Former Mustang signs with the Bears

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By Communications Staff
Friday, February 4, 2011
Former Western Mustang star wide receiver Andy Fantuz is making the jump from the CFL to the NFL, inking a a reserve/future contract with the Chicago Bears.
 
The 6-4, 220-pounder, who spent the last five seasons with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, caught a career-high 87 passes for a league-leading 1,380 yards and six touchdowns in 2010.
 
While at Western, the 27-year-old Chatham, Ont. Native won the Hec Crighton Trophy, which is awarded annually to the most outstanding Canadian football player in Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS).
 
Since Fantuz was entering his option year this season, he had until Feb. 16 to sign with an NFL club.
 
During his four years at Western, Fantuz broke almost every CIS career receiving record. He is the career leader among receivers for touchdowns (41), catches (189) and yards (4,123), was named to the first all-Canadian team in 2002, 2004 and 2005, and to the second squad in 2003. He also set the single-season mark for receiving yards (1,300) when he was named CIS rookie of the year in 2002.
 

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