Maurice Price

Maurice Price (born September 11, 1985) is a gridiron football wide receiver who is currently a member of the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League. He was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at Charleston Southern.

Price has also been a member of the New England Patriots, San Francisco 49ers, Baltimore Ravens, Florida Tuskers, Washington Redskins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Jacksonville Sharks.

Early years
Price attended Olympia High School in Orlando, Florida and was a student and a letterwinner in football. In football, he was a three-year letterwinner, and as a senior, he was a first team All-County selection and a second team All-Central Florida selection. As a junior at Charleston Southern University he led the nation in receptions with 103 passes caught. Price then entered the NFL draft pool, skipping his senior season. He impressed many teams with his extraordinary athletic ability which included over 11 feet in the broad jump and over 40 inches in the vertical leap.

Kansas City Chiefs
After being passed-up in the NFL draft he was offered undrafted free agent contracts by 15 NFL clubs. He chose the Kansas City Chiefs and again impressed in training camp until an injury ended his season in 2007 and he was placed on the Injured Reserve. Price was signed by the Chiefs as an undrafted free agent on May 8, 2007. He was placed on injured reserve on August 28, 2007. He led all Chiefs' receivers in both receptions and receiving yardage in the 2008 pre-season games, including a touchdown at Chicago in his first NFL game appearance. He made the Chiefs' 53-man roster in 2008, but was waived by the team on September 9, 2008 and re-signed to the Chiefs' practice squad on September 11, 2008. He was then waived from the practice squad on September 19, 2008. Following this release he received attention from many NFL clubs and worked out for three clubs before choosing to sign to the Active roster of the New England Patriots.

New England Patriots
Price was signed to the 53 man roster by the Patriots on September 24, 2008. He was waived by the team on October 11, 2008, and re-signed to the team's practice squad on October 15, 2008.

San Francisco 49ers
Price was signed to a future contract by the San Francisco 49ers on January 29, 2009. He was waived on September 5.

Calgary Stampeders
Price was signed to the practice roster of the Calgary Stampeders on September 14, 2009.

Baltimore Ravens
Price was signed to the practice squad of the Baltimore Ravens on December 16, 2009. On January 19 Price signed a reserve future contract.

Washington Redskins
Price was signed to the Washington Redskins' practice squad on December 1, 2010. He was waived on July 30, 2011.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Price signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on August 14, 2011. He was cut on September 3, 2011.

Jacksonville Sharks
Price was assigned with the Jacksonville Sharks on October 6, 2011.

Calgary Stampeders
Price re-signed with the Calgary Stampeders on February 22, 2012. After showing great promise to become a starter and suffering a broken foot in training camp Price returned in late season to become the leading receiver on the team in the last four games of the regular season. This streak included three games in a row with touchdown reception of 50 yards or more. On October 20 in a home game played in a snowstorm, Price recorded 71 receiving yards on two catches – including a 56-yard reception for a touchdown, his first in the CFL. In the first playoff game he again led the team in receptions and yardage with 6 grabs for 127 yards.