Born: | London, England | September 1, 1979
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Career information | |
CFL status | National |
Position(s) | FS |
Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
Weight | 206 lb (93 kg) |
University | Saint Mary's |
CFL Draft | 2005 / Round: 4 / Pick: 34 |
Drafted by | BC Lions |
Career history | |
As player | |
2005–2007 | BC Lions |
2008 | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
Awards | 2006 Grey Cup Champion, 2003 and 2004 CIS All-Canadian, 2001 and 2002 Vanier Cup Champion and OFSAA gold medalist |
Career stats | |
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Sebastian James Clovis (born September 1, 1979) is a Canadian television personality and former Canadian Football League player, who played free safety for the BC Lions in their Grey Cup championship 2006 season.[1] He is currently known as an HGTV home renovation host, appearing on the television series Tackle My Reno, Save My Reno, Home to Win and Gut Job.[2]
Born in London, England, Clovis migrated to Canada with his family when he was six years old.[3] He grew up in the east end of Toronto, in his family home where he was first introduced to carpentry and building. He is the eldest of five siblings; his brother Tristan Clovis was also a Canadian Football League player for the Saskatchewan Roughriders.[4]
Clovis attended the all-boys Catholic high school, Neil McNeil High School, where he was a competitive athlete in track & field and football,[5] which he pursued after school with the Scarborough Thunder Football Club.[3] In his final year of high school, he attended Senator O'Connor College School where he played on the senior boys football team.
Clovis received a scholarship to Mississippi State University and later transferred to Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia where he played for their football team, the Huskies.[6]
Clovis was drafted by the BC Lions in the 2005 CFL draft.[7] After being sidelined with a torn ACL in the 2005 season,[3] he came back to play all 18 games with the Lions during their 2006 Grey Cup winning season. Suffering another season-ending injury midway through the 2007 season, he was forced to rehabilitate from a second ACL tear.[8] Returning from reconstructive knee surgery for a second time, he was traded to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers,[9] but transferred to the Saskatchewan Roughriders midseason[10] and remained with the Roughriders for the rest of his CFL playing career.[11]
His nickname is "The Missile".
After retiring from football, Clovis trained as a construction contractor. He debuted as the host of Tackle My Reno in 2014,[12] and continues to cohost the spinoff series Save My Reno.[13] As of April, 2022, he will be launching his latest show, Gut Job,[14] his fifth for HGTV Canada.