Grant Shaw is a professional Canadian football

Canadian football

Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...

 Defensive back

Defensive back

In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of...

 and placekicker

Placekicker

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 for the Toronto Argonauts

Toronto Argonauts

The Toronto Argonauts are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League. The Toronto, Ontario based team was founded in 1873 and is one of the oldest existing professional sports teams in North America, after the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta...

 of the Canadian Football League

Canadian Football League

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. He was drafted eleventh overall by the Argonauts in the 2010 CFL Draft

2010 CFL Draft

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 and signed with the team on May 22, 2010. He played college football

College football

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 for the Saskatchewan Huskies football team, where he was named a Canada West All-Star at defensive back in 2009.

Shaw began his rookie season with the Argonauts as the team's starting place kicker before being replaced by Justin Medlock

Justin Medlock

Justin Charles Medlock is a professional American and Canadian football placekicker for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fifth round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at UCLA.Medlock has also been a member of the St...

 and later Noel Prefontaine

Noel Prefontaine

Noel Prefontaine is a professional Canadian football punter / kicker with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.- Early years :...

 due to inaccuracy. Shaw remained on the Argonauts roster for the rest of the season as a backup kicker, punter and Defensive back and coverage man on special teams. In the final game of the regular season vs. Montreal

Montreal Alouettes

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, Shaw handled both kicking and punting duties after Noel Prefontaine pulled a muscle during pre-game warm-ups. Shaw hit three of four field goals, including field goals from 47 and 52 yards, and each of the four extra points he attempted, and averaged 49 yards on five punts.