Shiltz to become 12th post-Calvillo starter for Alouettes; Pipkin also to play
MONTREAL — The long list of quarterbacks who have taken snaps for the Montreal Alouettes in the past four years is about the stretch a little farther.
Rookie Matt Shiltz is to get his first Canadian Football League start, and Antonio Pipkin is to make his CFL debut when the Alouettes end the regular season with an otherwise meaningless game in Hamilton on Friday night.
Both will be looking to impress general manager and head coach Kavis Reed enough to be invited back next season.
“Every time you step on the field it’s an opportunity to show the league and your team and the coaches what you can do and why you deserve to stay,” said Shiltz, who was working as an accountant last March when the Alouettes called to invite him to camp. “It’s not going to change this time.