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Of all the new players in camp — and there are many — none packs quite the punch as Micah Awe, a hard-hitting linebacker who has all the qualities to emerge as the new face of the Argonauts defence.

The list of quality linebackers produced by the Argos is as long as any in three-down football and Awe could be the next in line for the Boatmen.

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Awe is learning a new system after being signed as a free agent off the B.C. Lions this past off-season but, in many ways, he and head coach/defensive co-ordinator Corey Chamblin will have to be on the same page when schemes get dialed up during games.

Barely one week into camp and the player-coach relationship has quickly been forged. Actually, Awe and Chamblin struck a rapport right from the opening bell in free agency when one of the first suitors was Chamblin.

Awe was born in Nigeria, but essentially grew up in Texas. Soccer was his first sporting passion before he picked up football in the seventh grade.