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- ↑ "Draft Tracker | Prospect Central | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Cana…". Archived from the original on 22 July 2012.
- ↑ "BC Lions Draft History | B.C. Lions". Archived from the original on 2013-04-23. Retrieved 2013-04-22.