Sean Millington Sean Millington ( born February 1 , 1968 in Vancouver , British Columbia ) is a former Canadian Football League fullback and currently does colour commentary for cfl . ca and the CBC . He is also an actor in several movies and television shows . Before the CFL . In 1984 , Millington was a student at Carson Graham Secondary School . The rugby season had changed from fall to spring , so he decided to try out for football . The coach took notice of his size and suggested he start out as an offensive lineman . The following year Millington convinced the coach to let him try out at running back . After high school Millington attended Simon Fraser University , playing with the Simon Fraser Clan . After he graduated , he was trying out for the New York Giants . During those tryouts Millington was quoted in an interview with SLAM ! Sports in August , 2006 , that the best advice that he ever received was from then Giants head coach Bill Parcells , who told him that " he was a diamond in the rough and that he needed to get more experience . " Parcells then advised Millington to get that experience in the Canadian Football League and work hard there and things would work out . Millington replied that Parcells was right . CFL career . Millington played as fullback in the CFL for 12 years with the Edmonton Eskimos , the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the British Columbia Lions before his retirement in 2002 . When Millington was playing for the Edmonton Eskimos , he rushed for 225 yards on 29 carries in a game against the visiting Saskatchewan Roughriders on October 30 , 1999 . He was at that time the most recent Canadian fullback to rush over 200 yards in a game , until Jesse Lumsden was able to rush for 211 yards against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on August 3 , 2007 . However , most of Millingon ' s accomplishments was with the B . C . Lions - who he played with the most in those 12 years ( 1991 – 97 , 2000 – 02 ) . He was known in the league as the " Diesel . " With the Lions organization , Millington was a two - time Grey Cup champion and was named the Grey Cup ' s Most Valuable Canadian in the 88th Grey Cup game in 2000 . In that same year , Millington rushed for 1010 yards on 156 carries and ran for 6 touchdowns , while sharing the backfield duties with import Robert Drummond . He was only the 5th Canadian to accomplish this milestone . In his other accomplishments with the Lions , Millington was named CFL West Division All - Star - five times ; CFL All - Star - three times ; CFL Most Outstanding Canadian Player in the West Division - three times ; CFL ' s Most Outstanding Canadian Award - two times ; and was named as BC Lions ' s nominee for the league ' s Most Outstanding Canadian - four times , before his retirement . After retirement . After his retirement , Millington joined the " CFL on CBC " in 2003 as part of the broadcast panel during pre - game and half - time shows . As part of the panel , Millington was known not to pull punches and tell things as they are , which created some interesting dialogue with former CFLer Greg Frers , with former teammate Darren Flutie and with his former GM Eric Tillman . However , after the 92nd Grey Cup game in 2004 , Millington decided to resurrect his football career . Returning to football . After two years without football , Millington came out of retirement to play another year for the Toronto Argonauts in 2005 . The Argonauts had a need for Millington ' s services , because in his 12 - year career he proved he could run and block with power . With John Avery ' s slashing style and Millington ' s power game , the Argos had a solid duo in the backfield . And when Avery suffered a slight hamstring tear in the Argos ' 35 - 32 win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on October 16 , the signing of Millington paid immediate dividends . However , on October 22 , Millington suffered a ruptured Achilles heel in his right foot in the second quarter of their game against the Montreal Alouettes , which ended his football career , weeks before the CFL playoffs . After his second retirement . After his second retirement , Millington rejoined the CFL on CBC broadcast , and has a weekly column on the Canadian Football League ' s official website on cfl . ca . Although he was acting while he was playing football , Millington started to take on more roles after his last retirement with appearances in movies such as " Are We There Yet ? " with rapper Ice Cube , and " " with Kate Beckinsale . Millington has also appeared in the television series " " , as Bad Blood member Bolt . Millington also does personal training sessions and is an avid video game player . Following his stint at CBC , Sean decided to dust off his economics degree and go to work in the financial industry . He got a job as a business development rep with the wealth management company Sentry Select . Following his time at Sentry Select , Sean decided to join the other side of the industry and is currently working as an investment advisor for TD Waterhouse Private Investment Advice . In his personal life , Millington has a wife and child back in Vancouver . On January 7 , 2010 , Sean Millington was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame along with the 1994 BC Lions Championship team .