Reesing looking at CFL?

By Matt Tait Apr 26, 2010

Former Kansas University quarterback Todd Reesing, the school’s all-time leader in nearly every passing category, may be headed to the Canadian Football League.

After being bypassed in this weekend’s NFL Draft, Reesing currently is exploring his options to sign with an NFL club via free agency or take a chance in another league such as the CFL or the Arena League.

Rob Vanstone, of The Regina Leader-Post, a newspaper in Saskatchewan, reports that Reesing is on the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ negotiation list, which means the Roughriders own Reesing’s CFL rights. What’s more, several posts on Internet message boards associated with the team already are clamoring for the record-setting quarterback to come to town.

On Friday, the organization announced the release of former Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell.

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Written By Matt Tait

A native of Colorado, Matt moved to Lawrence in 1988 and has been in town ever since. He graduated from Lawrence High in 1996 and the University of Kansas in 2000 with a degree in Journalism. After covering KU sports for the University Daily Kansan and Rivals.com, Matt joined the World Company (and later Ogden Publications) in 2001 and has held several positions with the paper and KUsports.com in the past 20+ years. He became the Journal-World Sports Editor in 2018. Throughout his career, Matt has won several local and national awards from both the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Kansas Press Association. In 2021, he was named the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Matt lives in Lawrence with his wife, Allison, and two daughters, Kate and Molly. When he's not covering KU sports, he likes to spend his time playing basketball and golf, listening to and writing music and traveling the world with friends and family.