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{{Infobox CFL biography
|name=Ryan Thelwell
|team=
|image=Ryan Thelwell.jpg
|caption=
|import=no
|position1=Wide receiver
|number=
|College=[[Minnesota Golden Gophers football|Minnesota]]
|birth_place=[[Montego Bay]], Jamaica
|Height_ft=6
|Height_in=1
|Weight_lbs=193
|CFLDraftedYear=1998
|CFLDraftedRound=2
|CFLDraftedPick=9
|CFLDraftedTeam=BC Lions
|NFLDraftedYear=1998
|NFLDraftedRound=7
|NFLDraftedPick=215
|NFLDraftedTeam=[[San Francisco 49ers]]
|playing_years1={{NFL Year|1998}}
|playing_team1=[[San Diego Chargers]]
|playing_years2=1999
|playing_team2=[[Jacksonville Jaguars]]*
|playing_years3={{NFL Year|1999}}
|playing_team3=[[Pittsburgh Steelers]]
|playing_years4={{CFL Year|2001}}–{{CFL Year|2006}}
|playing_team4=[[BC Lions]]
|playing_years5={{CFL Year|2007}}–{{CFL Year|2010}}
|playing_team5=[[Calgary Stampeders]]
|playing_years6={{CFL Year|2011}}
|playing_team6=BC Lions
|career_footnotes=<nowiki/>*Offseason and/or practice squad member only
|career_highlights=
*3× [[Grey Cup]] champion ([[94th Grey Cup|94th]], [[96th Grey Cup|96th]], [[99th Grey Cup|99th]])
* Second-team [[List of All-Big Ten Conference football teams|All-Big Ten]] ([[1996 All-Big Ten Conference football team|1996]])
|CFLAllStar=
|CFLWestAllStar={{CFL Year|2004}}, {{CFL Year|2005}}
|Awards=
|Honors=
|Records=
|CFL=93
|NFL=THE415291
|statlabel1=Receptions-receiving yards (NFL)
|statvalue1=16-268
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'''Ryan Thelwell''' (born April 6, 1973) is a [[Jamaica]]n-[[Canadians|Canadian]] former professional [[wide receiver]] of [[American football]] and [[Canadian football]]. Thelwell was originally drafted 9th overall by the Lions in the [[1998 CFL Draft]] and by the [[San Francisco 49ers]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL) in the [[1998 NFL draft]] in the seventh round with the 215th overall pick.<ref>[http://www.databasefootball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1998&lg=nfl 1998 NFL Draft on databaseFootball.com<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327012100/http://www.databasefootball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1998&lg=NFL |date=March 27, 2008 }}</ref> Thelwell played [[college football]] with the [[University of Minnesota]].
 
== Early life and college ==
Thelwell was born in [[Montego Bay]], [[Jamaica]] and grew up in [[London, Ontario|London]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]].<ref name="big name">{{cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/sports/story.html?id=05eebbae-a190-4861-b686-5e5041b86b6b&k=70627|title=Thelwell among big-name CFL free agents|last=Beamish|first=Mike|date=January 11, 2007|publisher=Canwest News Service|access-date=April 29, 2008}}</ref><ref name="Londoner 2011-02-01">{{cite web|last=Reed|first=Jeffrey|title=London's Ryan Thelwell retires from the CFL|url=http://www.thelondoner.ca/2011/02/01/londons-ryan-thelwell-retires-from-the-cfl|work=The Londoner|access-date=January 10, 2013|date=February 1, 2011}}</ref> He graduated from [[Catholic Central High School (London, Ontario)|London Catholic Central High School]] in 1993 and played on the football, volleyball, basketball, and track teams.<ref name="Londoner 2011-02-01"/> Thelwell attended the [[University of Minnesota]]. After redshirting a year, Thelwell played wide receiver on the [[Minnesota Golden Gophers football]] team from 1994 to 1997 seasons. In 7 games in his freshman season (1994), Thelwell caught 24 passes (including 3 touchdowns) for 406 yards and had a long reception of 80. In 1995, Thelwell caught 58 passes for 775 yards and 6 touchdowns. In 1996, Thelwell made 54 catches for 1,051 yards and 5 touchdowns.<ref name="UMN">{{cite web|title=Ryan Thelwell|url=http://www.gophersports.umn.edu/Football/1996/bios/thelwell.stm|publisher=University of Minnesota|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970610184505/http://www.gophersports.umn.edu/Football/1996/bios/thelwell.stm|archive-date=June 10, 1997}}</ref> He was a second-team All-[[Big Ten Conference]] media selection and honorable mention all-Big Ten coaches' selection.
 
