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LE Newsletter - March 11, 2010

 
  Argos sign ex-Bills QB Gibran Hamdan
Source:  www.thestar.com - Chris Zelkovich

 (March 10, 2010) The football team that didn’t have a quarterback two days ago now has two.

The Toronto Argonauts announced Wednesday that they have signed former Buffalo Bills back-up Gibran Hamdan. On Tuesday, the Argos traded a fifth-round draft choice to Saskatchewan for third-stringer Dalton Bell.

“I’m excited to learn as much as I can from my new coaches and teammates in Toronto, and want to do whatever I can to help the team prepare and win,” the 29-year-old San Diego native said in a statement issued by the team. “I’ve already begun to surround myself with people who know what it takes to be a successful quarterback in the CFL and I’m working very hard to get ready.

“Coming to Toronto is an excellent opportunity and I’m eager to get started.”

Hamdan was a seventh-round draft pick of the Washington Redskins in 2003 after starting at the University of Indiana. He bounced around with five NFL teams and was named offensive MVP of the year in NFL Europe in 2006.

He has attempted only two passes in NFL regular-season play, but the Argos believe he has shown enough to be a starting quarterback in the Canadian Football League.

“`Gibran is a true professional,” said Argo head coach Jim Barker. “Gibran is an accurate passer who has the arm strength to make all of the necessary throws.”

During that span, he appeared in just one regular-season game, that being in 2003 with Washington when he completed 1-of-2 passes for seven yards.

Hamdan played in four exhibition games last season with Buffalo, completing 32-of-48 passes (66.7 per cent) for 427 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions.

He played three seasons in NFL Europe (2004-'06) and was with Amsterdam his final year, the year he won the MVP award, completing 102-of-162 passes (63 per cent) for 1,629 yards and 12 TDs with only three interceptions.