



Kyle Quinlan will get his CFL shot after all.



Bypassed in last week's CFL draft, the McMaster quarterback has signed a free agent contract with the Montreal Alouettes.



"I'm not allowed to comment now - it will come out (Tuesday,)" Quinlan said late Monday night. "It's just so everything goes through."



The six-foot-three, 215-pound Quinlan attended training camp with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats last spring as part of league and team initiative intended to help develop Canadian quarterbacks.



Quinlan then went on to lead Mac to heart-stopping 41-38 double overtime victory in the Vanier Cup over Laval in November. He finished 36-of-55 passing for 482 yards and two touchdowns while also running for a team-high 106 yards in guiding the Marauders to their first-ever national football title.



He becomes the league's second Canadian quarterback behind Brad Sinopoli, who is entering his second season with the Calgary Stampeders. In 2010, Sinopoli came to Ticat training camp under the same program as Quinlan.



The Alouettes currently have four quarterbacks on their roster, including multiple CFL record holder Anthony Calvillo, experienced back up Anthony McPherson and fifth-year man Ricky Santos. Josh Neiswander was signed last June.



During the 2011 regular season, Quinlan completed almost 65 per cent of his passes, with 13 touchdowns and just two interceptions. In the playoffs, he was named MVP in the Yates Cup, Uteck Bowl and Vanier Cup.



In February, he pleaded guilty to causing a disturbance and was given a one-year conditional sentence following a drunken incident inside a campus bar last fall.



- with files from Canadian Press