Johnny Aprile

Giovanni "Johnny" Aprile (born June 12, 1989) is a retired Canadian football wide receiver. He was selected 16th overall by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the 2012 CFL Draft. After the 2011 CIS season, he was ranked as the 12th best player in the Canadian Football League’s Amateur Scouting Bureau final rankings for players eligible in the 2012 CFL Draft, and seventh by players in Canadian Interuniversity Sport.[1] He played CIS football for the Queen's Golden Gaels in Canadian Interuniversity Sport football.[2][3]

Johnny Aprile
No. --     Free Agent
Born: (1989-06-12) June 12, 1989
Toronto, Ontario
Career information
Status6-Game Injured List
CFL statusNational
Position(s)WR
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight208 lb (94 kg)
UniversityQueen's
CFL draft2012 / Round: 3 / Pick: 16
Drafted byWinnipeg Blue Bombers
Career history
As player
2012*Winnipeg Blue Bombers
2014–2017Hamilton Tiger-Cats
2018–PresentEdmonton Eskimos
*Offseason and/or practice roster only.
Career stats

Professional career

Aprile was selected 16th overall on May 3, 2012 in the 2012 CFL Draft by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.[4] He was signed by the Blue Bombers on May 25, 2012 where the team planned to convert him to defensive back.[5]

Johnny Aprile was released on June 21, 2012 by the Blue Bombers to allow Aprile to return for Queens to play for the Golden Gaels in the 2012-2013 season [6]

On January 29, 2014, the Blue Bombers traded Aprile's rights to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats for defensive back Matt Bucknor. He was later signed by the Tiger-Cats on March 28, 2014. He was signed by the Edmonton Eskimos in 2018, but was later released by the team after not playing a single game all season. No other team was interested in signing Johnny after the 2018 season. [7]

References
  1. CFL Scouting Bureau - April 2012 Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine
  2. http://www.gogaelsgo.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3320&path=football
  3. Varga and Aprile making a big impact on the CIS Archived 2012-03-07 at the Wayback Machine
  4. http://cfl.ca/draft
  5. Blue Bombers sign 2012 draft pick, import receiver
  6. Bombers cut Wilbur
  7. Tiger-Cats sign three
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