Samuel Giguère remains to Indy
Saturday, August 30, 2008
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Samuel Giguère begin the season on the team training Indianapolis Colts. Samuel Giguère remains with the Indianapolis Colts, who entered his name in the team training. Once informed, he signed a first professional contract.

It is receiving a telephone call from the direction Saturday morning that the former door-color Green and Gold of the University of Sherbrooke learned that he had sufficiently impressed to stay with the team. “It’s like a dream come true for me,” he said at RDS.ca.

It will be one of eight players within the team training. The task force is composed of 53 players. “I will participate in all training as if I was part of the task force. The only difference is that I will not be in uniform on match days.”

But when an injury occur at a steady, the door may open for Sherbrooke who did not at all formalizes its role as a reservist. “I am very happy. It’s going to give me time to continue to learn and improve my. If I continue in the same way, I’ll be able to compete with others by the end of the season.”

The exploit Giguère is not trivial. He went last year of Canadian university circuit in the NFL. Ignored in the repechage, he had joined the Colts as a free agent. “I think the coaches liked my work ethic and my ease of learning. Then I think they saw that physically, I had a lot of potential.”

For over three months since Giguère was engaged in a marathon to prove that the Colts had the necessary tools to build business with major. "It was always a stress whether or not I was going to be cut. From week to week, turnover of players was important. Each morning, I was wondering if you would tell me to pack up. Now that it past, I am really relieved. "

The hours that have elapsed since the end of the last preparatory match on Thursday against the Cincinnati Bengals, when he caught two passes for 22 yards gains have been agonizing for the young man. “It was stressful. All that remained was that the latest cuts to wait. The hours were long but it’s over now.”

He took part in the four games preparatory Colts.

Giguère continue to train at two positions like that been the case during training. It will therefore be used as both a receiver and passes in special units. “Regardless of the position to which j’évolue, all I want is to help the team.”

This decision will be very beneficial for Giguère financially, since it will receive U.S. $ 5000 per week to train with the Colts. This amount would increase to $ 18 000 – the minimum – if it were to find itself in alignment assets of the formation of Indiana. As the first choice in repechage in the CFL, Giguère would probably have earned a salary of $ 55 000 with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

The minimum wage in the NFL this season east of $ 295 000.

Giguère has confessed to having a good thought for those who have helped to achieve his dream, particularly members of Vert and Or

The specialist in long go-Kansas City Chiefs, Jean-Philippe Darche, is pleased with the success of Giguère.

Several players, he said, are awarded by teams before training to earn a spot in training novice. "Samuel has great athletic qualities but not a lot of football behind the tie unlike those arriving major American university programs. If it continues to grow, it will surely opportunity, if not this season, it will be next year, playing in the NFL. "