Jesse Newman is a former Canadian football

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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...

 guard

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 for the Calgary Stampeders

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 of the Canadian Football League

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. He was drafted in the first round with the 3rd overall pick in the 2008 CFL Draft

2008 CFL Draft

The 2008 CFL Draft took place on April 30, 2008. 48 players were chosen from among 752 eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA....

 by the Calgary Stampeders

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. He played college football

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 for UL Lafayette

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. He retired from professional football on June 4, 2010 for personal reasons. Following Calgary's bye week later that season

2010 Calgary Stampeders season

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, Newman announced that he was coming out of retirement, much to the chagrin of some of the team's players. Consequently, Newman was traded to the BC Lions

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 on September 4 for a second-round pick in the 2011 CFL Draft

2011 CFL Draft

The 2011 CFL Draft took place on Sunday, May 8, 2011 live at 12:30 PM ET on TSN. 47 players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. The Toronto Argonauts, Montreal Alouettes and Hamilton Tiger-Cats had...

 as well as a conditional fourth-round pick in the 2012 CFL Draft

2012 CFL Draft

The 2012 CFL Draft will take place in the Spring of 2012. 49 players will be chosen from among eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA...

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