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QB Dakota Prukop back with Blue Bombers after stint with USFL's New Jersey Generals

Dakota Prukop rushed for six touchdowns and passed for two others during the 2022 season with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Bombers release American quarterback Tyrrell Pigrome

The Canadian Press ·
A football player in a gold and blue helmet, white and blue jersey and gold pants, walks toward the camera and points right arm and finger off to the side of the frame.
Quarterback Dakota Prukop, seen in a file photo after scoring a touchdown against the Toronto Argonauts during last year's Grey Cup, returns to Winnipeg after dressing for four games this season with the USFL's New Jersey Generals. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press)

Dakota Prukop is back with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

The CFL club signed the veteran American quarterback to a one-year deal Monday. Prukop returns to Winnipeg after dressing for four games this season with the USFL's New Jersey Generals.

Prukop completed 31 of 50 passes for 312 yards and three touchdowns with the Generals while rushing for 97 yards and a touchdown.

Prukop spent last season with Winnipeg, rushing for six touchdowns and passing for two others.

Prukop has appeared in 61 career CFL games with the Toronto Argonauts (2017-19), Edmonton Elks (2021) and Winnipeg.

The Bombers also released American quarterback Tyrrell Pigrome.

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