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TORONTO — Roni Salonen, one of the best linebackers in the German Football League, does not expect a phone call from Canada any time soon.

“Not based on those numbers,” he said on Sunday, after the Canadian Football League’s first-ever international player combine wrapped up.

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The 28-year-old Finn probably should go easier on himself. Here’s how his testing results would have placed him in the national ranks: 13th in the shuttle, 17th in bench press, 23rd in the broad jump, 24th in the 40-yard dash, 28th in vertical jump and 30th in the three-cone drill.

He’s obviously an athlete. But he expected better results and he didn’t exactly crush it during one-on-one pass rushing drills.

“With the pass rush thing, I tried to be more Canadian,” he said. “Giving some moves, and that didn’t go so well. I was just looking at the example from the local guys. At the end, I just tried to bull rush, which is what I do best in Europe.”

He came here on short notice as all the Europeans did, knowing that the budding relationship between the CFL and the rest of the football world will take time to bear fruit. He wanted to do his part.

“Of course I try my best to make progress so they invite people next year. I’m not expecting they will take me to a team, but the least I can do is show up and next year maybe they’re going to take a new group and so on, and so on. That’s what I hope.”

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