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The Toronto Argonauts Football Club has a new pair of sure-handed, speedy receivers to deploy in 2012. Former Vanier Cup MVP and 2011 Argonauts draft pick WR Julian Feoli-Gudino (last name pronounced: FEE-OH-LEE – GUH-DEE-NO)has signed with the club through the 2014 season, and free agent import WR Andrew Strickland is onboard through 2013.
Projected to be a high, first round pick in last year’s draft, Feoli-Gudino sustained an injury in the 2010 season which decreased his draft profile. The Argos confidently, and happily, grabbed Feoli-Gudino in the fifth round knowing that he was already on the mend. Fully rehabbed and anxious to play, he returned to the Rouge et Or lineup in 2011 and led the QUFL in receiving and receiving yards, and even caught 10 passes for 106 yards and a touchdown in November’s Vanier Cup final against McMaster. He joins the Argos as the CIS’s second-leading career receptions leader and with the twelfth-most receiving yards in a career. In 2008, he was named the MVP of the Vanier Cup game when he scored a 74-yard punt return touchdown and an 82-yard receiving touchdown.
A pure athlete, Strickland was a star receiver at Wofford College. He was also asked, at times, to carry the ball and return kicks. A Second-Team All-Conference choice as a senior, he caught 84 passes for 1,544 yards and 15 TDs in his four-year college career. He led the Terriers in receiving as a sophomore, junior and senior, and was named to the Southern Conference Academic Honour Roll in each of those three years. He earned All-Region and All-Area in both football and baseball while attending Gaffney High School in South Carolina. Strickland has been a member of the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars and Atlanta Falcons.
Julian Feoli-Gudino
Receiver
6’0″, 200 lbs.
Laval
Born: June 22, 1987
San Jose, Costa Rica
1st Year Argos / 1st Year CFL
Non-Import
Acquired: Signed with Toronto on January 10, 2012…Originally drafted by Toronto in the fifth round, 38th overall, in the 2011 CFL Canadian Draft. The pick was originally acquired by Toronto in 2008, from Saskatchewan, along with import DE Ronald Flemons, in exchange for import WR TJ Acree, the rights to a negotiation list player and the Argos’ third round pick in the 2011 CFL Canadian Draft (later traded by the ‘Riders to Hamilton who selected DL Marc-Antoine Fortin).
College: Five year starter for Laval Rouge et Or (2007-2011)…Finished career as the second-leading pass catcher in CIS history (238) and with the twelfth-most receiving yards (2,756)…4-Time First-Team QUFL All-Star…2-Time All-Canadian…2011 Drafted by Toronto and returned to school for his senior season…Started Vanier Cup final where he led his team with 10 catches for 106 yards and a touchdown…Named First-Team QUFL All-Star…Played in 8 regular season games and caught 55 passes for 526 yards with 2 TDs…Receptions total was fourth-most in the CIS and first in the QUFL…2010 Started 8 games…Suffered devastating ankle injury at the end of the season…Had 36 catches for 514 yards and 3 TDs…Named First-Team QUFL All-Star…2009 Started 8 games…Had 34 catches for 364 yards and 3 TDs…Had 12 punt returns for 77 yards…Named Second-Team All-Canadian…Named First-Team QUFL All-Star…Invited to play in the annual East-West Bowl in London…2008 Standout WR for the Vanier Cup Champion Rouge et Or…Started 8 games…Made 65 catches for 785 yards and 4 TDs…65 receptions were the second-most ever in a single CIS season…Had 25 punt returns for 181 yards and 7 kickoff returns for 136 yards…Named Ted Morris Memorial Trophy winner as the MVP in the Vanier Cup…Had an 82-yard touchdown catch, and 74 yard punt return in the Vanier Cup…Named First-Team All-Canadian…Named First-Team QUFL All-Star…2007 Started 8 games…Had 48 receptions for 567 yards and 4 TDs…Returned 16 punts for 161 yards and 9 kickoffs for 209 yards.
Personal: Julian attended high school at Vieux Montreal (CEGEP). He majored in industrial relations while at Laval.
Andrew Strickland
Receiver
6’0″, 197 lbs.
Wofford
Born: September 2, 1987
Aiken, South Carolina
1st Year Argos / 1st Year CFL
Import
Acquired: Signed with Toronto as a free agent on January 10, 2012.
2011: Attended training camp with the Atlanta Falcons and injured…Released on September 2 as a final cut.
2010: Attended training camp with the Atlanta Falcons (NFL) and signed a practice roster agreement…Activated for two games and caught 4 passes for 38 yards.
2009: Attended training camp with the Jacksonville Jaguars (NFL) and released as a final cut…Signed a practice roster agreement with the Atlanta Falcons (NFL) in December.
College: Played four years at Wofford College (2005-08)…For his career he made 84 catches for 1,544 yards and 15 TDs…2008 Named Second-Team All-Conference at receiver…Named Southern Conference Academic Honour Roll…Started all twelve games as a senior and led the team with 656 receiving yards and 7 TDs…Added 13 carries for 217 yards and two touchdowns and also had 9 punt returns for 95 yards…2007 Started all13 games at wide receiver…Led team in catches with 39 for 599 yards and 5 TDs as a junior…Named Southern Conference Academic Honour Roll…2006 Named Southern Conference Academic Honour Roll…Led Terriers in receiving with 14 receptions for 183 yards and 2 TDs as a sophomore…2005 Rookie season.
Personal: Andrew attended Gaffney High School in his hometown of Gaffney, South Carolina. He starred at both receiver and cornerback in football, and was a standout first baseman in baseball. He received All-Region and All-Area honours in both sports and was a two-time Academic All-Area selection. His parents are Phil and Debbie Strickland and his father is the head football coach at Gaffney H.S. Andrew majored in finance at Wofford.
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