Jeff Piercy (born March 25, 1983) is a former

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fullback who most recently played for the

Hamilton Tiger-Cats The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a professional Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They are currently members of the East Division (CFL), East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The Tiger-Cats play their home game ...

of the

Canadian Football League The Canadian Football League (CFL; , LCF) is a Professional gridiron football, professional Canadian football league in Canada. It comprises nine teams divided into two divisions, with four teams in the East Division (CFL), East Division and f ...

. Piercy is an alumnus of

Evan Hardy Collegiate Evan Hardy Collegiate Institute is located on the east side of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, serving students from grades 9 through 12. It is also known as Evan Hardy, Hardy, or simply EHCI. Evan Hardy Collegiate was named for noted University ...

, where he graduated in 2001. Piercy played in college for the

University of Saskatchewan The University of Saskatchewan (U of S, or USask) is a Universities in Canada, Canadian public university, public research university, founded on March 19, 1907, and located on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, Saskatch ...

and was named a

Canada West The Province of Canada (or the United Province of Canada or the United Canadas) was a British colony in British North America from 1841 to 1867. Its formation reflected recommendations made by John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, in the Report ...

All-Star in his final season. He was selected 12th overall in the 2nd round of the 2005 CFL draft and he played mostly on

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his first year with the

Montreal Alouettes The Montreal Alouettes (Canadian French, French: ''Les Alouettes de Montréal'') are a professional Canadian football team based in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in 1946, the team has disbanded twice and been re-established thrice. The Alouettes compe ...

. In 2007, Piercy was traded to the Tiger-Cats in exchange for

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. In January 2009, Piercy retired from the CFL to pursue a

Master's degree in Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration; elective courses may allow further study in a particular ar ...

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.Piercy retires to pursue MBA at Oxford
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External links

Jeff Piercy at ticats.ca

References

1983 births Canadian football fullbacks Hamilton Tiger-Cats players Living people Montreal Alouettes players Players of Canadian football from Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Huskies football players Canadian football people from Saskatoon {{Canadianfootball-fullback-stub