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