Despite playing for a college juggernaut like Penn State, Linebacker Cameron Wake was not drafted in 2005. He signed with the New York Giants as a Free Agent but failed to make the team; he kept working out and hoping for an opportunity, but it took a detour to Canada to get him to the NFL.
Wake made the B.C. Lions in 2007, and in the next two seasons, he was named the CFL Most Outstanding Defensive Player in both of them. The NFL couldn’t ignore that, and he signed with the Miami Dolphins, one of several teams interested in the former Nittany Lion.
Wake was a backup as a 27-year-old NFL rookie, but he became a regular starter on the edge the year after and was one of the top pass-rushers over the next nine seasons. He went to five Pro Bowls, was a First Team All-Pro in 2012, and had five 10-plus Sack years, peaking with 15 in 2012.
Age caught up to Wake, and his final season in Tennessee (2019) was sub-standard compared to what he did before, but he accumulated 100.5 Sacks, an incredible accomplishment considering when he made it to the NFL.
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