Jason Medeiros
| Free agent | |
| Born: | August 22, 1989 Hamilton, Ontario |
|---|---|
| Career information | |
| Status | Active |
| CFL status | National |
| Position(s) | OL |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) |
| Weight | 315 lb (143 kg) |
| University | McMaster |
| CFL draft | 2012 / Undrafted |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 2013 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
| Honors | 2011 CIS All-Canadian Second Team |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's American football | ||
Representing  Canada
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| World Championship | ||
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2011 Austria | Team Competition |
Jason Medeiros (born August 22, 1989 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian football offensive lineman most recently for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League. He was signed as an undrafted free agent on March 28, 2013.[1]
After the 2011 CIS season, he was ranked as the tenth best player in the Canadian Football League's Amateur Scouting Bureau January rankings for players eligible in the 2012 CFL Draft, and seventh by players in Canadian Interuniversity Sport.[2] He is a graduate of St. Thomas More Catholic Secondary School in Hamilton and played CIS football with the McMaster Marauders and was a part of their 2011 Vanier Cup championship.[3]
Also in 2011, Medeiros was part of the Canada roster that got the silver medal in the World Championship.
Medeiros was named a CIS All-Canadian in 2012. After going undrafted, he participated of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats training camp before returning to McMaster. He helped the Marauders reach their second consecutive Vanier Cup finals, reprising the previous year match against Laval Rouge et Or. This time, they would lose.
In March 2013, Medeiros signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats as a free agent. He was released in June without a single appearance in a CFL official game.[4]
References[]
- ^ Ticats add four Canadians
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-01-25. Retrieved 2012-01-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "2011 Football Roster".
- ^ Tiger-Cats Transactions: June 17
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Players of Canadian football from Ontario
- Canadian football offensive linemen
- McMaster Marauders football players
- Hamilton Tiger-Cats players
- Sportspeople from Hamilton, Ontario
- Canadian people of Portuguese descent