He was drafted with great promise and seemed at times to be on his way to fulfilling that promise but it looks like injuries have derailed Joe Eppele's career, according to Ottawa GM Marcel Desjardins:

"We've got four or five guys (without contracts). One of the players is (injured offensive lineman) Joe Eppele. I don't think he'll play again. He was in Hamilton the other day. He's 30 pounds lighter than he was. I think he's moving on from football. For us, it would be too risky to re-sign him anyway."

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