Mike Posted March 4, 2014 Report Posted March 4, 2014 They've expanded to 3 regional combines now, leading up to the National Combine. http://www.cfl.ca/article/first-step-top-talent-to-be-on-display-at-2014-combines Edmonton - March 17th Montreal - March 19th Toronto - March 20th National Combine in Toronto - March 21-23 Participant lists to follow in next post.
Mike Posted March 4, 2014 Author Report Posted March 4, 2014 Edmonton Regional Combine Participants Eric Dzwilewski QB Calgary Import Jahlani Gilbert-Knorren QB Langley Rams Draft Eligible Cayman Shutter QB Regina Free Agent Defensive Back Raymond Cornish DB Saint Mary's Draft Eligible Braxton Lawrence DB Saskatchewan Free Agent Running Back Cuong Thai-Lieu RB Calgary Free Agent Jeremy Andrew RB Saskatchewan Draft Eligible Linebacker Richard Zacharias LB Saskatchewan Draft Eligible Doctor Cassama LB Calgary Free Agent Tyler Lavin LB McGill Free Agent Thomas Miles LB Manitoba Draft Eligible Tom Harris LB UBC Free Agent Defensive Line Zach Hart DL Saskatchewan Free Agent Steven Giang DL Alberta Draft Eligible Dylan Roper DL Simon Fraser Draft Eligible Michael Dadzie DL Regina Draft Eligible Joel Suetter DL Saskatchewan Free Agent Pacome Matulu DL Manitoba Draft Eligible Ranji Atwall DL Manitoba Draft Eligible Offensive Line Keegan Schneider OL Winona State Draft Eligible Tyler Fabbri OL Manitoba Draft Eligible Kyle Paterson OL Regina Draft Eligible Lane Bryksa OL Saskatchewan Draft Eligible Tristain Hoath OL Saskatoon Hilltops Free Agent Receiver Mitch Stevens WR Saskatchewan Free Agent Kolten Solomon WR Regina Free Agent Brett Carter WR Winnipeg Rifles Free Agent Brad Quartel WR Edmonton Wildcats Draft Eligible Landon Buch WR Regina Draft Eligible Andrew Smith WR Manitoba Draft Eligible Tore Corrado WR Simon Fraser Draft Eligible Micha Theil WR UBC Free Agent Jared Jonatta WR Regina Free Agent Ryley Richardson WR Alberta Free Agent Matt LaRiviere WR Manitoba (WPG Rifles) Draft Eligible Kicker/Punter Denton Kolodzinski P Saskatchewan Draft Eligible John Mark K Calgary Draft Eligible Little surprised to see Carter there. Wonder what the deal with him is.
kelownabomberfan Posted March 4, 2014 Report Posted March 4, 2014 They tried to do a Regina combine but too many farmers showed up thinking it was a trade show. bluto, Brandon, Logan007 and 1 other 4
Mike Posted March 4, 2014 Author Report Posted March 4, 2014 Montreal Regional Combine Participants Brett Backman DB Acadia Free Agent Matthew Bond-Lapointe DB Ottawa Free Agent Alexandre Branco DB Sherbrooke Draft Eligible Soonbum Cha DB Ottawa Free Agent O'Shane Daley DB Bishop's Free Agent Charlton Elliott DB St. Francis Xavier Draft Eligible Demetrius Ferguson DB St. Francis Xavier Draft Eligible El-Hadj N'Doye DB McGill Draft Eligible Mattey Ossom DB McGill Draft Eligible Jamie Symianick DB Western University Free Agent Alex Graham DB Acadia Free Agent Running Back Jean-Christophe Beaulieu RB Sherbrooke Draft Eligible Sean Murphy RB McGill Draft Eligible Alexandre Dupuis RB/TE Montreal Draft Eligible Guillaume G. Bourassa RB Laval Draft Eligible Ronlee King-Fileen RB Bishop's Free Agent Linebacker Omar Smith-Jackson LB Bishop's Draft Eligible Travis Bent LB Concordia Draft Eligible Matt Lalande LB Saint Mary's Draft Eligible Stephan Osman LB McGill Draft Eligible Pier-Yves Lavergne LB Montreal Draft Eligible Alex Lemire LS/LB Concordia Free Agent Eric Noivo LB/DE Concordia Draft Eligible Defensive Line Sanmi Adereti DE St. Francis Xavier Draft Eligible Shaquille Armstrong DL Concordia Draft Eligible Vincent Desloges DL Laval Draft Eligible Jonathan Langma DL Concordia Free Agent Steve McCollum DL Bishop's Free Agent Offensive Line Quinn Everett OL Mount Allison Draft Eligible Kyle Handy OL Bishop's Free Agent Tyler Harding OL Bishop's Free Agent Adam Hughes OL Bishop's Free Agent Frederik Landry-Simard OL Concordia Draft Eligible Devon Millar OL/LS Ottawa Free Agent Receiver Nathan Heather WR Bishop's Draft Eligible Troy Trentham WR Mount Allison Draft Eligible Bill Nyantakyi WR/RB Bishop's Free Agent Francis Lapointe WR Sherbrooke Draft Eligible Ryon McCalla WR Bishop's Free Agent Michael Harrington WR Concordia Draft Eligible Marc Etienne-Villeneuve WR Montreal Free Agent
