MONTREAL – Former Slippery Rock University football standout Cory Tucker has signed a two-year contract with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
 
Tucker, an offensive tackle who finished his SRU career in 2015, spent time in preseason camps before the 2016 NFL season with both the Green Bay Packers and the Cleveland Browns.
 
"We're really proud of Cory," said SRU head coach Shawn Lutz. "Not only did he finish his academic work after coming back from those NFL camps, but he kept working hard all year to achieve his professional football goals. We're really looking forward to seeing what he can do in the CFL."
  
Tucker completed his academic coursework in the sport management program at Slippery Rock with an internship in the athletic department offices last fall.
 
The South Park, Pennsylvania native helped lead one of the best offensive attacks among all NCAA Division II schools in 2015. The Rock finished the year with the highest scoring offense in the country, averaging 45.2 points per game. Slippery Rock had the most first downs (351) of any team in the nation, the fifth best total offense in the country at 490.3 yards per game and the 12th best rushing offense at 257.7 yards per game. The offensive unit shattered multiple single-season school records in 2015, including rushing yards (3,608), rushing attempts (741), rushing TDs (46), total offense (6,864), all-purpose yardage (8,599), scoring (633 points) and total TDs (87).
 
Tucker, at 6-foot-4 and 315 pounds, was a finalist for the Gene Upshaw Division II Lineman of the Year and was the highest vote getter among all offensive linemen in 2015. He finished third overall in the national voting for the award.
 
He was honored by six different organizations as an All-American following his senior season, including four that named him a first team All-American. Among those four were the AP Little All-America team and the American Football Coaches Association.
 
Tucker started 48 straight games at right tackle over his four-year career at Slippery Rock, never missing a start after redshirting his first year on campus.
 
He reported this week to Vero Beach, Florida for a spring training camp with Montreal. The Alouettes will open the 20-week regular season June 22 at home against the Saskatchewan Roughriders.



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