On May 12th, the newest brand in football, Dirty Cleatz, launched their clothing line and held their inaugural combine at St. Michael’s College School. Although the weather was less than cooperative, a group of approximately 30 players from the Metro Toronto Area came out to show off their speed and skill.
Dirty Cleatz founders Jansen Shrubb and Carlo Onorati started the brand in order to fill a gap they saw in the competitive athletic apparel market.
“Companies such as Nike or Under Armor do an excellent job with athletic apparel and equipment,” says Shrubb, “but they don’t offer casual apparel that players can wear on occasions where athletic apparel isn’t really acceptable.”
The theme for much of the clothing is “Kings of Campus”, which is the image that Dirty Cleatz wants for itself. “Our goal is for the football community to embrace Dirty Cleatz as the company that represents their lifestyle,” explains Shrubb.
Onorati and Jansen were inspired to start a combine in order to establish a “marque” combine in the city and shed more light on spring football as a whole. The combine was supported by Sports Specific Training and Football University.
About 30 players from around the city took part in the combine, of which Upper Canada College’s Chris Amoah won the MVP title, and was offered an invitation to Football University’s Combine in San Antonio, Texas later this summer. Amoah is ninth on CFC’s Top 100 list, and was a valuable asset to the UCC Blues’ 2012 season. Other notable performances included wide receiver Andrew Facun-Gragasin who ran the 20 yard shuttle in 4.20.
According to Shrubb there are, “No other companies in Toronto doing anything like we are.”
Onorati and Shrubb will be leading the Varsity Toronto Jr. Argonauts as head and assistant coach for the 2013 OFC season.
Dirty Cleatz 2013 Combine Results
NAME / SCHOOL / POS. / HT / WT / REACH / BENCH @ 205 / VERT / LASER 40s / 10 / PAT / BROAD
| Sam MacMillan | St. Michael’s College School | DL | 6’2 | 250 | 93 | 14 | 24 | 5.66 | 2.04 | 5.03 | 7’9 |
| Christopher Amoah | Upper Canada College | RB | 5’10 | 202.5 | 90 | 13 | 26.5 | 4.8 | 1.68 | 4.65 | 8’5 |
| Manny Gomez | Upper Canada College | WR | 5’10 | 186 | 87.5 | 12 | 24 | 5.06 | 1.76 | 4.53 | 7’11 |
| Trevel Thomas-Wright | Etobicoke Collegiate Institute | CB/RB | 5’10 | 169 | 89 | 12 | 25 | 4.82 | 1.64 | 4.36 | 8’9 |
| Mike Sanelli | Father Bressani Catholic High School | OL | 6’3 | 278.6 | 94 | 9 | 24 | 5.27 | 1.88 | 4.86 | 7’9 |
| Kaleb Scott | Huron Heights Secondary School | QB | 6’3 | 185 | 94 | 9 | 26 | 5.07 | 1.79 | 4.49 | 9 |
| Alex Simmons | Richview Collegiate Institute | LB | 5’11 | 194 | 94.5 | 8 | 28 | 4.97 | 1.8 | 4.68 | 8’7 |
| Xavier Samuels | Father Henry Carr | OL | 5’10 | 238 | 90 | 7 | 24 | 5.53 | 1.93 | 4.7 | 7 |
| Nathaniel Rouse | Richview Collegiate Institute | WR | 6’1.5 | 168 | 94.5 | 7 | 25.5 | 4.81 | 1.67 | 4.5 | 8’11 |
| Trae Chisholm | Downsview Secondary School | WR | 5’8 | 201 | 90 | 5 | 22 | 5.2 | 1.83 | 4.5 | 7’9 |
| Philippe Martin | Upper Canada College | LB | 6’1 | 197 | 92 | 5 | 24 | 5.19 | 1.78 | 4.33 | 8’5 |
| Matthew Crocker | St. Michael’s College School | WR | 6’1 | 180 | 91.5 | 4 | 25.5 | 5.17 | 1.75 | 4.55 | 8’5 |
| Nick Adjei | Richview Collegiate Institute | WR | 5’8 | 163 | 88 | 2 | 27.5 | 4.92 | 1.69 | 4.28 | 8’8 |
| Kyle Lasota | Huron Heights Secondary School | WR | 5’7.5 | 160 | 86 | 2 | 25 | 5.21 | 1.8 | 4.69 | 8’4 |
| Terrell Allert | Central Technical Institute | WR/RB | 5’10 | 200 | 92 | 1 | 23.5 | 5.45 | 1.9 | 4.93 | 8’1 |
| Jailon Bell | Richview Collegiate Institute | LB | 5’9.5 | 176 | 91 | 1 | 27 | 5.09 | 1.81 | 4.58 | 7’11 |
| Niko Shirani | Markham Secondary School | OL | 6′ | 258 | 95 | 0 | 14.5 | 6.1 | 2.01 | 5.3 | 6’5 |
| Furious Watt | Central Technical Institute | OLB/FB/P | 6’0.5 | 248 | 89 | 0 | 32 | 5.39 | 1.87 | 4.69 | 8’3 |
| Patric Minuti | St. Thomas of Villanova | OL | 6’4.5 | 246 | 101 | 0 | 19 | 5.5 | 1.93 | 4.96 | 7’1 |
| Mike Olutu | Don Bosco Secondary School | LB | 5’11 | 198 | 91 | 0 | 26 | 5.04 | 1.76 | 4.65 | 8’7 |
| Gautham Rajendra | Markham Secondary School | DL/FB | 5’10 | 198 | 91 | 0 | 19 | 5.56 | 1.86 | 4.85 | 7’8 |
| Calvin Vaughan | St. Michael’s College School | QB | 6’6.25 | 180 | 102 | 0 | 12.5 | 5.41 | 1.9 | 4.73 | 7 |
| Wesley Austin | Markham Secondary School | RB | 5’11 | 160 | 93 | 0 | 19 | 5.31 | 1.81 | 5.05 | 7’7 |
| Bassel Hussein | Markham Secondary School | RB | 5’10 | 159 | 86 | 0 | 20 | 5.19 | 1.77 | 4.73 | 7’8 |
| Terrell Swaby | Don Bosco Secondary School | WR | 5’10 | 157 | 92 | 0 | 24.5 | 5.09 | 1.78 | 4.34 | 8’10 |
| Andrew Facun | Sir John A. MacDonald | WR | 5’7 | 123 | 84 | 0 | 33.5 | 4.94 | 1.7 | 4.22 | 8’8 |
| Isaiah Hibbert | Northern Secondary School | RB | 5’7.5 | 170 | 84 | 0 | 30 | 4.92 | 1.72 | 4.68 | 8 |
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