EE Football Team Free Agent Greats

Eskimos Free Agent Greats - Larry Highbaugh

Larry Highbaugh could do it all. A college track-and-field athlete who excelled in sprints, he played defensive back, wide receiver and returned kicks for Edmonton while also selling Eskimos souvenirs on Game Day. Eskimos Equipment Manager Dwayne Mandrusiak compared Highbaugh to former NFL defensive back Deion Sanders and the Esks’ exciting former star kick-returner Henry (Gizmo) Williams in an article in The Globe and Mail after Highbaugh passed away in March 2017. “He was flamboyant and ...

Eskimos Free Agent Greats - Tom Wilkinson

No one expected much from Tom Wilkinson when he signed with the Eskimos midway through training camp in 1972. He was a short (five-foot-10-1/2-inches), slightly overweight player who didn’t look like a quarterback or throw the prettiest passes and had already been released by the BC Lions. Eskimos receiver Bobby Taylor told Wilkinson to come to Edmonton and Head Coach Ray Jauch agreed to an audition because the 29-year veteran had six years of CFL experience with the Lions and Toronto ...

Eskimos Free Agent Greats - Willie Pless

Middle linebacker Willie Pless was part of a six-player trade package the Toronto Argonauts sent to the BC Lions to acquire quarterback Matt Dunigan in 1990. It may have been the only time in his CFL career that Pless didn’t stand alone among his peers. Pless was the East Division’s nominee as Most Outstanding Rookie and a CFL All-Star in his first season with the Argos in 1986 and simply got better from there. After one season in BC, Pless signed as a free agent with the Eskimos on Feb. ...

Eskimos Free Agent Greats - Terry Vaughn

Slotback Terry Vaughn did two things extremely well in the CFL: He helped his teams win – the Eskimos, Calgary Stampeders, Montreal Alouettes and Hamilton Tiger-Cats were a collective 40 games over .500 (124-84) with the five-foot-nine receiver in the lineup and he played in five Grey Cups during his 12-year career, winning twice (including 2003 with Edmonton). He was a pass-catching machine, not only setting league records for most 1,000-yard seasons (11) and most consecutive 1,000-yard ...

Eskimos Free Agent Greats - Adarius Bowman

Adarius Bowman had one of the greatest seasons by an Eskimos receiver in 2016, but it required a lot of patience by both the player and the team for that to happen. The six-foot-three, 215-pound Bowman started out with the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 2008 and spent two seasons with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2009-10 before signing as a free agent with the Eskimos on Jan. 19, 2011. He recorded his first 1,000-yard season that year – including a 10-catch outing for a career-high 226 ...

Eskimos Free Agent Greats - Trevor Harris

The Eskimos didn’t waste any time going after quarterback Trevor Harris on the opening day of CFL free agency on Feb. 12, 2019. With previous QB Mike Reilly having already decided to join the BC Lions, Eskimos General Manager & Vice President of Football Operations Brock Sunderland set his sights on Harris, a 32-year-old who had previously played with the Toronto Argonauts and Ottawa RedBlacks. While Harris missed five games with an injury to his throwing arm last season, he still ...