TORONTO, ON - NOVEMBER 27: Joshua Bell #11 of the Calgary Stampeders celebrates a tackle during the second half of the 104th Grey Cup Championship Game against the Ottawa Redblacks at BMO Field on November 27, 2016 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)

Former Syracuse football star Devin Butler has decided to take his talents north of the border in the CFL. ITLH breaks it all down and what this means.

So now it all finally makes sense! I attended the Syracuse Football Pro Day back in March and Devin Butler worked out in front of 20 NFL teams and a CFL team!

I was talking with some of the Syracuse staff during the day and apparently it’s a common thing, makes sense since Syracuse is right there by Canada.

Devin Butler had an impressive Pro Day, yet from scouts that I talked too it seemed unlikely he would hear his name called on draft day. But that’s no slight on Butler, only one Syracuse football player was drafted. That was Zaire Franklin by the Indianapolis Colts in the seventh round.

But that’s not the end of the road for players, we saw several players found homes as priority free agents:

But Butler is the first former Syracuse star to jump to the CFL instead of the NFL. Butler signed on with the Calgary Stampeders, per a Syracuse press release.

When Butler first transferred to Syracuse, a lot was made because he came from the prestigious Notre Dame University. In 2017 Butler was the primary nickelback (not the terrible band) for the Orange.

Despite only finishing his collegiate career with one interception, he has deceptively good ball skills.

We often talk about the pipeline from Syracuse to Indianapolis, with so many players making that jump. But now we have a Canadian pipeline with Martin becoming the third former Syracuse football star to make the jump. The others are linebacker Dyshawn Davis (BC Lions) and defensive back Keon Lyn (Hamilton Tiger-Cats).