{"id":20568,"date":"2018-05-10T00:11:52","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T04:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=20568"},"modified":"2018-05-16T14:31:19","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T18:31:19","slug":"ex-saint-drafted-third-overall-in-cfl-draft-to-lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/ex-saint-drafted-third-overall-in-cfl-draft-to-lions\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Saint drafted third overall in CFL Draft to Lions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Jake Courtepatte<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A familiar face on the St. Andrew\u2019s football front line may be heading to British Columbia.<br \/>\nA three-year offensive lineman for the Saints varsity program, Peter Godber was selected third overall by the BC Lions in Saturday\u2019s CFL entry draft.<br \/>\nThe 6-foor-four, close to 300-pound Godber was watched by six CFL teams on his combine day, eventually selected by a Lions squad in need of some size up front.<br \/>\nThough like many high-end prospects, Godber is hoping to use leverage to gain a chance at an NFL start.<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019ve got to go in with the right mindset,\u201d Godber said. \u201cI set high goals. In college I wanted to be a four-year starter and I started for three years. I\u2019m going to BC with high goals again, but everything is earned, nothing is given.\u201d<br \/>\nGodber will be competing for a starting spot on the Lions\u2019 line, when training camp opens in a couple of weeks.<br \/>\nHe was instrumental in bringing the Saints the CISAA title at Rogers Centre in Toronto in 2012, being named a city and provincial all-star as a senior. Ranked as the number-two player in the nation in his final year as a Saint, he also represented St. Andrews on the World Team in the 2012 IFAF International Bowl in Austin, Texas.<br \/>\nMajoring in sport management and kinesiology, Godber joined the Owls in 2013 after a heavy recruitment process, choosing the smaller Rice University over the larger, more prominent football system at Baylor.<br \/>\nHe started in 39 games for the Rice University Owls, mostly at the guard position.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of a surreal moment for me, to get a call from (Lions general manager) Ed Hervey and to say they really liked me. They made that clear before the draft.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cThey made it clear that if I was there, they were going to take me, and they did. I\u2019m really excited. They have great coaches there, and a great staff.\u201d<br \/>\nHoping to make an impact on the field from day one, Godber said, \u201cI believe in myself.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cI definitely know what I bring to the table as an offensive lineman. I think it shows in my film, as well as my numbers on pro day.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cAt the end of the day, the teams are going to pick the best football players that are going to help them win games, so that was my mindset.\u201d<br \/>\nSaints coach Len Gurr tweeted his congratulations, saying \u201chuge congrats to our boy Peter\u2026Great moment for (St. Andrew\u2019s) football!\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A familiar face on the St. Andrew\u2019s football front line may be heading to British Columbia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-sports","category-sports"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20568\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}