Chad Johnson, aka Chad Ochocinco, aka Chad Quatre-Vingt-Cinq, has officially signed a two-year contract to play in the CFL for the Montreal Alouettes, after working out for the team this week in Florida.
This deal has been about a month in the making since Johnson first expressed a desire to continue his professional football career in the Canadian League. Via his twitter feed, (@ochocinco) News broke about a month ago that Johnson wanted to play in the CFL for the B.C. Lions. Soon afterwards, further news broke that the Alouettes had put the former Cincinnati Bengals and New England Patriots star on their exclusive-rights negotiation list.
The Montreal Alouettes broke the news that the signing was official via the team’s official twitter account.
IT’S OFFICIAL: @ochocinco puts pen to paper with @PoppJim. Bienvenue à #HuitCinq chez les #Alouettes! #CFL #LCF pic.twitter.com/yKkRlBwU7y
— Montreal Alouettes (@MTLAlouettes) April 17, 2014
The 36-year old Johnson, was taken by the Bengals in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He spent the first 10 years of his career with the Bengals, and then one season with Patriots. He signed with the Dolphins in 2012, but was released by the team during training camp. Overall he 751 receptions for 10,783 yards and 67 touchdowns in 151 games in his 11-year NFL career.
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