Ed Willes: Odell the role model? ‘Wiser Willis’ aims to boost Lions’ pass rush

KAMLOOPS — Football men will tell you an elite pass rusher is harder to find than a black pearl and, while Odell Willis has been many things in his CFL life, he’s always been an elite pass rusher.
But for someone possessed with that rare and invaluable gift, Willis also spent the first part of his career bouncing from city to city like a bad cheque. Calgary one year. Two years in Winnipeg. A year in Saskatchewan then off to Edmonton. He was a productive player in each of those stops,