Shawn Gallant

{{Short description|Canadian football player (born 1976)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

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| name = Shawn Gallant

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|10|14}}

| birth_place = Windsor, Ontario

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| status = Retired

| import = no

| position1 = Defensive back

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 210

| college = Eastern Kentucky

| CFLDraftedYear = 2000

| CFLDraftedRound = 2

| CFLDraftedPick = 8

| CFLDraftedTeam = Saskatchewan Roughriders

| playing_years1 = 2000–2001

| playing_team1 = Saskatchewan Roughriders*

| playing_years2 = 2002–2004

| playing_team2 = Ottawa Renegades

| playing_years3 = 2005–2006

| playing_team3 = Winnipeg Blue Bombers

| playing_years4 = 2007–2008

| playing_team4 = Montreal Alouettes

| playing_years5 = 2009–2010

| playing_team5 = Winnipeg Blue Bombers

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| CFL = 159

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Shawn Gallant (born October 14, 1976) was a Canadian football defensive back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League.

Career

He was drafted by the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the second round of the 2000 CFL Draft. He played college football at Eastern Kentucky University.

In 2011, Gallant retired from professional football to join the Winnipeg Police Service. He is now working as a constable with the department.

Gallant has also played for the Ottawa Renegades and Montreal Alouettes.