Cameron Wake

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Cameron Wake

Date of birth:	January 30, 1982 (1982-01-30) (age 26)
Place of birth:	Waco, Texas, U.S.
Career information
Status:	active
CFL status:	Import
Position(s):	DE
Height:	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:	241 lb (109 kg)
Jersey №:	91
College:	Penn State
Organizations
As player:
2005-2006 2007-Present	New York Giants (NFL) British Columbia Lions (CFL)
Career highlights and Awards
2007 CFL All-Star 2007 Western Division All-Star 2007 CFL Most Outstanding Defensive Player 2007 CFL Most Outstanding Rookie 2007 Norm Fieldgate Trophy
Stats at CFL.ca

Cameron Wake (born Derek Cameron Wake on January 30, 1982) is a professional Canadian football player with the CFL British Columbia Lions. Wake plays the defensive end position with the Lions, and wears jersey #91.

1 College career
2 Professional career
3 References
4 External links

[edit] College career

Born in Waco, Texas, Wake grew up in the suburban Washington, D.C. area and attended DeMatha High School in Hyattsville, Maryland.^[1] During his senior season of 1999, Wake was named the Washington Post Defensive Player of the Year.^[1]

Following high school, Wake played collegiately at Penn State. Wake played mainly as a linebacker for the Nittany Lions, but also played the defensive end position. Wake finished his collegiate career with 191 total tackles, 8.5 quarterback sacks, and 24 tackles for loss.

[edit] Professional career

Following his college career, Wake joined the New York Giants in 2005 as an undrafted free agent before being released in 2006.

Wake signed a free agent contract with the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League during May, 2007. Switching from linebacker to defensive end, a rejuvenated Wake had an immediate impact with the team, and was named the Defensive Player of the Week for the first week of the 2007 CFL season after an impressive debut (7 tackles, 3 quarterback sacks) in a 24-22 Lions' victory over the Toronto Argonauts.^[2]

Wake finished the 2007 season with a league-best 16 sacks, and blocked the only field goal in the CFL that season.^[3] He wracked up 72 tackles on his way to becoming the first player in CFL history to be named rookie of the year and defensive player of the year in the same season.^[4]