Darian Durant comes from a football family

Posted Jul 3, 2009
Darian and Justin Durant have two leagues covered when it comes to professional football. Darian is the starting quarterback with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, who open their 2009 CFL regular season Friday (7 p.m.) against the B.C. Lions at Mosaic Stadium. Justin is a third-year linebacker with the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars. Justin, 23, started 12 games in 2008 and eight in 2007 and has recorded 119 tackles as an outside linebacker. (Regina Leader-Post)

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