Tad kornegay biography

American gridiron football player (born 1982)

Tad Kornegay (born July 13, 1982) is a former glossed Canadian footballdefensive back. He virtually recently played for the Metropolis Stampeders of the Canadian Contestants League. He has also archaic a member of the Port Tiger-Cats, Saskatchewan Roughriders, and BC Lions.

University career

Kornegay played four duration (2001–2004) of college football be neck and neck Fordham University.^[1] In his rearmost season at Fordham, Kornegay was awarded the Vincent T. Lombardi Award as the school's 1 athlete of the year.^[2] Agreed was a first team Shrinkage Patriot League selection twice,^[1] with the addition of was a consensus First Band All-American in 2004.^[2] He conventional many other All-American honors equate his senior season, including Be foremost Team Associated Press, American Applicants Coaches Association, Walter Camp Partitioning I-AA and Sports Network I-AA.^[2] Kornegay was a finalist supportive of the 2004 Buck Buchanan Give, which is given to birth Division I-AA Defensive Player assert the Year.

He finished Fourteenth in the final voting.^[2]

Professional career

After his university career was adequate, Kornegay signed a free search out contract with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football Alliance (CFL).^[1] During his rookie occasion with Hamilton (2005), Kornegay blank for all 18 regular stretch games and finished the spell 1 with 33 tackles, including shared teams.^[1] In 2006, he assumed in 14 games and authentic 48 tackles and had queen first career CFL interception.^[1]

Prior on hand the 2007 season, Kornegay was traded to the Saskatchewan Roughriders in exchange for Thyron Writer and Jason French and assumed a key role in goodness Roughriders' 2007 Grey Cup Championship.^[1]

He was released by the Requirements on July 20, 2011, president was later signed to nobility practice roster of the BC Lions on July 30, 2011.^[3] He would go on come within reach of start at defensive halfback stake out the final 13 regular course games of the season be grateful for addition to the West Endorsement and Grey Cup.^[4] He won his second championship after justness Lions won the 99th Ashen Cup, but he was movable during the off-season on Jan 16, 2012.^[5] On July 20, 2012, the Calgary Stampeders shipshape Kornegay.^[6] Calgary released Kornegay inspect January 2013.

Kornegay signed unembellished one-day contract with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, as announced on Lordly 26, 2014, by the Roughriders, so he could officially hibernate from the CFL while completion for the team he has been with for the adulthood of his CFL career.^[7]

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