Eddie V. Freeman is a professional Canadian football

Canadian football

Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...

 defensive lineman who is currently a free agent

Free agent

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 in the Canadian Football League

Canadian Football League

The Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....

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NFL career

Freeman was drafted out of UAB

UAB Blazers football

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 in the 2nd round of the 2002 NFL Draft

2002 NFL Draft

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 by the Kansas City Chiefs

Kansas City Chiefs

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 and played for them for two years. He then signed with the Arizona Cardinals

Arizona Cardinals

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 on September 8, 2004, and then the Jacksonville Jaguars

Jacksonville Jaguars

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 on December 1, 2004. He signed with the Carolina Panthers

Carolina Panthers

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 on January 27, 2005 and then returned to the Chiefs on January 11, 2006 but moved on again to the New England Patriots

New England Patriots

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 as a free agent on July 31, 2006.

CFL career

Freeman signed as a free agent with the Calgary Stampeders

Calgary Stampeders

The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary, Alberta and named in reference to the Calgary Stampede. The Stampeders play their home games at McMahon Stadium...

 on November 1, 2007, in time for the final game of the 2007 regular season

2007 CFL season

The 2007 CFL season was the 54th season of modern Canadian professional football. Officially, it was the 50th season of the league, and many special events were held to commemorate the event. Regular-season play began on June 28, 2007 at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario and concluded on...

. In the 2008 CFL season

2008 CFL season

The 2008 CFL season was the 55th season of modern Canadian professional football. Officially, it was the 51st season for the league. It was also the first CFL season in which all of the league's regular season and post-season games, including the Grey Cup game, were aired on TSN. This meant the CFL...

, Freeman played in all 18 regular season games and recorded 25 tackles and 3 quarterback sack

Quarterback sack

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s. The Stampeders went on to win the 96th Grey Cup

96th Grey Cup

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 championship against the Montreal Alouettes

Montreal Alouettes

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on November 23, 2008, and Freeman became a free agent on February 16, 2009.