Nikola Kalinic (Canadian football)
Nikola Kalinic (born January 21, 1997) is a professional Canadian football fullback for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played U Sports football for the York Lions from 2015 to 2018.
| No. 84 Hamilton Tiger-Cats | |
 Kalinic before a Tiger-Cats game in Toronto in 2019 | |
| Born: | January 21, 1997 Toronto, Ontario |
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| Career information | |
| Status | Active |
| CFL status | National |
| Position(s) | FB |
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) |
| Weight | 256 lb (116 kg) |
| University | York |
| High school | Silverthorn |
| CFL draft | 2019 / Round: 2 / Pick: 10 |
| Drafted by | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 2019–present | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| Career stats | |
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Professional career
Kalinic was drafted in the second round, tenth overall by the Tiger-Cats in the 2019 CFL Draft and he signed with the team on May 17, 2019.[2] After making the team following training camp, he played in his first professional game on June 13, 2019 against the Saskatchewan Roughriders.[3] In his second game, on June 22, 2019 against the Toronto Argonauts, he scored his first career CFL touchdown on his first career reception on a 31-yard pass from Jeremiah Masoli.[4]
References
- Espreso.rs (2019-06-23). "Nikola Kalinić dobio pesmu: Grme sa tribina reči posvećene Velikom Srbinu!" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- "Tiger-Cats sign entire 2017 draft class". cfl.ca. May 17, 2019.
- "Saskatchewan Roughriders vs Hamilton Tiger-Cats". cfl.ca. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
- "Hamilton Tiger-Cats vs Toronto Argonauts". cfl.ca. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
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