Jimmy Kemp is a former CFL

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 quarterback

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. He is the brother of former NFL quarterback Jeff Kemp

Jeff Kemp

Jeffrey Allan Kemp is a former professional American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, and the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at Dartmouth College. In 1984, Kemp led the Rams with 13 touchdowns...

 and the son of the late American Football League Most Valuable Player

American Football League Most Valuable Players

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 and U.S. Congressman Jack Kemp

Jack Kemp

Jack French Kemp was an American politician and a collegiate and professional football player. A Republican, he served as Housing Secretary in the administration of President George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1993, having previously served nine terms as a congressman for Western New York's 31st...

. After a successful career at Maryland's Winston Churchill High School

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, he played sparingly in his first two seasons at Wake Forest University

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 (including one as a Redshirt

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) before becoming the team's starter during his junior year. After graduating he was signed by the Sacramento Gold Miners

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 of the Canadian Football League

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. He was the team's third string quarterback behind David Archer

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 and Kerwin Bell

Kerwin Bell

Kerwin Douglas Bell is an American college and professional football coach and former player who was a quarterback in the National Football League , World League of American Football and the Canadian Football League for fourteen seasons in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s...

 before moving up to second string when Bell left for the Edmonton Eskimos

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 before the 1995 season

1995 CFL season

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. He got his first start on July 26, 1995 for the now San Antonio Texans

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 when starter David Archer went down. He competed with former Buffalo Bills

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 and Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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 starting quarterback Joe Ferguson

Joe Ferguson

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 for playing time until Archer returned in late August. In 1996 he split his time campaigning with his dad, who was the Republican Party

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 Vice Presidential

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 nominee and playing football. In 1998 when he once again replaced David Archer as starter, this time with the Edmonton Eskimos

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. He split the Toronto Argonauts

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 starting quarterback position with Kerwin Bell during the 2000

2000 CFL season

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 and 2001

2001 CFL season

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 CFL seasons before missing the entire 2002 season

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 due to a contract hold out after the Argonauts refused to pay his moving expenses. http://www.chl.ca/Slam020927/col_lefko-sun.html