Veteran running back Whitaker taking patient approach in CFL free agency
Doing everything right in 2016 hasn’t had the desired effect for Brandon Whitaker.
The Toronto Argonauts running back finished second in CFL rushing last season and was just one of two players to crack the 1,000-yard plateau. Despite being one of the team’s few bright spots in a dismal 5-13 campaign, Whitaker was dealt a punch in the gut prior to the Feb. 14 start of free agency when the Argos informed him he was no longer wanted.
“When I got the news (in phone call from assistant GM Spencer Zimmerman) I was a little disappointed and a little upset,” Whitaker said in a telephone interview. “I felt I had a really good chance to come back to Toronto . . . but I’ve been through this before.
“It’s a business and sometimes it sucks, sometimes it plays into your hand. That’s just how it goes sometimes.”