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CFL, NFL

Evans, Dane

Card: Sage 2017
Acquired: 2017, Box Breaker

Dane Evans played college ball for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane from 2013 to 2016. He’d pass for 904 completions on 1577 attempts, for 11,680 yards, with 84 touchdowns to 47 interceptions.  Dane was the Hurricane’s all-time leading passer.  Evans was considered a sleeper in the 2017 NFL Draft, but he went unselected. He’d be signed by the Eagles, but be waived in the final cutdown before the regular season. In October of 2017, Dane signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the CFL and was added to their practice squad.

NFL

Gibson, Shelton


Card: Sage 2017
Acquired: 2017, Box Breaker

Shelton Gibson played in the Big 12 for the West Virginia Mountaineers from 2014-2016.  An interesting prospect that reminded scouts of a poor man’s DeSean Jackson, Gibson put up 84 receptions for 1,898 yards and 17 TDs in 3 years. He finished with a guady 22.6 average yards per reception. After trading down twice during the 5th round the Philadelphia Eagles selected him with the 166th pick overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.

It was a hard charge uphill for Gibson to make the roster, but each and every day he made incremental improvements that coaches took notice of. Shelton battled a case of the dropsies during the preseason, but coaches feel that there is something developmentally there the Eagles can work with. He got on the field briefly during Philadelphia’s 2017 Super Bowl Championship run and caught 2 his first two passes for 11 yards against the Cowboys.

NFL

Rush, Cooper

Cards: Sage 2017  (#184/250), Sage 2017 Peak Performance
Acquired:  2017, Hobby Box Breaker

Cooper Rush played college football for Central Michigan. There for the Chippewas, Cooper passed for3,848 yards, 25 touchdowns, 11 interceptions, on an impressive 66.3 completion percentage in 2015, earning him second team All-MAC. His numbers slipped in 2016 to 3,540 passing yards, 23 touchdowns and 16 interceptions, and a 59.8 completion percentage. Still it was a good enough effort on Cooper’s part to earn 3rd team All-MAC.  Starting all but 3 games over his time at CMU, Cooper just finished 12 yards shy of Dan LeFevour’s school career passing record.

An intelligent quarterback with a quick read, timing, and accuracy, Cooper was a team captain during his Junior and Senior seasons. The big knock on Cooper is that he is just not a well-defined athlete. He completely failed the meat market eye test, and his arm strength was questionable at best.  Cooper was not selected in the 2017 NFL draft.

With the ‘retirement’ of Tony Romo, the Dallas Cowboys were looking for a quarterback late in the 2017 NFL draft to develop. Unable to find a project they liked, management elected to make Cooper a priority free agent signing. It makes sense as pre-draft, Cooper was compared to Cowboys second string quarterback Kellen Moore. In the meantime, the Cowboys can groom Cooper as a camp arm or practice squad guy until they get him up to the speed of the pro game.