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KNOXVILLE — The 107th Grey Cup will be awarded to the 2019 Canadian Football League champion Sunday night in Calgary.
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats will play the Winnipeg Blue Bomber.
The Bombers have former University of Tennessee player Jonathan Kongbo, who was the fifth overall pick in the 2019 CFL Draft despite suffering a severe knee injury during his final season on Rocky Top.
Kongbo and Edmonton’s Kendal Vickers made deep runs in the CFL playoffs in 2019.
They are the latest former Vols to play in the CFL along with the likes of Jimmy Streater, Johnny Majors, Jonathan Hefney and others.
But no former Vol had a more stellar CFL career than Condredge Holloway.
Holloway, the first-ever African-American quarterback to start in a Southeastern Conference game and a baseball All-American for the Big Orange, had a stellar career on the gridiron for the Vols and was drafted by the New England Patriots in the 12th round of the 1975 NFL Draft.
But Holloway took his talent north of the border.
In Canada, Holloway was a three-time CFL East Division All-Star and a 1982 CFL All-Star. He was also named the league’s Most Outstanding Player in 1982.
He was inducted into the CFL’s Hall of Fame in 1999 after playing for the Ottawa Roughriders (1975-80), Toronto Argonauts (1981-86) and the British Columbia Lions (1987).
Holloway was a Grey Cup Champion in 1976 with the Roughriders and the Argos in 1983.