Receiver Charles Rogers, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2003 draft, is reportedly close to a deal with the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL.

“I would say there’s about an 80-20 chance of him being at training camp, coming in and competing for a job,” Montreal G.M. Jim Popp (unfortunate typo narrowly averted) said Thursday.

“It’s not completed yet, but he can come in as a CFL rookie and we’ll make an assessment of him, where he’s at in his career and his life.”

Receiver David Boston, a one-time top-ten NFL draft pick, recently signed with the Toronto Argonauts.  (A prior version of this article had him playing with the Alouettes, too.  Sorry for the blunder.)

Rogers was cut by the Lions in 2006.  A grievance is still pending between the Lions and Rogers regarding millions of dollars in bonus money that the Lions claim they’re entitled to recover based on a four-game suspension imposed on Rogers for violation of the league’s substance abuse policy.

Other former NFL first-rounders whose careers brought them to Canada include Akili Smith, Lawrence Phillips, and Ricky Williams.