Odell Willis

Odell Willis

No. 40     Winnipeg Blue Bombers
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Date of birth:	December 28, 1984 (1984-12-28) (age 26)
Place of birth:	Meridian, Mississippi
Career information
Status:	Active
CFL status:	Import
Position(s):	DL
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:	265 lb (120 kg)
College:	University of West Georgia
NFL Draft:	2008 / Undrafted
Organizations
As player:
2008 2008 2009 2009-Present	Peoria Pirates Green Bay Blizzard Calgary Stampeders Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Career highlights and awards
CFL All-Star:	2011
CFL East All-Star:	2011
Playing stats at CFL.ca

Odell Willis (born December 28, 1984 in Meridian, Mississippi) is a professional American and Canadian football defensive lineman for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League. He was signed by the Peoria Pirates as a street free agent in 2007. He played college football for the West Georgia Wolves.

Willis has also played for the Green Bay Blizzard and Calgary Stampeders.

College career

Willis played four seasons for the University of West Georgia and totaled 126 tackles, 20.5 sacks and six forced fumbles for the Braves. He was twice named an All-Gulf South Conference selection.

Professional career

AFL

In 2008 Willis played for the Peoria Pirates and the Green Bay Blizzard of Arena Football League 2

CFL

In 2009 Odell Willis signed with the Calgary Stampeders where he recorded 6 sacks in his first 9 games. He was then traded to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in a package trade where he recorded another 4 sacks with the Blue Bombers. In his 2010 campaign Willis started all 18 games and recorded 11 sacks. During the 2011 CFL season Willis started all 18 games for the second consecutive year and set a new career high with 13 sacks. His performance earned him his first CFL East Division All-Star nod and recognition on his first CFL All-Star team a short while later.^[1][2]

References

1. ^ Adam Wazny (November 10, 2011). "Eight Bombers named to East Division All-Star Team". Winnipeg Free Press. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Eight-Bombers-named-to-East-Division-All-Star-Team-133621958.html. 
2. ^ Paul Wiecek (November 16, 2011). "Five Bombers chosen as CFL all-stars". Winnipeg Free Press. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/football/bombers/Five-Bombers-chosen-as-CFL-all-stars-133971588.html. 

External links

• Blue Bombers Bio

Persondata
Name	Willis, Odell
Alternative names	Mayor of Swaggerville
Short description	American football player
Date of birth	December 28, 1984
Place of birth	Meridian, Mississippi
Date of death
Place of death