Mentored by former understudy to Als’ Anthony Calvillo, Greg McGhee has 4.5-second speed, 39-inch vertical leap.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Late last February, as newly hired B.C. Lions head coach Jeff Tedford did the work needed to fortify the team’s depth chart at quarterback, he addressed the signing of Greg McGhee, a young prospect out of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
“I’m not saying this is the start of a big youth run,” Tedford said then. “It’s just good to have young quarterbacks.”
Well, on the first fall weekend of the CFL season, it looks as if the youth run has officially begun.
When the Lions kick off in Edmonton against the Eskimos on Saturday afternoon, 23-year-old Jonathon Jennings will make his first professional start at the pivot position.
Right behind him on the depth chart, and 124 days younger, will be the 22-year-old McGhee, who at this time last season was early in his senior season at Howard, preparing the Bison for a home game against North Carolina A&T.
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