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Junior Turner has spent six seasons with the Stamps, playing 83 regular-season games, eight playoff games and three Grey Cups, winning one in 2014.
He recorded five tackles during the Stamps’ 2014 Grey Cup victory against Hamilton and was nominated as the team’s Most Outstanding Canadian in 2015 after starting all 18 games at defensive tackle.
Turner was drafted by the Stamps in the second round (ninth overall) in 2011 after playing college ball at Bishop’s. He played his first CFL game on July 1, 2011, against Toronto.
We asked the Toronto native a few questions to get to know him a little better.
What was your first pet?
Dog
What is your second favourite sport?
Football (Soccer is first)
What’s your favourite place you have travelled?
Jamaica
What is your nickname?
Junebug
What is your favourite song?
Popcaan – Everything Nice
What was your first car?
1999 Honda Civic
What was your favourite subject in school?
History
What is your biggest pet peeve?
People messing with my time
What is your favourite food?
Oxtail
What is your favourite Calgary restaurant?
Swiss Chalet
Who is your favourite actor/actress?
Denzel Washington
Who is your best friend on another CFL team?
Shawn Lemon
Who is your best friend on the Stamps?
Jerome Messam
What was your childhood football number?
7
Where is the worst place you have ever travelled?
Cuba
What is your favourite vegetable?
Carrots
What is your pre-game meal?
Six-inch Subway sub
Who is your roommate on the road?
Quinn Smith
What is your pre-game ritual?
Always be last out of the locker room
What piece of equipment are you fussiest about?
Pants – have to be properly fitted
What is your favourite CFL city to visit on the road?
Saskatchewan – the fans are always cheering