Maurice Forbes

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Maurice Forbes
No. 99
Born: (1987-09-09) September 9, 1987 (age 30)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Career information
Status Active
CFL status National
Position(s) DT
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 300 lb (140 kg)
College Concordia
CFL draft 2011 / Round: 2 / Pick: 13
Career history
As player
2011 Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Maurice Forbes (born September 9, 1987) is a former professional Canadian football defensive tackle for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted 13th overall by the Tiger-Cats in the 2011 CFL Draft and signed with the team on June 1, 2011. [1] He played CIS football for the Concordia Stingers.

Canadian football Canadian sport in which opposing teams of twelve players attempt to score by advancing a ball by running, passing and kicking

Canadian football is a sport played in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play 110 yards (101 m) long and 65 yards (59 m) wide attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's scoring area.

Defensive tackle position in American football

A defensive tackle (DT) is typically the largest and strongest of the defensive players in American football. The defensive tackle typically lines up opposite one of the offensive guards. Depending on a team's individual defensive scheme, a defensive tackle may be called upon to fill several different roles. These roles may include merely holding the point of attack by refusing to be moved or penetrating a certain gap between offensive linemen to break up a play in the opponent's backfield. If a defensive tackle reads a pass play, his primary responsibility is to pursue the quarterback, or simply knock the pass down at the line if it's within arm's reach. Other responsibilities of the defensive tackle may be to pursue the screen pass or drop into coverage in a zone blitz scheme. In a traditional 4–3 defense, there is no nose tackle. Instead there is a left and right defensive tackle. Some teams, especially in the National Football League (NFL), do have a nose tackle in this scheme, but most of them do not.

Hamilton Tiger-Cats Canadian Football League team from Hamilton, Ontario

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a professional Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Tim Hortons Field. They were founded in 1950 with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Wildcats.

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