Ken Dorsey eyeing starter’s job

Ken Dorsey isn’t going to drive to Toronto from his home in Florida this weekend to hold a clipboard.

“I don’t think any one of the quarterbacks (signed by the Argonauts) are coming in to be backups,” Dorsey said on Wednesday from Lakewood Ranch, Fla.

“It’s about competing for a starting job.”

Dorsey, 29, most recently was with the Cleveland Browns in 2008 and also played for the San Francisco 49ers.

But he made his name in college, going 38-2 at the University of Miami and winning the national championship in 2001.

‘Lots to learn’

He probably could have landed a college coaching job this season, and though he acknowledged he has “lots to learn” about the CFL, Dorsey is ready to put his nose to the grindstone.

“Every quarterback wants to play in an aggressive offence, attacking the defence, and I feel that’s what coach (Jim) Barker wants to play,” Dorsey said.

“I’m going to be excited to get in the drills with 24 guys out there.”

Dorsey is not the quickest quarterback around. But if he shows the ability to find receivers and be accurate, it will go a long toward determining his future in Toronto.

Dorsey represented one of three potentially significant Argos signings on Wednesday.

Mike Hagen has been hired as the director of player personnel and brings with him 27 years of experience in the NFL in numerous front office and scouting roles.

And Barker went with a player he knows well, signing defensive back Dwaine Carpenter, who spent the past three seasons with the Calgary Stampeders before he was released this month.

Barker had been in the Stamps’ front office before he was hired by the Argos in February.



(torontosun.com)