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Austin James Ouellette is better known as A.J., a downhill running back who might be known, at least for now, as the backfield running mate for highly touted Canadian quarterback Nathan Rourke.

Who knows what the future has in store for Rourke, the type of collegiate prospect football scouts have projected as an NFL draft pick.

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One of Jim Popp’s final duties as Argos GM involved a scouting trip to the University of Buffalo where Rourke and his fellow Ohio Bobcats were matched up against the host Bulls. Popp wasn’t the only CFL official in attendance to watch Rourke in action.

Ouellette, whose surname is pronounced ‘Oh-let’, was in the backfield with Rourke, a close friend, at Ohio.

Maleek Irons, whom the Hamilton Tiger-Cats selected in this year’s CFL draft, was also a member of the Bobcats.

“I played with him for two years,’’ said Ouellette of Rourke. “He was supposed to be at our wedding this summer, but he had to go to the Manning Passing Academy.