== Professional career ==
 
=== National Football League ===
Thelwell was drafted 215th overall by the [[San Francisco 49ers]] in the seventh round of the [[1998 NFL Draft]], but failed to stick with the team following training camp.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1998 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1998/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He then signed with the [[San Diego Chargers]] and played in six games, starting three. He caught his first pass of the season against the [[Baltimore Ravens]] on November 15, 1998, and scored his first and only touchdown of the season on December 27 in the season finale against the [[Arizona Cardinals]].<ref name="1998 games">{{cite web|title=Ryan Thelwell game logs, 1998|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/ryanthelwell/2503288/gamelogs?season=1998|publisher=NFL|access-date=January 10, 2013}}</ref> Thelwell caught a crucial, 30-yard touchdown pass on 4th-and-20 with 16 seconds left that would tie the game at 13 after the extra point. However, San Diego would lose 16-1316–13.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cardinals 16, Chargers 13|url=https://apnews.com/ebd92ab497462b58c4c82201709c402e|publisher=Associated Press|access-date=January 10, 2013|date=December 27, 1998}}</ref> Only Thelwell caught more passes than Arizona linebacker [[Kwamie Lassiter]] intercepted passes from San Diego quarterback [[Craig Whelihan]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Simers|first=T.J.|title=Officials and Jacke Help Raise Arizona|url=http://articles.latimes.com/print/1998/dec/28/sports/sp-58280|access-date=January 10, 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=December 28, 1998}}</ref> One of Lassiter's interceptions bounced off Thelwell's hands.<ref>{{cite web|last=Walsh|first=Chris|title=Wild Cards|url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/morgue2/1998/12/28/136068-wild-cards/|work=Tucson Citizen|access-date=January 11, 2013|date=December 28, 1998}}</ref> For the 1998 season with San Diego, Thelwell caught 16 passes for 268 yards.<ref name="1998 games"/> He signed with the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] the [[1999 NFL season|following season]].
 
=== Canadian Football League ===
Having been drafted 9th overall by the [[BC Lions]], Thelwell signed with the defending [[Grey Cup]] champions on June 6, 2001.<ref>2009 Canadian Football League Facts, Figures & Records, Canadian Football League Properties/Publications, Toronto, Ontario, {{ISBN|978-0-9739425-4-5}}, p.175</ref> Thelwell would go on to play the next six seasons with the Lions, accumulating 335 receptions for 4981 yards and 30 touchdowns. He was named a [[Canadian Football League West Division|West Division]] All-Star in [[2004 CFL season#2004 Western All-Stars|2004]] and [[2005 CFL season#2005 Western All-Stars|2005]], while recording his first 1000-yard season in 2005. He saw a drop-off in production in [[2006 BC Lions season|2006]] with 625 receiving yards, he was a key contributor in the playoffs, recording nine catches for 83 yards, leading to a Lions' win in the [[94th Grey Cup]].
 
Following his Grey Cup win, Thelwell became a free agent and elected to sign with the [[Calgary Stampeders]] on February 16, 2007. Over four seasons in Calgary, he caught 106 passes for 1747 yards and nine touchdowns. He played in the Stampeders [[96th Grey Cup]] victory over the [[Montreal Alouettes]], the same team that lost to the Lions in 2006. On January 25, 2011, Thelwell announced his retirement from professional football.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://cfl.ca/article/canadian-thelwell-calls-it-a-career| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110424192427/http://www.cfl.ca/article/canadian-thelwell-calls-it-a-career| archive-date = 2011-04-24| title = CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=350995 |title=Stampeders WR Thelwell announces retirement |website=www.tsn.ca |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629093937/http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=350995 |archive-date=2011-06-29}} </ref>
 
Due to an injury sustained by [[Akeem Foster]], the Lions brought Thelwell out of retirement and signed him on October 25, 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bclions.com/article/lions-sign-ryan-thelwell-and-neil-mckinlay |title=B.C. Lions |website=www.bclions.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524182912/http://www.bclions.com/article/lions-sign-ryan-thelwell-and-neil-mckinlay |archive-date=2012-05-24}} </ref> Thelwell was on the 46-man roster when the team won the [[99th Grey Cup]], earning him his third Grey Cup championship in six seasons. Almost immediately after the win, Thelwell again announced his retirement on December 1, 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bclions.com/article/bc-lions-thelwell-and-robertson-announce-retirements |title=B.C. Lions |website=www.bclions.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528134919/http://www.bclions.com/article/bc-lions-thelwell-and-robertson-announce-retirements |archive-date=2012-05-28}} </ref>
 
== Personal life ==
Thelwell moved to [[London, Ontario]] with his parents when he was four years old.
 
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He is married with four kids.
 
== References ==
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