No. 83 – Ottawa Redblacks | |
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Position: | Wide receiver |
Personal information | |
Born: | Muskegon, Michigan, U.S. | December 9, 1998
Height: | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Weight: | 172 lb (78 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Muskegon (MI) |
College: | Central Michigan |
Undrafted: | 2022 |
Career history | |
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
Career highlights and awards | |
Player stats at PFR |
Kalil Pimpleton (born December 9, 1998) is an American professional football wide receiver for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). [1] He played college football at Central Michigan and went undrafted during the 2022 NFL Draft. [2]
He signed with Virginia Tech out of high school and played in 4 games in 2017 before transferring to Central Michigan where he played from 2019 to 2021. [3] He earned MAC Special Teams Player of the Year honors in 2021 for his kick returning and was a first team All-MAC wide receiver. [4]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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5 ft 7+5⁄8 in (1.72 m) |
172 lb (78 kg) |
28+7⁄8 in (0.73 m) |
8+7⁄8 in (0.23 m) |
4.49 s | 1.52 s | 2.50 s | 4.04 s | 6.93 s | 33.5 in (0.85 m) |
9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) |
14 reps | |
All values from Pro Day [5] |
On April 30, 2022, Pimpleton was signed by the Detroit Lions after going undrafted. [6] On August 29, Pimpleton was waived by the Lions. [7] [8] [9]
On September 1, 2022, Pimpleton was signed to the New York Giants practice squad. [10] He signed a reserve/future contract on January 22, 2023. [11] He was waived on August 29, 2023. [12]
Pimpleton signed with the Ottawa Redblacks on January 23, 2024. [13]