Tremayne Kirkland Tremayne Sy Kirkland ( born January 26 , 1984 in Sacramento , California ) is a wide receiver for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League . He played college football at Portland State . Kirkland originally attended UNLV for four years , competing in football only two of those years , redshirt freshman then medical redshirt two years later . He then transferred to Portland State where he played football for two years , after receiving a sixth year of eligibility . High school career . Kirkland attended Hiram W . Johnson High School where he was a First - team All - league and All - city quarterback . He rushed for 986 yards and 12 touchdown s while passing for 1 , 200 and 10 more touchdowns as a senior to help lead the Warriors to a 10 - 2 record in 2001 . He was the first quarterback from his high school to earn All - city . He also lettered three times in basketball , twice in baseball , and ran relays for the track team . College career . UNLV . Kirkland then attended UNLV where he majored in University Studies . In 2002 , he redshirted for the season . In 2003 , as a redshirt freshman , he played in all 12 games as a kick returner and wide receiver . He returned every UNLV punt of the season and led the Mountain West Conference with an average of 12 . 6 yards - per - return , which ranked 17th in the nation . His total of 25 returns tied for third - most in school history and broke a freshman record of 11 set by Duane James in 1998 . His total of 314 kick return yards ranked third all - time and more than doubled the freshman record of 132 set by James . Kirkland ' s season - long 75 - yard return helped UNLV beat New Mexico . He also recorded three receptions for 13 yards . He also attempted a pass on a trick play against BYU . In 2004 , Kirkland had to use a medical redshirt and miss the entire season after separating his shoulder during preseason camp . He was named preseason First - team All - MWC as a punt returner by " Phil Steele ' s , College Football News " and " Athlon Sports " . He as ranked the # 16 returner in the nation by " The Sporting News " . In 2005 , he returned from his injury and played in eight games , and recorded 28 receptions for 254 yards and one touchdown . He also carried the ball 20 times for 109 yards and completed 3 - of - 5 passes for 101 yards and one touchdown , along with returning 11 punts for 69 yards . Portland State . Then , in 2006 , Kirkland transferred from UNLV to Portland State . He also had the possibility of petitioning the NCAA for a sixth year of eligibility due to his having to use a medical redshirt . For the 2006 season , he played in 10 games , recorded 38 receptions for 533 yards , and seven touchdowns . He also carried the ball seven times for 24 yards , and completed 1 - of - 1 passes for a 42 - yard touchdown . At the end of the 2006 season , Kirkland petitioned the NCAA for an additional year of eligibility to compete in four years of football , since he had only played in three - of - five since he had redshirt his freshman year , and an injury redshirt two years later . On May 23 , 2007 , he was granted a sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA . As a sixth - year senior in 2007 , Kirkland had one of the best seasons by a receiver in school history . He finished the season with 84 receptions for 1 , 059 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns in 10 games ( missing one due to injury ) . His 84 receptions rank second in school history for a season . His 1 , 059 receiving yards rank 10th all - time in school history . It was the first 1 , 000 - yard receiving season for a Viking since 2001 . He led the conference and ranked second in the nation in receptions per game with 8 . 4 , and sixth in yards per game with 105 . 9 . He also carried the ball 12 times for 64 yards and a touchdown . He had 1 , 234 all - purpose yards for an average of 123 . 4 per game . Professional career . Pre - draft . After graduating from Portland State , and completing four years of college athletics , Kirkland declared for the NFL Draft . He was rated , by " NFLDraftScout . com " as the 103rd Wide Receiver out of 334 , and was projected to go unselected in the 2008 NFL Draft , and did . He did not receive any offers to attend training camp with any NFL team , either . af2 . On October 7 , 2008 he signed with the Spokane Shock of the af2 football league . However , on February 18 he was traded by the South Georgia Wildcats to the Tri - Cities Fever . Personal . Kirkland is the son of Wardell and Wanda Kirkland , as well as a relative of former Los Angeles Ram Defensive end Lamar Lundy .