CFL.ca Staff
OTTAWA –- Ottawa kicker Matt Falvo returns for his fourth season with the Gee-Gees and will be a player to watch in 2011 – his CFL draft year.
From Welland, Ont., Falvo was a second team CIS All-Canadian last season and a first team OUA All-Star.
He started playing football at the age of 16 at Welland’s Notre Dame College School. Since then, Falvo has worked hard at becoming an elite athlete and the hard work paid off last season when he was named a CIS All-Canadian for the first time.
This season, Falvo looks to build off his success from 2010 in order to realize his goal of playing in the CFL. Falvo’s extremely strong work ethic and elite skill have already been evident to players and coaches alike. Numerous times last season, it was Falvo who came through for the Gee-Gees, helping lead the team to its second Yates Cup final in three years.
It is with these attributes of strength, skill, and determination that Falvo looks to create another all-star season, especially when CFL scouts will have their watchful eyes turned his way.
“Matt has done a great job evolving into the ideal and consummate CIS high-end athlete,” said Gee-Gees kicking coach David Miller-Johston, a former CFL-er himself. “He has really stepped up his post-season work. He works on improving physically and works on the position’s specific requirements all year.”
“He has every opportunity to be the best kicker in the country this year.”
