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He was the 70th player taken in this year’s CFL draft, which on its own already put Kerfalla Exume in select company.

It had been 33 years since a player was passed over that many times in the draft before having their name called by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

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The last one was kicker Jadran Mlnarivic in 1986, a name so obscure it appears to be spelled wrong in the Bombers media guide (a Google search suggests it’s Mlnarevic).

In just one game, Exume has already ensured a bigger place in Bomber history, with an eye-popping five special-teams tackles in the season-opener in Vancouver.

Only three Bombers have ever registered more in one game – one of them is team president/CEO Wade Miller, with six. The club record is seven, by Brendan Rogers.

So how does a rookie get on the stats sheet five times in his very first game?

“He had some guys around him doing some dirty work that kept him clean,” Bombers special-teams co-ordinator Paul Boudreau was saying, Monday. “But he’s got a knack. You could see it early in training camp. He might not be the fastest guy on the field, but he just understands little nuances that, for a young guy, is pretty impressive.”