MONTREAL -- Dahrran Diedrick, the Canadian running back who starred at Nebraska and won three Grey Cup titles in a 10-year Canadian Football League career, died Saturday after fighting cancer. He was 44.
The Montreal Alouettes, the team Diedrick helped win two Grey Cups, confirmed the death through his family. Quarterback Anthony Calvillo, currently the team's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, was a teammate of Diedrick's for eight seasons in Montreal.
"I won two championships with Dahrran and he was a very important piece of our team," Calvillo said in a statement. "He was always in a good mood and got along with everyone in our dressing room.