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Jean-Philippe Bolduc was finally able to add his own football to a shelf that already held several footballs belonging to his housemate Antoine Pruneau, both their helmets from the 2016 championship season, their Upper Deck trading cards and a signed Arizona Cardinals rookie card from their buddy Ryan Lindley.

Last Saturday, in Ottawa’s first-place clinching 30-13 romp over the Tiger-Cats in Hamilton, Bolduc – ironically enough, filling in for the injured Pruneau at safety – picked off a pass by quarterback Jeremiah Masoli. It was Bolduc’s first career CFL interception – so he got the ball to keep as a souvenir.

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“It was good timing, it was toward the end of the game, it kind of sealed the win and first place in the East,” said Bolduc. “The ball was up there for so long, it was wobbling and curving. At one point, I was thinking, ‘Am I going to catch it?’ I was running one way and the ball came across my body. It wasn’t as easy as it looked on tape.”