Trenton Findley is a former American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 cornerback

Cornerback

A cornerback is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in American and Canadian football. Cornerbacks cover receivers, to defend against pass offenses and make tackles. Other members of the defensive backfield include the safeties and occasionally linebackers. The cornerback position...

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Early years

Findley was a standout in football

High school football

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, basketball

Basketball

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, and track and field at Louisville Male High School

Louisville Male High School

Louisville Male Traditional High School is a public secondary school serving students in grades 9 through 12 in the southside of Louisville, Kentucky, USA. It is part of the Jefferson County Public School District....

 in Louisville, Kentucky where he earned all-state honors in 1998. Findley was a one of Gerry Ahrens' favorite receivers helping the Bulldogs to a Class 4A State Championship in 1998 while piling up 56 receptions

Reception (American football)

In American football, a reception is part of a play in which a forward pass from behind the line of scrimmage is received by a player in bounds, who, after the catch, proceeds to either score a touchdown or be downed. Yards gained from the receiving play are credited to the player as receiving...

 for 867 yards and 8 touchdown

Touchdown

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s, including a 15 pass-reception-performance in the annual Male-Manual rivalry game, the longest running, continuously played, high school football series in Kentucky.

Findley finished fifth in the Class 3A Boys 110 Meter High Hurdles with a time of 15.84 seconds.

Findley was also a participant in the 1999 Annual Kentucky-Tennessee All-Star Game.

College career

Findley was a standout football player at the University of Tennessee-Martin who is a member of the NCAA FCS Division's Ohio Valley Conference

Ohio Valley Conference

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. Findley had 9 career interceptions

Interception (football)

An interception, intercept or pick is a move in many forms of football, including Canadian and American football, as well as rugby league, rugby union, Australian rules football and Gaelic football, which involves a pass, either by foot or hand, being caught by an opposition player, who usually...

 for 113 yards and 2 touchdowns, along with 2 fumble

Fumble

A fumble in American and Canadian football occurs when a player, who has possession and control of the ball loses it before being downed or scoring. By rule, it is any act other than passing, kicking or successful handing that results in loss of player possession...

 recoveries, and 46 punt and kick returns starting in 31 career games at cornerback.

Findley played in the 2003 Paradise Bowl, a post-season all star game, in St. George, Utah

St. George, Utah

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Professional career

Though Findley was a highly touted NFL Draft

NFL Draft

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 prospect in 2003

2003 NFL Draft

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, injuries caused him to go undrafted and unsigned in 2003. He would later sign a free agent

Free agent

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 contract with the Calgary Stampeders

Calgary Stampeders

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 of the Canadian Football League

Canadian Football League

The Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....

. He was released later that year.