![]() Callender with the Montreal Alouettes in 2024 | |
No. 62 – Montreal Alouettes | |
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Position | Offensive tackle |
Roster status | Active |
CFL status | American |
Personal information | |
Born | Berkeley, California, U.S. | June 16, 1994
Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
Weight | 321 lb (146 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | St. Mary's (Albany, California) |
College | Colorado State |
NFL draft | 2017: undrafted |
Career history | |
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
Awards and highlights | |
Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
Stats at CFL.ca |
Nick Callender (born June 16, 1994) is an American professional football offensive tackle for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
After using a redshirt season in 2012, Callender played college football for the Colorado State Rams from 2013 to 2016. [1] He played in 37 games for Rams and started in 21 of them. [2]
Callender ruptured his Achilles tendon shortly after his college career and was not drafted in 2017 NFL draft. [3] Following his recovery, he signed as an undrafted free agent with the Seattle Seahawks on May 7, 2018. [2] However, he was waived prior to the preseason on June 12, 2018. [2]
On August 2, 2018, Callender signed with the Indianapolis Colts. [2] However, he was released among the final roster cuts on September 1, 2018. [4]
Callender played in six games for the Salt Lake Stallions in 2019. [5] The league ceased operations in April 2019 and his contract was terminated. [6]
Callender next played for the Houston Roughnecks in 2020, but he had his contract terminated when the league suspended operations on April 10, 2020. [5] [7]
On June 30, 2021, it was announced that Callender had been signed by the Montreal Alouettes. [8] Following training camp, he began the 2021 season on the practice roster, but made his professional debut on October 16, 2021, against the Ottawa Redblacks, as a backup. [9] He played in five regular season games in his rookie year, starting in two. [9]
In 2022, Callender began the year on the injured list, but played and started in the last 16 games of the regular season. [10] [11] He signed a two-year contract extension on February 23, 2023. [12] In the next season, he played and started in all 18 regular season games at left tackle. [13] For his strong season, he was named an East Division All-Star. [14]
Callender was born in Berkeley, California to parents Meredith and Henry Callender and has a younger sister.
Nick Callender likes to hang out at the Warehouse on Crescent Street, MTL. He loves a good whisky & coke. Double. Jameson. [1]