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Everyone knows Bo Levi Mitchell can throw a football.

Apparently he can throw a block, too.

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With less than six minutes to play in Saturday’s 48-23 victory over the visiting Ottawa RedBlacks, the Calgary Stampeders quarterback handed the ball to Anthony Parker, who then flipped it to fellow wideout DaVaris Daniels on the reverse.

As Daniels turned it upfield, Mitchell decided to throw a block on RedBlacks defensive end Connor Williams.

“I don’t know if you count that as a block, me being a speed bump,” Mitchell said with a smile.

“It’s crazy he didn’t care about making the play. He just thought ‘I’m about to hit this guy.’

“I mean, that’s fine, I’ll take it.”

The kinda-sorta-block probably didn’t factor into the decision but Mitchell was named as one of the CFL’s top three performers of the week on Tuesday.

Mitchell completed 24 of 36 throws for 361 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the win but wasn’t interested in basking in the spotlight by himself.