Find out a little more about rookie running back/kick returner Marcus Thigpen…
Q:Do you have any pre-game rituals that you follow?
A: When we have later game I like to sit in the room before and watch cartoons. I like to watch cartoons, just to ease my mind and keep me relaxed.
Q: What is your favourite personal football memory?
A: It was my homecoming in high school and we were down with maybe 5 seconds left. They threw a bomb to me and I caught it between two defenders and after I scored, my mom fell down the bleachers and my wife now, who was a cheerleader at the time, tried to d a backwards flip and slipped because it was raining.
Q: Who is an athlete you admired growing up?
A: Barry Sanders. He was the one I watched the most because I was small growing up and he was a small guy, so I wanted to resemble him.
Q: What surprised you the most when you got to the CFL?
A: There were a few things really. The three downs, the twelfth man, but the size of the endzone was probably the most surprising, it’s huge.
Q: If you weren’t playing football where would you be?
A: If I wasn’t playing football I’d probably be working at a group home, working with kids. I want to help kids become young men and teach them life skills. Something that I didn’t have when I was growing up with my household, so I want to teach them.
Q: If you could try another position on the field what would it be?
A: Probably a safety. I think I could be a pretty good safety on defence. I can cover sideline to sideline pretty quickly and I’ve got some make-up speed, so I think safety would be good.
Q: Do you have a favourite pre-game meal?
A: No I just kind of roll with the punches and eat whatever.
Q: Whats getting the most play in your ipod or car right now?
A: Gospel music, I love gospel.
Q: Do you have any game day superstitions?
A: No, I don’t. Nothing.
