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Patrice Rene’s football future is admittedly a bit of a mystery right now. Oh sure, there are some givens: he’s already transferred from the University of North Carolina to Rutgers, where he’ll play this fall. And the Winnipeg Blue Bombers happily made him their third-round selection, 21st overall, in the recent Canadian Football League Draft.

TORONTO — Risk and reward are always on display at the CFL Draft. Every year the prospects deemed most talented are not the first off the board, as other factors such as position, organizational fit, and above all, availability influence many of the decisions on draft day. By some point in the draft, however, the

This week the Toronto Argonauts released a list of the 2021 coaching staff. The names were familiar for the most part, all hired or re-hired by Ryan Dinwiddie after he took the rudder of the good ship Argo in December 2019. There was one new name though, at least from the standpoint of being an

TORONTO – The Toronto Argonauts Football Club has announced its coaching staff for the 2021 season, that will work under head coach Ryan Dinwiddie. The coaching staff remains the same from what would have been the 2020 season with one change. Joshua Bell will replace Ike Charlton as defensive backs coach. Jarious Jackson will be

VANCOUVER — When it comes to adjusting to life in his first professional training camp this summer, it should look and feel normal for Ben Hladik. The hard-hitting, athletic linebacker already made some memories at Hillside Stadium during his illustrious high school career with the Vernon Panthers. Along with regular visits to Hillside to take

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed 2021 CFL Draft selections Redha Kramdi (DB, second round, 16th overall) and Robbie Lowes (LB, fourth round, 34th overall). Kramdi (six-foot, 188 pounds, Université de Montréal, December 22, 1996 in Montréal, QC) has been able to carve out a role for himself on both defence and special

The rouge is fine, thanks. Long live the rouge. If you want it abolished, well, maybe you ought to reconsider your point of view. Your single-point of view. So say a couple of big names from both the CFL’s past and present: Former Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ placekicker Troy Westwood and current Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach,

TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts have signed three Canadians from their 2021 CFL Draft class and one from their 2020 class: WR Tommy Nield, LB Trevor Hoyte, DB Josh Hagerty and OL Dylan Giffen (2020). Nield, six-foot-three and 203 pounds, was selected by Toronto in the fourth-round (30th overall) and played three seasons at receiver

VANCOUVER — The BC Lions Football Club has added offensive lineman Jarell Broxton (A) and defensive tackle Cameren Kitchen (A) to the training camp roster. Broxton (six-foot-five, 325 pounds) was most recently on the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ roster after signing as a free agent in February, 2020. His last game action came with the Arena

The tulips have appeared, the days are getting longer and we’re all getting anxious for kickoff. After two years worth of CFL Drafts unlike anything we’ve seen before, it’s finally time to begin turning our attention to the 2021 regular season. When it comes still remains a temporary mystery, but with each day we near

Duane Forde scanned the long rosters of the East-West Bowl and you could hear the excitement in his voice. “I’ve felt for a long time that in terms of the sporting landscape of Canada that Canadian university sports in general, and obviously, football being the thing I’m closest to, I think is this hidden gem.

TORONTO — Waterloo Warriors quarterback Tre Ford and Saskatchewan Huskies running back Adam Machart highlight the 2021 East-West Bowl roster recognitions announced jointly Wednesday by U SPORTS and the Canadian Football League. The roster recognitions celebrate the next generation of top Canadian football prospects, with 110 U SPORTS-eligible standouts identified for the 2022 CFL Draft,

‘The Waggle’ is the official podcast of the Canadian Football League, hosted by Gemini nominated broadcaster Donnovan Bennett.  To subscribe and listen to recent episodes, please see below.  SUBSCRIBE & LISTEN Episode 261: No. 1 Draft pick Jake Burt EPISODE OVERVIEW: Hear from 1st overall CFL Draft selection Jake Burt, as the former Boston College/New England Patriots

This is going to be one the oddest columns I’ve ever written, which is saying a lot for anyone who has read my work over the past decade. With the 2021 Draft in our rear-view mirror and the specific start date for the upcoming season still not 100 per cent certain, we are all left

CALGARY — The Calgary Stampeders have signed global punter Cody Grace, the Stamps’ first-round selection – seventh overall – in last month’s CFL global draft. Grace (six-foot-two, 228 pounds) played three seasons (2017 to 2019) at Arkansas State. In 37 career games with the Red Wolves, he punted 178 times for a 42.1-yard average with

When Ticats head coach Orlondo Steinauer called Jake Burt last Tuesday to alert the Boston College big man he was officially about to become the first overall selection of the 2021 CFL Draft, there might have only been one person more genuinely thrilled than immediate family within earshot of the call from Hamilton. Was it

To call the past few days in Liam Dobson’s life a ‘whirlwind’ would be underselling just how tumultuous his world has been since the Winnipeg Blue Bombers called out his name third overall in this week’s Canadian Football League Draft. Draft night was special for the big University of Maine/Texas State offensive lineman, who watched

The 2021 CFL Draft was a lot of fun and got the excitement levels pumping for the coming season. By no means am I a draft expert, but I do have a bunch of takeaways from one of the most interesting years we’ve ever seen. JAKE BURT: MAN OF MYSTERY In a league that doesn’t