Lin-J Shell
No. 14 – Winnipeg Blue Bombers | |||||||||||
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Position: | Defensive back | ||||||||||
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Born: |
Orlando, Florida | October 22, 1981||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 180 lb (82 kg) | ||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||
High school: | Edgewater High School | ||||||||||
College: | Jacksonville | ||||||||||
Undrafted: | 2004 | ||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||||
CFL status: | International | ||||||||||
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Career CFL statistics as of 2013 | |||||||||||
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Career Arena statistics | |||||||||||
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Player stats at ArenaFan.com |
Wagner Lindsell Shell, Jr.,[1] better known as Lin-J Shell, (born October 22, 1981 in Orlando, Florida) is a former professional Canadian football defensive back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League. He was originally signed by the Orlando Predators as a street free agent in 2004. He played college football at Jacksonville.
Shell has also been a member of the Philadelphia Eagles, New Orleans VooDoo, Calgary Stampeders (where he helped the team win the Grey Cup), Toronto Argonauts, and BC Lions.
Subsequent to his all-star career with the CFL, Shell teaches physical education at Jean Ribault High School in Jacksonville Jacksonville, Florida. On May 9, 2018, Shell was instrumental in preventing a woman from using her handgun in the school gymnasium following a "social media" brawl.[2] The incident happened less than four months after the Parkland school shooting in the same State where 17 students were shot on Valentine’s Day, 2018.[3]
References
- ↑ http://pmd.fan590.com/podcasts/inside_argos/ita_20100903_092947--September-2-Edition-of-Inside-The-Argos.mp3%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D Shell revealed his full name during a guest appearance on a Sept. 2010 broadcast of "Inside the Argos" on the FAN 590
- ↑ http://canoe.com/news/crime/former-calgary-stampeder-stops-potential-school-shooting/wcm/b32e68e5-e913-4c3f-9099-295c0476ecfc
- ↑ Stoneman Douglas High School shooting