(Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports)

If Michael Sam doesn’t make an NFL roster, he may very well have another option: The Canadian Football League.

In an interview with the Montreal Gazette, Jim Popp, general manger of the Montreal Alouettes, said of the former Missouri defensive end:

“The CFL is cut out perfectly for [Sam’s] style. It would give him the opportunity to do what he does best.”

“His agent knows. They’re ready. They know this [CFL] may be what it is. It’s Michael who has to make the decision — and he might never come.”

“The indications were he was ready to come last fall, and he’s still not with us. So I really don’t know. Seriously, I’d say our chances are 50/50.”

At the NFL veteran combine in March, Sam clocked slower times than his marks before last year’s draft, but maintained he is “very confident that I will be playing football this year … somewhere.”

Will that place be the CFL? That remains to be seen.

(Thanks to the Montreal Gazette for bringing this to our attention.)