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Source: Edmonton Eskimos release second-year kicker Warren Kean
By DAN RALPH, Canadian Press
Jun 20, 2008 - 10:40:14 PM

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The Edmonton Eskimos have given kicker Warren Kean the boot.

A league source requesting anonymity told The Canadian Press late Friday night Kean, the second player selected in the ‘07 Canadian College draft, was among Edmonton’s final cuts. The Eskimos made no announcement Friday and have until 11:59 p.m. ET on Saturday to decide on their 46-man active roster.

The Eskimos drafted Kean as the heir apparent to veteran kicker Sean Fleming, who retired following the ‘07 season. However, Edmonton obtained veteran kicker-punter Noel Prefontaine from Toronto prior to training camp after the Argos re-signed former NFL star Mike Vanderjagt.

Kean, a native of Dundas, Ont., made the only convert he tried last year with Edmonton and connected on three-of-four field goals. Kean played his college football at Concordia and made 20-of-32 field goals in his final season with the Stingers.

Kean set a CIS record when he connected on nine field goals in a six-overtime game against the Saint Mary’s Huskies. He was a three-time Quebec conference all-star and in ‘05 was a CIS all-Canadian

Some CFL teams got a head start Friday on making their final cuts.

Receiver Patrick Johnson was among seven players released by the Toronto Argonauts.

Toronto acquired Johnson from the Edmonton Eskimos last year for a 2008 second-round draft pick and entering camp had high hopes for the former NFL player. However, newcomer James Robinson, a six-foot-three, 196-pound CFL rookie, simply played his way on to the Argos roster with stellar play on special teams and key catches when he got into the club’s two exhibition games.

Another factor working against Johnson was the impending return of former NFL first-round draft pick David Boston appears to have made Johnson expendable.

Boston signed with the Argos in the off-season but was placed on the suspended list with a pre-existing foot ailment and missed all of training camp. However, Boston doesn’t have to undergo surgery on his foot and is expected to resume practising with Toronto this weekend.

Toronto made the roster moves following a 28-21 exhibition loss to Hamilton at Rogers Centre on Thursday night.

Those individuals among their team’s final cuts could still stick as CFL teams are allowed to carry as many as seven players on the practice roster.

Also released by Toronto were Yves Hercule and linebacker Eric Maranda, both Canadian-born linebackers who played their college football at Laval. The six-foot-two, 195-pound Hercule, a native of Roxboro, Que., signed as a free agent with Toronto in ‘07 and the Argos had Hercule and Sean Ortiz battling to take over long-snapping duties with the off-season retirement of Randy Srochenski. However, Srochenski returned to the CFL club during training camp.

The six-foot-one, 235-pound Maranda, of St-Georges de Beauce, Que., was Toronto’s fourth-round pick (29th overall) in the ‘07 CFL Canadian college draft.

The other players let go were receiver Chris Cole, kicker-punter Robert Eeuwes, defensive back Jason Shivers and defensive end Seante Williams.

Sophomore defensive back James Bethea, a former Washington Redskin, was among five players released by the B.C. Lions. The others were quarterback Gino Guidugli, offensive lineman Clint Stickdorn, receiver Dedrick Poole and defensive lineman Tory Collins.


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