Brian Wiggins is a former award winning receiver in the Canadian Football League

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Wiggins played his college football at Texas Southern University

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. Not drafted and a free agent, he signed with the New England Patriots

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 in 1991 but was released before the regular season. He played for the New Orleans Night

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 of the Arena Football League

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 in 1992 where he caught 72 passes for 805 yards.

He joined the CFL's Calgary Stampeders

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 in 1993, and his 47 catches for 881 yards won the Jackie Parker Trophy

Jackie Parker Trophy

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 for best rookie in the Western Conference. In 1994 he had 64 catches for 859 yards and became a free agent after the season, leaving the CFL. During 1995 and 1996 he was on the Carolina Panthers

Carolina Panthers

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 practice squad. In 1998 he returned with Edmonton and caught 31 passes for 443 yards. His 16 receptions in one game, at Saskatchewan, October 23, 1993, is still a CFL record.

Presently he is the President and Coach of the Houston Energy, a team in the Independent Women's Football League

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