Ese Mrabure-Ajufo

Ese Mrabure-Ajufo
Career information
No. 98 BC Lions
Date of birth	(1992-12-05) December 5, 1992
Place of birth	Mississauga, Ontario
Status	1-Game Injured List
CFL status	National
Position(s)	DL
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	250 lb (110 kg)
University	Wilfrid Laurier
High school	Our Lady of Mount Carmel Secondary School
CFL draft	2015 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5
Drafted by	BC Lions
Career history
As player
2015–present	BC Lions
Career stats
Playing stats at CFL.ca

Ese Mrabure-Ajufo (born December 5, 1992) is a Canadian football defensive lineman for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League. He previously attended Wilfrid Laurier University.

Early career

Mrabure-Ajufo played high school football in his senior year at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Secondary School.^[1]^[2] From 2011 to 2014, he played college football for the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks. He recorded 50 tackles, 5.5 sacks, and a fumble recovery.^[3] He was an OUA second-team all-star in his senior year.^[4] In 2014, Mrabure-Ajufo was invited to the East-West Bowl. During the East-West Bowl combine, he received the best scores in the 40-yard dash, vertical jump, and broad jump among defensive lineman.^[5]

Professional career

Mrabure-Ajufo was drafted in the first round of the 2015 CFL Draft by the BC Lions with the fifth overall pick, despite being projected as a second round pick by the Canadian Football League Scouting Bureau.^[6]^[7] He made his CFL debut on July 4, 2015 against the Ottawa Redblacks, where he registered one special teams tackle.^[8]

References

↑ "The boys are back in town". The Cord. September 4, 2011. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
↑ "Ese Mrabure-Ajufo". BC Lions. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
↑ "Ese Mrabure-Ajufo". Golden Hawk Athletics. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
↑ "OUA announces 2014 Football All-Stars". OUA. November 12, 2014. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
↑ "Forde: A growing trend". TSN. March 28, 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
↑ Beamish, Mike (May 13, 2015). "Lions surprise with top pick Ese Mrabure-Ajufo at CFL draft". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
↑ "CFL Scouting Bureau: Spring Rankings". TSN. April 24, 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
↑ Wallace, Lisa (July 4, 2015). "Burris leads Redblacks over Lions 27–16". Cambridge Times. Retrieved July 5, 2015.

BC Lions current roster

Active roster	1 Greg McGhee 3 Richie Leone 6 T. J. Lee 7 Lavelle Hawkins 8 Boseko Lokombo 9 Chris Rwabukamba 10 Jonathon Jennings 11 Alex Hoffman-Ellis 12 John Beck 16 Bryan Burnham 20 Keynan Parker 21 Ryan Phillips 23 Josh Johnson 24 Pascal Lochard 25 Ronnie Yell 27 Darious Lane 28 Chris Rainey 29 Steven Clarke 33 Andrew Harris 35 Shaquille Murray-Lawrence 37 Eric Fraser 40 Mike Benson 41 Adrian Clarke 44 Adam Bighill 45 Jason Arakgi 46 Rolly Lumbala 50 Kirby Fabien 53 Alex Bazzie 58 Cameron Thorn 62 Cody Husband 63 Jovan Olafioye 66 Jason Foster 68 T-Dre Player 78 David Ménard 83 Stephen Adekolu 84 Emmanuel Arceneaux 85 Shawn Gore 86 Courtney Taylor 87 Marco Iannuzzi 91 Zach Minter 92 Jamarkus McFarland 93 Craig Roh 94 Khreem Smith 98 Ese Mrabure-Ajufo 99 Jabar Westerman

1-Game Injured List	17 Austin Collie 26 Cord Parks 54 Dean Valli 57 Tommie Draheim 90 Michael Brooks

6-Game Injured List	14 Travis Lulay 18 Cameron Morrah 56 Solomon Elimimian 59 Matt Norman 67 Hunter Steward

Practice roster	13 Terence Jeffers-Harris 19 Anthony Fera 31 LaVance Taylor 32 Casey Chin 34 JoJo Dickson 48 Maxx Forde 51 Campbell Allison 65 Jeraill McCuller

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