Stavros Katsantonis
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Stavros Anastasios Katsantonis (Greek: Σταύρος Αναστάσιος Κατσαντώνης, born September 9, 1996), nicknamed "the Bakersfield Bandit",[1] is a Canadian football defensive back for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played U Sports football for the UBC Thunderbirds. In college he developed a reputation for forcing turnovers, setting school records, as well as cracking the conference and national record books earning 20 career interceptions as well as a total of 10 forced/recovered fumbles. In his first collegiate season, he garnered national attention with six interceptions and a total of four forced and recovered fumbles in seven games.[2] In his true freshman season, he would go on to be proven as an integral part of the 2015 Vanier Cup Champion T-Birds, and received the Bruce Coulter Award as the Vanier Cup's Defensive MVP.[3][1] Katsantonis would go on to be a 3× first team All-Canadian at the safety position during his collegiate tenure.[4]
No. 30 Hamilton Tiger-Cats | |
Born: | (1996-09-09) September 9, 1996 (age 27) Bakersfield, California, U.S. |
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Career information | |
Status | Active |
CFL status | National |
Position(s) | Defensive back |
Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) |
Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
University | British Columbia |
High school | Liberty High School (Bakersfield, California) |
CFL draft | 2020, Round: 4, Pick: 36 |
Drafted by | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
NFL draft | 2020, Undrafted |
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2021–present | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
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