Former Indiana State Sycamore and Chicago native Jameer Thurman won his second Canadian Football League Grey Cup championship this season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
Prior to his time at Indiana State, Thurman attended Proviso West High School in Hillside, Ill.
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