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The virtual CFL Combine presented by New Era is the books and the 2021 CFL Draft is just a week away. CFL.ca’s Marshall Ferguson offers up his second and final mock draft before the Draft. The brother of former top pick Faith Ekakite and cousin of Wilfrid Laurier drafted pass rusher Ese Mrabure-Ajufo, Daniel Joseph

CALGARY — The Calgary Stampeders have signed defensive lineman Franklin Agbasimere, the team’s second-round selection in the CFL Global Draft earlier this month. A six-foot-two, 245-pound native of Nigeria, Agbasimere was selected 12th overall in the Global Draft after playing four seasons (2016 to 2019) at the University of Missouri. The 25-year-old appeared in 26

REGINA — The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed American wide receiver Tevin Jones. Jones (six-foot-two, 225 pounds) joins the Roughriders after five years in the NFL. He was signed by the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent in 2016 and spent the season on the practice roster. He went on to spend time with the

TORONTO — Logan Bandy grew up in Calgary and was a self-admitted “Hockey kid” growing up.  “I was a power forward, surprisingly” Bandy joked. “Being a kid that was a foot taller than everybody else on the ice, I took a couple of hitting penalties and was never the fastest skater. But I got into

A group of reporters stood in a Calgary hockey rink on the morning of Dec. 12, shocked at what they’d just heard. One by one, the news landed on the screens of their phones, bringing disbelief and reality together. Ricky Ray had been traded from Edmonton to Toronto, ending a nine-year stay in Green and

VANCOUVER — The BC Lions have added QB D’Angelo Fulford to the roster. Fulford (six-foot-two, 210 pounds), a native of Miramar, Fla. enjoyed four solid years at Mount Union University where he led the Purple Raiders to a Division III National Championship in 2017. As a senior in 2019, he became just the second player

TORONTO — University of Tennessee receiver Josh Palmer has risen to the top of the CFL’s final Scouting Bureau Rankings ahead of the 2021 CFL Draft on May 4. The league released the third and final edition of the Top 20 prospects eligible for the draft on Monday where Palmer jumped from his No. 2

When four Australian punters were selected in the first round of the CFL Global Draft the only people more thrilled than the players themselves were the two men behind the program that helped groom their talent. “We were over the moon,” said Nathan Chapman, who along with John Smith, started Prokick Australia in 2007. “We

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed 2020 CFL Draft selection Brendan O’Leary-Orange (receiver), and 2021 Global Draft selection Les Maruo (linebacker), the team announced on Monday. O’Leary-Orange (6-4, 210, Nevada, in Toronto, ON) was taken in the fourth round, 37th overall, in the 2020 CFL Draft. He saw playing time in only six

“Will play CFL football in 2021.” Those were words we’ve been waiting to hear for a long time and they were great to read, and hear, from commissioner Randy Ambrosie last week. In delaying the scheduled start of the 2021 season a couple months, the league’s return-to-play announcement on Wednesday gave fans in this country

TORONTO — Many of the country’s most highly touted football prospects will take centre stage at the 2021 CFL National Draft on Tuesday, May 4. Those who become most impactful, however, are not necessarily the most talked about. While offensive linemen dominate prospect analysis — 52 per cent of first round picks since 2014 were

TORONTO — During the 2021 CFL Global Draft, Montreal Alouettes defensive and special teams assistant Greg Quick felt right at home. Over the previous year, Quick had been preparing for the draft, but in a different capacity. In 2019, he was brought in by the CFL to be the league’s first director of global scouting,

CALGARY — Dave Dickenson is one of the most competitive individuals in the Canadian Football League — that comes with the number of victories he’s accumulated as both a player and coach. In the wake of the cancelled 2020 CFL season, the head coach of the Calgary Stampeders was able to pick up a different

We aren’t able to get into CFL stadiums quite yet, but a Vancouver-based fan is doing his part to bring our favourite stadiums to us digitally. Aaron, an 18-year-old student, has built a number of CFL stadiums through the video game Minecraft and is sharing his work on his YouTube channel. [embedded content] He spoke

For my final travel back in time to previous Grey Cups in conjunction with CFL.ca releasing all the Grey Cups on the Grey Cup on Demand Portal powered by Mark’s, I’m going back to the game I’ve written about more than any other Championship, the 2016 Grey Cup that saw Ottawa upset Calgary 39-33. I

Brian Wood was in Hamilton, working his first job in broadcast on Dec. 3, 1972, when the Tiger-Cats won the Grey Cup at Ivor Wynn Stadium. He was on the air at contemporary rock station CHAM and witnessed the city celebrating its team’s win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders. “It wasn’t bad. There wasn’t a lot

Imagine if the Toronto Argonauts signed Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence, the presumed No. 1 overall pick in this year’s NFL Draft. It would send shockwaves throughout the pro sports world, especially in an era where stories with much less significance are amplified via social media. Thirty years ago this week, the Argonauts did just that

Stock assessments continue as we shift to some of the draft’s receivers and defensive backs. Scouts and general managers have a few more weeks to process the virtual testing results they’ve gathered on the country’s top draft-eligible prospects. Then it’s time for the draft, where many of these amateur athletes make the leap to the