Kwame Cavil

Kwame Cavil
No. 82
Born:	May 3, 1979 (age 45); Waco, Texas, U.S.
Career information
CFL status	American
Position(s)	WR
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	205 lb (93 kg)
College	Texas
Career history
As player
2000	Buffalo Bills
2002–2005	Montreal Alouettes
2005	Edmonton Eskimos
2006	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
2006	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Career highlights and awards
	Grey Cup champion (2005); CFL East All-Star (2004); Second-team All-American (1999); First-team All-Big 12 (1999);
Career stats
Receptions	193
Receiving Yards	2,328 yards (Avg: 12.1 yards)
Receiving TDs	12
Longest Reception	72 yards
Fumbles	5; *CFL statistics only

Kwame Sekou Cavil (born May 3, 1979)^[1] is a former gridiron football wide receiver.

College career

Cavil played college football at the University of Texas at Austin from 1997 to 1999. In 1999, he set a school single-season record by recording 100 receptions. He was the first player ever to leave one of Mack Brown's Texas teams with college eligibility remaining. Cavil was suspended from the team prior to the bowl game in his junior year, for "violation of team rules." The nature of the violation was not specified by Brown, Cavil, or the university. It is uncertain if Cavil would have been welcomed back to the team for his senior season if he had not left early, but it was reported at the time that Brown says he never tells players what to do if they are considering entering the NFL draft early, implying that it was in fact an early departure for the draft. Cavil himself said "After great deliberation with my family, I have decided to forgo my final year of eligibility and go to the NFL," Cavil subsequently went undrafted.^[2]

After his professional football career, Cavil returned to the University of Texas to complete his studies, earning his bachelor's degree from the College of Education in the Spring of 2010.^[3]

Professional career

Cavil was a wide receiver for the NFL Buffalo Bills in 2000.

Cavil joined the CFL in 2002, signing his first contract with the Montreal Alouettes. He has since moved around the league,^[4] most recently having been traded by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to the Blue Bombers on Friday, August 18, 2006, for a third round pick in the 2007 CFL Draft.

References

^ ^a ^b "Kwame Cavil Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
^ "Texas' Cavil puts name into NFL hat". Sports Illustrated. January 7, 2000. Archived from the original on March 11, 2007.
^ "Catching up with Kwame Cavil". Mack Brown-Texas Football. May 25, 2010. Archived from the original on June 13, 2010.
^ "Cavil moves on". Edmonton Sun. August 19, 2006.

[PFR-1] "Kwame Cavil Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved July 19, 2023.

[2] "Texas' Cavil puts name into NFL hat". Sports Illustrated. January 7, 2000. Archived from the original on March 11, 2007.

[3] "Catching up with Kwame Cavil". Mack Brown-Texas Football. May 25, 2010. Archived from the original on June 13, 2010.

[4] "Cavil moves on". Edmonton Sun. August 19, 2006.

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