Dwight Anderson is a professional Canadian football

Canadian football

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 defensive back

Defensive back

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 for the Montreal Alouettes

Montreal Alouettes

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 of the Canadian Football League

Canadian Football League

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. He was signed by the St. Louis Rams

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 as an undrafted free agent in 2004. He played college football

College football

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 at South Dakota

South Dakota Coyotes

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Anderson has also been a member of the Carolina Panthers

Carolina Panthers

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, Philadelphia Soul

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 Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

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 and Calgary Stampeders

Calgary Stampeders

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Early years

In high school, Anderson starred on the football field for Bloomfield High School in Bloomfield, Connecticut. There he earned All-State football honors from the New Haven Register in 1999.

External links

• Calgary Stampeders bio

http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=354121