REGINA, Saskatchewan --- Tusculum University wide receiver Joe Robustelli has signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League.
Robustelli, a 6-2, 220-pound native of Sarasota, Florida, appeared in eight games for the Pioneers last season where he led the Pioneers with six touchdown catches. He finished second on the team with 20 receptions for 475 yards and averaged a team-best 23.8 yards per catch which is the fifth-best average in program history.
He made five catches for 89 yards and two touchdowns in Tusculum's 27-21 win at Carson-Newman. He followed with two receptions for 114 yards in a home win over UVA Wise which included a 73-yard TD catch. He tallied four receptions for a season-best 127 yards and two touchdowns including his 68-yard score in the fourth quarter at Emory & Henry.
Robustelli, who majored in communications, was a member of the Tusculum Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
He becomes the 33rd TU football student-athlete to sign professionally and seventh with a Canadian Football League team. The last Pioneer to sign with a CFL club was Dee Alford who inked with Winnipeg and led the Blue Bombers to a second Grey Cup Championship. Alford would later sign with the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League.
