Music: {allcanada} BLUE BOMBERS ADD VETERAN QB BISHOP TO PRACTICE ROSTER

Monday, October 3, 2011

{allcanada} BLUE BOMBERS ADD VETERAN QB BISHOP TO PRACTICE ROSTER

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers added import quarterback Michael Bishop to the club's practice roster.

Earlier this season, Bishop was signed by the Calgary Stampeders in a back-up role where he played in five games rushing six times for 17 yards and a touchdown. He re-joins the Bombers after last suiting up for the team in 2009.

A nine-year veteran who's played in 129 CFL games with Toronto, Saskatchewan, Calgary and Winnipeg, Bishop has thrown for 11,772 yards and 66 touchdowns including a career-high 3,035 yards while with the Bombers in 2009. He has also added 1,404 rushing yards and 13 touchdowns on the ground.

A Heisman Trophy finalist in college, Bishop was signed by the Argonauts in 2002 where he spent seven seasons, winning a Grey Cup with the team in 2004. He was traded to the Roughriders in 2008 and signed as a free agent by the Bombers in 2009 and then by the Stampeders earlier this season.

He was released by the Stampeders in August.