampeders originally drafted Arthur in the first round (sixth overall) of the 2007 CFL draft. He was traded to Winnipeg in 2009 but returned to the Stamps in 2010 after being released by the Blue Bombers. He remained with the Stamps until June 14 when he was released.
In 71 career games, the Montreal native has 96 receptions for 1,148 yards and six touchdowns.
Sharun joins the Stampeders after five seasons with the Edmonton Eskimos. He has 77 career special-teams tackles in 72 games including 25 tackles in 2011 when he led the Eskimos and was second in the CFL. The Edmonton native also has three defensive tackles, one punt block and a touchdown, which came in a Sept. 7, 2012, contest against the Stamps.
Menkin played four games as the starting left tackle for the Ottawa RedBlacks in 2014 including the expansion franchise's first-ever game. He was signed by the National Football League's Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent in 2012 and has also spent time with the Philadelphia Eagles and Baltimore Ravens.
The six-foot-five, 300-lb. Texan played four seasons at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and earned American Football Coaches Association all-American honours as a senior in 2011 and was named the American Southwest Conference's top offensive lineman.
In other roster moves, national running back Jon Cornish and international defensive lineman DeQuin Evans have been placed on the six-game injury list and international running back Tory Harrison and international defensive back Ciante Evans have been activated from the practice roster.
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