Chris Brazzell Chris Brazzell ( born May 22 , 1976 in Fort Worth , Texas ) is a retired Canadian Football League wide receiver . College career . Brazzell played the final two seasons ( 1996 and 1997 ) of his collegiate career with the Angelo State University Rams after playing the previous two years for the Blinn College Buccaneers . Despite playing only two seasons at Angelo State , he finished ninth on the Rams ' all - time receiving list with 1 , 565 yards . He was a two - time All - Lone Star Conference selection . As a senior , he earned second team All - America n and first team All - Lone Star Conference honors . Professional career . NFL career . The New York Jets drafted Brazzell in the sixth round ( 174th overall ) of the 1998 NFL Draft . He attended the Jets training camp and was released on August 30 . He was subsequently signed by the Jets to their practice roster , where he remained for all of the regular season and playoffs . Brazzell began the 1999 season with the New York Jets but was claimed off waivers by the Dallas Cowboys on September 6 . He made his NFL debut on special teams in the Cowboys ' 41 - 35 season - opening victory over the Washington Redskins . He recorded his first NFL reception in a 20 - 10 Dallas victory over the Philadelphia Eagles , a 12 - yard grab from quarterback Troy Aikman . He followed that up the next week with a season - high 62 yards on two receptions . He earned his first NFL start in the Cowboys ' 27 - 10 Wildcard loss to the Minnesota Vikings . In the 2000 season Brazzell dressed for nine games for the Dallas Cowboys . He caught only two passes for 12 yards but saw plenty of special teams action , finishing in a tie for seventh place with ten special teams tackles . On two occasions he led the team in special teams tackles . He missed Dallas ' final two regular season games due to a shoulder injury . Brazzell attended the Cowboys training camp in 2001 , but was released on August 28 . He saw limited action in the pre - season with Dallas , hauling in five receptions for 99 yards and one touchdown . CFL career . 2001 Season . Brazzell joined the Edmonton Eskimos practice roster on October 15 . He made his CFL debut on Nov . 4 in a 32 - 26 Edmonton win over the Montreal Alouettes , a game in which he had three catches for 76 yards . He also had one catch for nine yards in Edmonton ' s 34 - 16 Western Final loss to Calgary . 2002 Season . Brazzell played in 11 games in his second season with the Edmonton Eskimos . He finished fourth among Edmonton receivers with 30 receptions for 546 yards and three touchdowns . One of the personal highlights for Brazzell was a 101 - yard reception for a touchdown from Jason Maas in a 27 - 21 season - opening victory against the Calgary Stampeders . He continued to make big plays in the post - season for the Esks . He had four receptions for 79 yards in Edmonton ' s 33 - 30 Western Final over Winnipeg . And in the Esks ' 25 - 16 Grey Cup loss to Montreal , Brazzell had three receptions for 65 yards . 2003 Season . Brazzell signed with the BC Lions as a free agent on March 25 . He played in all 18 games for B . C . that season . He finished second on team , and sixth in the CFL , with 1 , 111 yards on 68 catches including six receiving touchdowns . He registered five 100 - yard receiving games . He had perhaps his best game of the season in the Lions ' 26 - 20 victory on September 20 against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers when seven receptions for 157 yards . He had the first multi - to game of his CFL career when he hauled in a pair of scores in the Lions ' August 22 victory against the Hamilton Tiger - Cats . Brazzell had two catches for 11 yards in the Lions ' 28 - 7 Eastern Semifinal loss in Toronto . 2004 Season . In 2004 Brazzell finished fourth on the BC Lions in receiving with 49 receptions for 906 yards and eight TDs in 16 games . He had three 100 - yard games during that span . Brazzell was equally effective in the post - season for the Lions . He had three catches for 40 yards and one TD in B . C . ' s 27 - 25 Western Final overtime victory against the Saskatchewan Roughriders . He also had a pair of passes in the Leo ' s 27 - 19 loss to the Toronto Argonauts in that year ' s Grey Cup championship . 2005 Season . In 2005 Brazzell signed with the Hamilton Tiger - Cats . During his brief stay in Hamilton , Brazzell had 22 catches for 252 yards and two TDs in six games . Brazzell had signed with the Ti - cats on the promise that he would only play the wide receiver position , but the Ti - cats coaching staff had Brazzell play slotback for them . This outraged Brazzell , as he saw himself as a deep threat receiver , something that playing slotback did not let him do . On August 9 , 2005 , Brazzell was traded to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in exchange for Canadian receiver Kamau Peterson . The trade quickly showed to be one sided , with Brazzell hauling in 12 passes for 307 yards and two TDs in his first 3 games as a Bomber , surpassing his yard total and matching his TD total that he had posted in 6 games as a Ti - cat . Brazzell finished the season with 46 catches for 708 yards and 6 TDs . 2006 Season . 2006 was a season of ups and downs for Brazzell . He started the season strong with a multiple touchdown game against the Edmonton Eskimos on July 1 and a couple more touchdowns in other games . By mid season his play started to flounder , with him being totally neutral during many games . At the end of the 2006 CFL season Brazzell picked his play up to finish the season with 43 catches for 604 yards and 7 touchdowns . Although Brazzell was scheduled to become a free agent on February 16 , 2007 he chose to re - sign with the Blue Bombers . 2007 Season . Brazzell played 7 games for the Blue Bombers until he injured his ankle in September . In those games he had 17 receptions for 182 yards and one touchdown . He was released by the club on February 5 , 2008 and is currently listed as retired on the CFL website .