Begelton expecting to hit the ground running with Calgary Stampeders
The speedy receiver re-signed with Calgary on Monday for the remainder of the ’21 season. Begelton, 28, was a 2019all-star , but after the Stampeders finished second in the West Division, their season ended with a 35-14 home loss to the third-place Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the conference semifinal.
“Honestly, it’s anywhere I can help the team win,” he said. “I’m coming there to help the team, I am a team player, I’m not selfish… it’s not about me coming in.” Calgary Stampeders’ Reggie Begelton celebrates his first touchdown of the game during CFL West Semifinal football action against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, in Calgary, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019.And the native of Beaumont, Texas, fully expects to hit the ground running with Calgary.“I’m ready,” he said. “Of course, I have to get accustomed to the playbook and everything like that but me being who I am, I know I can do it.
Begelton said he learned plenty during his time with Green Bay spending time with quarterback Aaron Rodgers — the NFL’s MVP last season — and in a receivers room that included Davante Adams, one of the NFL’s best at that position. “The fact I was able to see this man work every day… gave me inspiration,” Begelton said. “The first day of practice he came with it… and it was like, ‘Oh, OK. I thought I worked hard.’ No, no, this man worked.
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