Being drafted by a professional sports team is something every young athlete dreams of. Being drafted by two professional sports teams in the span of a little more than a week is unreal.

Justin Senior, former offensive tackle for Mississippi State was all smiles when the Seahawks used a sixth round pick to select him in the 2017 NFL draft.

Fast forward eight days to the Canadian Football League draft, Senior again hears his name called. This time it’s with the Edmonton Eskimos fifth round pick. What might seem a wasted pick is anything but. Canadian footballers are especially coveted in the CFL and with the chance Senior doesn’t secure a job in the NFL, the Eskimos want first dibs.

Senior was the top ranked prospect in the entire CFL draft only to see his stock fall after the Seahawks selected him. He played both left and right tackle at Mississippi State and told reporters that in his brief conversations with Seattle, left tackle is where they envision him.

“They said they want me to be prepared to play left tackle,” Senior said during his post-draft conference call. “I think I will start over there, and we’ll see from there.”

Born in Montreal to Jamaican parents, Senior spent much of his first five years in Jamaica before the family permanently relocated to Montreal.

He is currently finishing his second undergraduate degree.

“I’m one credit away from a second degree,” Senior said. “That’s what I’m working on, a degree in Sociology. That’s only because of my international situation in Mississippi, I couldn’t really go to Grad school program, because of football schedule and my international situation. I have just been working on my second degree.”