Anthony Drawhorn led a bit of a nomadic existence in his ten year CFL career, playing for five different teams. Drawhorn started his CFL career with BC in 1988 and played three seasons for the Lions (1988-90). Drawhorn had a very productive rookie season, with 5 interceptions and three fumble returns - one of the latter taken back for a touchdown. Drawhorn had only one interception in each of the the next two years, but played only 14 games total in the two years due to injuries. The Lions released Drayhorn prior to the 1991 season and he signed with the Ottawa Rough Riders as a free agent. With no injuriy problems (missing only one game in three years), Drawhorn returned to his rookie form and had 16 interceptions in those three years (1991-93), including his career high of 8 in 1992. That performance earned Drawhorn both East and CFL All-Star honours for the first time. Drawhorn was then part of a big trade in March of 1994, going to Saskatchewan along with quarterback Tom Burgess and defensive end Paul Yatkowski for quarterback Kent Austin and offensive lineman Andrew Greene. Drayhorn had four interceptions in 1994 with the Riders, but was released before the 1995 season and signed by the expansion Birmingham Barracudas. Drayhorn had 6 interceptions and a career high 63 defensive tackles with Birmingham and earned both South and CFL All-Stars. Saskatchewan reclaimed Drahorn in the dispersal draft of the U.S. based teams after the 1995 season, but played only 7 games with the Riders before being sent to Montreal on October 20, 1996. Drawhorn finished 1996 with the Als, recording just one interception, but it was a 70 yard return for a TD. Drawhorn played seven games for Montreal in 1997, before being released in August. In all, Drawhorn finished with 35 career interceptions. Drawhorn was also used extensively on kick returns with his best year coming in 1991 with Ottawa when he had 1095 yards on kickoff returns and another 677 yards on punt returns.
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