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<\/p>\nSomewhere down the line \u2014 maybe next week or next month \u2014 Taylor Elgersma will get some clarity.<\/p>\n
And a football address to call his own, too.<\/p>\n
The star quarterback prospect \u2014 selected by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the second round, 18th overall, in Tuesday\u2019s CFL Draft \u2014 took some time out of his crazy-busy schedule to meet with media during a Zoom call Wednesday afternoon in the latest chapter of what has been a wild six months or so for the Wilfrid Laurier product.<\/p>\n
Thursday morning he\u2019s off to the Green Bay Packers rookie minicamp which runs May 2-3, then to Buffalo for the Bills rookie camp May 9-10. Depending on what happens in Wisconsin or upstate New York, he could then join the Blue Bombers for the start of their main camp, which begins May 11th (rookies are on the field May 7th).<\/p>\n
Again, though, his future will start to come into focus very soon.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a super-exciting week for me overall,\u201d Elgersma began. \u201cI\u2019m super-excited about the CFL Draft (Tuesday) night, getting this opportunity here and Saturday (the final day of the NFL Draft) was a long day with the draft started at 12 o\u2019clock and by the time I got everything sorted out at night there was a lot of emotions.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m really excited for all the opportunities coming up that I got from both those drafts. I\u2019m just looking forward to keeping going ahead with my dream.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen (the Blue Bombers) called me, I said, \u2018I\u2019m doing fantastic now that you guys got the call. I think this is a great fit for me.\u2019 Obviously, it\u2019s a winning organization that has been at the top of the league for a long time. I\u2019m super-excited to go to a place with a great culture, coaching staff and front office there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Elgersma said he met Collaros earlier this spring when the two were throwing at Out the Chambers Sports in Ontario \u2014 a program run by former Wilfrid Laurier product and CFLer Shamawd Chambers. And while it was just a brief encounter, it did offer Elgersma a snapshot of a potential future relationship should he come to Winnipeg in a week or so.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s one of the greats of this game. one of the greats of the CFL,\u201d he said of Collaros. \u201cIt\u2019s super-cool that I get to go to a place that has a guy like Zach there and has done everything you can do at the CFL level. I\u2019m super-excited to learn everything I can from him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Elgersma reportedly had a dozen NFL rookie-camp invitations before settling on the Packers and Bills. Green Bay has young star Jordan Love as their No. 1, and he\u2019s backed up by Malik Willis and Sean Clifford, a fifth-round pick in 2023.<\/p>\n
Buffalo is led by superstar Josh Allen and also has veteran Mitch Trubisky on their depth chart along with Shane Buechele and Mike White.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWhat I\u2019m looking to show is not only can I compete with those guys, I can excel in those facilities and in that group and just put my best foot forward and show these coaches that I\u2019m a guy you can bet on and I\u2019m going to be successful at the next level,\u201d Elgersma said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne thing I\u2019ve alway said is my dream is to be a professional quarterback and it\u2019s never been tied to a specific league. I\u2019m super fired up about the opportunity at Winnipeg. I\u2019m confident in myself and I\u2019m confident that I\u2019m going to go down to these mini-camps and show the best I can and I\u2019m hopeful that will lead to a contract.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I\u2019m definitely excited to head to Winnipeg and get to work if those don\u2019t work out.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Blue Bombers QB room is crowded, too, what with the veteran Collaros being joined by Chris Streveler, Terry Wilson, Jake Dolegala and Shea Patterson.<\/p>\n
Still, there\u2019s an obvious excitement about having a Canadian QB like Elgersma \u2014 a 6-6, 235 throwing machine who won the Hec Crighton as the best player in U-Sports \u2014 potentially in house.<\/p>\n
The excitement just oozes from Elgersma, too.<\/p>\n
\u201cExcitement is great word for it. This is something I\u2019ve dreamed of for a long time, getting a chance to be a professional quarterback,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m getting a very special and unique opportunity. For me, it\u2019s all about the excitement to make the most of it and doing what I can to continue this journey. This is the start line for me as a pro. This is just the beginning.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been super-exciting couple months and since the end of the season for me. It\u2019s been busy going from different all-star game, from CGS (College Gridiron Showcase) to the Tropical (Bowl) to the Senior Bowl to Pro Day and getting the chance to interview with NFL teams and CFL teams through the back end of this process\u2026 every step of the journey has been exciting.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor me, this is what you want as an athlete, especially as a Canadian quarterback,\u201d he added. \u201cThese are the opportunities you dream of. It\u2019s been a ton of fun. It\u2019s definitely been busy but it\u2019s been super exciting. It\u2019s nice now to have situations I get to go compete in and I\u2019m ready to take full advantage of them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Somewhere down the line \u2014 maybe next week or next month \u2014 Taylor Elgersma will get some clarity.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384574,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-384573","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-canadian-football-league","11":"tag-canadianfootballleague","12":"tag-cfl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}