Joe Eppele

Joe Eppele
No. 59
Date of birth	August 12, 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth	Squamish, British Columbia
Career information
Status	retired
CFL status	National
Position(s)	OL
Height	6 ft 8 in (203 cm)
Weight	309 lb (140 kg)
US college	Washington State
High school	Vancouver College
CFL draft	2010 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2
Drafted by	Toronto Argonauts
Expansion draft	2013 / Round: 2
Drafted by	Ottawa Redblacks
Career history
As player
2010–2013	Toronto Argonauts
2014	Ottawa Redblacks
Career stats
	Playing stats at CFL.ca;

Joseph Eppele^[1] (born August 12, 1987) is a former Canadian football offensive lineman. He was drafted second overall by the Toronto Argonauts in the 2010 CFL Draft, being the first offensive lineman taken while being ranked fifth overall by the CFL's Amateur Scouting Bureau. He played college football for the Washington State Cougars.

College career

Washington State University

Eppele attended Washington State University where he played college football for the Washington State Cougars from 2006-2009.

Professional career

CFL Draft

After a strong outing at the CFL Evaluation Camp, Eppele moved up six spots to become the fifth ranked player in the Canadian Football League’s Amateur Scouting Bureau rankings for players eligible in the 2010 CFL Draft.^[2] On the day prior to the draft, the Toronto Argonauts traded the number one overall draft pick to the Saskatchewan Roughriders, along with the eighth overall pick, for punter Jamie Boreham and the second and fourth overall picks in the 2010 draft.^[3] Rather than drafting one outstanding and high ranked player, the Argonauts elected to trade in order to be able to draft two very highly ranked players; Joe Eppele with the second overall pick and Cory Greenwood with the third overall pick (acquired from BC).^[4]

Toronto Argonauts

On May 18, 2010, it was announced that Eppele had signed a contract through the 2012 CFL season with the Toronto Argonauts.^[5] On December 31, 2012, Eppele signed a contract extension with the Argonauts through the 2014 CFL season.^[6]