You can call him Giordano or you can call him Gio, it doesn\u2019t seem to matter much to him.<\/p>\n
Where Giordano Vaccaro\u2019s name gets called in the CFL draft next Tuesday, though, has much broader implications.<\/p>\n
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Winnipegger Giordano Vaccaro, who played this past season with Purdue University in Indiana, is expected to be one of the top picks in Tuesday\u2019s CFL draft.<\/p>\n
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