Brandon London On The CFL [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO]

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After failing to secure a roster spot on the Giants, Steelers or Dolphins, Brandon London took his talents up north to the CFL. According to the wide receiver, the CFL originally contacted him while he was still at UMass, mainly because “a couple of guys from my UMass team ended up coming up and playing for the Montreal Alouettes and Calgary Stampeders. And when I got cut by the Miami Dolphins after being active with them, they had called me up and said, ‘if anything ever happened and you feel as though you want to come up and not get cut… you  can come up here.’ So they flew me up for a playoff game, it was like a recruiting visit almost… This was when Montreal used to play indoors at the Expos stadium and there was 65,000 people at that game. So I’m like, ‘Okay this is football up here, I could get used to this.””

As for the difference between the NFL and CFL, besides the technical aspect of less downs and bigger fields, London thinks it is more of a size factor: the CFL is reserved for talented people who may not meet the popular size consensus in the NFL. And plenty have made wonderful transitions between the CFL and NFL: like Cameron Wake, Andrew Hawkins, Brendan Browner who he described as “Pro Bowlers.”

To see what else Brandon London has to say, watch all of part two: and stay tuned for part three of our exclusive interview with the Montreal Alouettes receiver, where he talks about staying in shape during his time with the NFL and CFL.