Former Chiefs defensive back Malik Reaves joins Canadian Football League

Previous Kansas City Chiefs defensive back Malik Reaves has found new work north of the border in the Canadian Soccer League.

If you occur to be a Canadian Soccer League supporter who is also a member of Chiefs Kingdom, then you may well figure out the newest addition to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The Canadian Soccer League workforce signed Malik Reaves, a defensive back who used some time previous summer with the Kansas City Chiefs.

Coming into the 2018 NFL Draft, Reaves experienced acquired high marks as a defensive back at Villanova, in which he also played on defense together with Chiefs defensive close Tanoh Kpassagnon, but he was passed in excess of in all seven rounds in excess of draft weekend. Having said that the Chiefs came contacting soon thereafter and Reaves inked a deal as a precedence totally free agent, spending offseason instruction actions and minicamp with the Chiefs.

From there, Reaves failed to manage a roster spot for the preseason as the Chiefs made a decision to aspect approaches in advance of instruction camp. From there, Reaves moved to his up coming workforce, the Pittsburgh Steelers in which he stayed right up until lively rosters were in the long run owing and he was cut on September 1.

Now Reaves is hoping to make a good impression north of the border with Winnipeg, a playoff workforce who went 10-8 previous year and led the CFL in scoring. At 6’0, 200-as well as pounds, Reaves has an great physical size to match up perfectly against most receivers.

Reaves experienced 51 complete tackles previous year, including 2.5 for a decline. He also experienced 1 compelled fumble, 1 interception, and 2 pass crack-ups. He was two times named an all-meeting participant in the Colonial Athletic Affiliation