Darnell Sankey

About this episode

Darnell Sankey of the BC Lions discusses his career journey and experiences in the CFL.

Darnell Sankey of the BC Lions joins Travis Currah and Sheldon Jones for an offseason chat! 00:00 - Open 01:27 - Taking part in multiple sports 03:18 - The contact part of football 05:18 - NCAA and NFL stadiums he played in 07:15 - Being cut 13 times 09:11 - 2020 disrupting the start of his CFL career 11:04 - Negativity surrounding the CFL 15:46 - 120 tackles with the Roughriders 17:23 - Winning the XFL championship and then the Grey Cup 19:46 - Durability 20:49 - The Grey Cup loss in 2025 24:01 - Signing with the BC Lions 25:41 - Bringing leadership to a new team 30:24 - The winning mentality SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp1-WTbs82THRNHc-RQbCVA 2 and Out Merch: https://2-and-out-cfl.myspreadshop.ca/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/2andOutCFLPodcast

People in this episode

Hosts: Travis Currah, Sheldon Jones

Guest: Darnell Sankey

Topics covered

• football
• CFL
• sports
• athlete experiences
• team dynamics

Keywords

• offseason chat
• multiple sports
• NCAA
• NFL stadiums
• being cut
• CFL career
• 120 tackles
• XFL championship
• Grey Cup
• leadership

Mentioned in this episode

Products: BC Lions, Roughriders, XFL, Grey Cup

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