Renegades sign three more
Published on January 31, 2005 under Canadian Football League (CFL)
Ottawa Renegades News Release
OTTAWA â The Ottawa Renegades football club continued its busy off-season by announcing three new contract signings Monday.
A hectic January was capped off with a trio of players committing to the team, two of which should be familiar to Renegades fans.
Ottawa re-signed defensive back Crance Clemons and receiver Darryl Ray Monday. The club also secured linebacker Erik Dandy, a product of the University of Western Kentucky.
Clemons, who played with the Renegades in 2003 â leading the team in interceptions with three, returns to Ottawa after spending last year with the NFL's Indianapolis Colts. The 25-year-old product of University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) was also second in pass knockdowns with Ottawa in his only season in the CFL.
"Crance is an exciting young player with a lot of upside to him," said Joe Paopao, Renegades General Manager and Head Coach. "When he was here with us (in 2003), he did a heck of a job and we look forward to his play and getting him back on the field after a year in the NFL."
Ray, who began his university playing career with the Carleton Ravens before moving over to the Ottawa Gee-Gees, enters his fourth year in the CFL and third with the Renegades. After his rookie season with Toronto in 2002, the 27-year-old returned to Ottawa and for the 2003 and 2004 seasons. While Ray is a native of Thunder Bay, his roots are very much entrenched in the nation's capital. He grew up in Orleans, attended Louis Riel High School, played minor football for the Gloucester Dukes and Gloucester Bengals and is fluently bilingual. He was also part of the 2000 Gee-Gees Vanier Cup winning team.
"With Darryl, you get depth and experience," said Paopao. "He knows the system and you just know it's going to be a competitive camp at the receiver spot."
Dandy, an All-America candidate in his senior year (2003), is third all-time in total tackles with Western Kentucky. The Mansfield, Ohio native comes in with size (six-foot, 205-pounds) and was the only player in U.S. college football to rank among the top 10 nationally in total tackles, solo stops and tackles for loss two years ago. In his final season in college, the 22-year-old led the Gateway Conference in tackles for loss, was second in total tackles and was the anchor of a top-20 defence in Division I-AA football.
"Erik is a young, exciting player," said Paopao. "He is an athletic linebacker from a very good school who played all four years in college."
Canadian Football League Stories from January 31, 2005
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- Renegades sign three more - Ottawa Renegades
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