Quincy Vaughn comes to the Calgary Stampeders long — very long — on football skills. Read More
Hamilton product arrives in CFL having played multiple positions, including quarterback and tight end
Hamilton product arrives in CFL having played multiple positions, including quarterback and tight end
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Quincy Vaughn comes to the Calgary Stampeders long — very long — on football skills.
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That’s perfect for a Canadian Football League in need of a short-yardage specialist.
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Need a yard or two in tight situations?
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Vaughn can run the rock to reach the mark.
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He can catch the ball or even throw it to convert the distance, too.
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“I’m just whatever the team needs me to be,” the newly drafted CFL prospect said through a big smile during Stampeders rookie camp at McMahon Stadium.
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“Just in talking to coaches and everything like that, it’s just be available,” Vaughn continued. “Availability is the best ability, whether it’s quarterback, running back … whatever the team needs me out there going in as. But I’m not too sure yet — we’re just getting started, getting our legs underneath us.”
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Vaughn’s legs combined with his 6-foot-4 length and 251-lb. frame — we told you he has the goods — make him available for just about any gig on offence.
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And the jack-of-all-trades job isn’t foreign to the 23-year-old Hamilton native, either.
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“It’s something I’ve been doing the last couple years — short yardage, quarterback, wildcat, converted to tight end … kind of just rolling with it,” confirmed Vaughn, who was an all-Canadian prep-school QB in Mississauga, Ont., before spending three years as backup pivot with the NCAA’s North Dakota Fighting Hawks, followed by two more as a tight end with the FCS squad.
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“The opportunity to learn so much, it’s great,” Vaughn continued. “Being a quarterback and then being a tight end and being able to combine my knowledge on both positions has been great.
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“I think it’s my biggest thing. You never know what’s coming. So I’ve kind of just got to be ready for it all, learn it all.”
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With the Stampeders, he better be ready for short-yardage duty — of which he excelled during all five of his seasons with the Fighting Hawks.
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Since ‘Touchdown’ Tommy Stevens — another lanky, large QB — signed in the off-season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, the Red and White have been looking for a guy to get a yard or two in the clutch.
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Heck, Vaughn — actually listed by the Stamps as a quarterback on the roster — could just as easily line up at fullback with his size to get that job done.
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“He’s a big, big man,” Stampeders GM/head coach Dave Dickenson said. “As an ex-quarterback that can, I think, do some things for us in certain situations — like short yardage — we’ll give him his chance. But we’re also thinking he can play in multiple packages.