I had the chance to meet Montreal Alouettes QB Darian Durant on my last trip to Montreal. Super nice guy. Bought him a drink. I didn't actually know the guy, he randomly came to a Montreal bar I was already drinking at (alone) and sat near me. I started a conversation with him which was mainly about the food and beverages on the menu. After he told me he was in Montreal until November and in view of the fact that he was a very athletic looking dude, I put two and two together and asked him if he played for the Alouettes. He said yeah, I am the QB. It didn't even come up until 15 minutes into conversation. Anyway struck me as a good guy and I bought him a drink. He told me he pays 53% of his salary in taxes or something like that. Otherwise likes Montreal. He is from South Carolina played college ball at UNC. I wished him well. He said the team has a lot of new parts/coaches.
Poor Darian....from now he still will have to go through big changes-coaches......wish him the best...not an easy task.