Mike Posted March 4, 2014 Author Report Posted March 4, 2014 Toronto Regional Combine Participants Taylor Palmer DB Guelph Free Agent Raye Hartmann DB St. Francis Xavier Draft Eligible Felix Odum DB Wilfrid Laurier Free Agent Josh Burns DB Windsor Draft Eligible Matt Webster DB Queen's Draft Eligible Running Back Aaron Milton RB Toronto Draft Eligible Errol Brooks RB York Draft Eligible Connor Anderson RB York Draft Eligible Zack Davis RB York Draft Eligible Linebacker Jonno Carreiro LB Twin Cities Predators Free Agent Aram Eisho LB McMaster Draft Eligible Dylan Howes LB Toronto Draft Eligible Christopher Johnson LB Toronto Draft Eligible Defensive Line Stephon Miller DL Windsor Draft Eligible James Tuck DL York Draft Eligible Kevin Malcolm DL McMaster Draft Eligible Ryan Northfield DL Western University Draft Eligible Jeffery Finley DL Guelph Draft Eligible Adam Dickson DL McMaster Draft Eligible Djordge Gavrilovic DL Waterloo Free Agent Abiodun "Abbey" Olusoga DL Toronto Free Agent Offensive Line Tommy Griffiths OL Wilfrid Laurier Free Agent Joe Circelli OL Western University Draft Eligible Craig Woloshyn OL Saskatchewan Free Agent Tchissakid Player OL Northwestern State Draft Eligible Tyson Carter OL Dubuque Draft Eligible Receiver Quincy Van De Cruize WR Bishop's Draft Eligible Scott MacDonell WR Queen's Draft Eligible Austin Kennedy WR Windsor Draft Eligible Paul de Pass WR Toronto Free Agent Andrew Thibaudeau WR Western University Draft Eligible Nick Anapolsky WR Waterloo Free Agent Bryce Lawrence WR Western University Draft Eligible Alex Carroll WR Queen's Draft Eligible Nick Downey WR Langly Rams Free Agent Will Austin WR York Free Agent Saxon Lindsey WR Guelph Free Agent Kicker Zackary Medeiros K London Beefeaters Draft Eligible
Mike Posted March 4, 2014 Author Report Posted March 4, 2014 National Combine Participant List 1 Billy McPhee QB Queen's 6.03 195 2 Reid Quest QB Concordia 6.05 218 3 Tyler Crapigna K McMaster 5.07 165 20 Eric Black DB Saint Mary's 6.01 170 21 Derek Jones DB Simon Fraser 6.01 180 22 Andrew Lue (8) DB Queen's 6.02 210 23 Antoine Pruneau DB Montreal 6.00 190 24 Adam Thibault (13) DB Laval 6.00 205 25 Steven Ventresca DB McMaster 6.00 180 30 Jordan Botel RB Mount Allison 5.10 200 31 Anthony Coombs (9) RB Manitoba 5.09 190 32 Robert Farquharson RB Guelph 5.09 210 33 Pascal Lochard RB Laval 6.00 215 34 Mackenzie Sarro RB Calgary 6.04 245 40 Jesse Briggs LB McGill 6.01 222 41 Max Caron (10) LB Concordia 6.02 213 42 Casey Chin (11) LB Simon Fraser 6.15 215 43 Beau Landry (7) LB Western University 5.11 201 60 Jaskaran Dhillon OL UBC 6.03 290 61 Laurent Duvernay-Tardif (1) OL McGill 6.05 315 62 David Foucault (3) OL Montreal 6.08 320 63 Matthias Goossen (5) OL Simon Fraser 6.04 300 64 Terry Hart OL St. Francis Xavier 6.03 300 65 Pierre Lavertu (2) OL Laval 6.03 300 66 Aaron Wheaton OL Toronto 6.05 295 80 Devon Bailey (4) WR St. Francis Xavier 6.05 202 81 Kristopher Bastien WR Concordia 6.03 205 82 Alexander Fox WR Bishop's 5.08 185 83 Kit Hillis WR Saskatchewan 5.09 175 84 Brian Marshall WR Western University 6.00 200 85 Alex Pierzchalski WR Toronto 6.05 220 86 Evan Pszczonak WR Windsor 6.00 185 90 Dylan Ainsworth (15) DE Western University 6.03 225 91 Kirby Fletcher DL Acadia 6.03 300 92 Evan Gill (6) DL Manitoba 6.03 275 93 Mathieu Girard DL Montreal 6.04 275 94 David Menard DL Montreal 6.01 265 95 Martin Pesek DL Acadia 6.03 250 96 Quinn Smith DL Concordia 6.02 305 97 Derek Wiggan (14) DL Queen's 6.01 254
Mike Posted March 4, 2014 Author Report Posted March 4, 2014 As far as invites to the national combine go, I'm willing to bet they hand out a few OL invitations. My best guesses would be kicker Johnny Mark, DB RJ Cornish, kicker Zack Medeiros, and linemen Tchissakid Player, Tyson Carter and maybe Keegan Schneider get invites. Maybe a couple of the Regina boys too.
TrueBlue Posted March 4, 2014 Report Posted March 4, 2014 I'm glad they've put in the extra regional combine this year, while leaving the National one open for more invites based on the regional results. Hopefully the kickers do well seeing as they only have one invited currently.
Rids Posted March 5, 2014 Report Posted March 5, 2014 There really isn't a need for a kicker at the combine as the facility isn't ideal and decision makers care less about a kickers 40 yard dash time than a 300 pound OL. The kickers go down to the end of the bubble and kick into a net from 10-15 yards away. When it comes to the interviews the teams can get those out of the way at the regionals now.
Rids Posted March 5, 2014 Report Posted March 5, 2014 Carter has aged out of junior making him a free agent vs being a territorial non-counter for Bombers camp last year.
iso_55 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Posted March 5, 2014 I thought he signed an actual contract with the Bombers thereby turning pro. Hate to lose the guy.
Rids Posted March 5, 2014 Report Posted March 5, 2014 He had to sign a contract in order to play the pre-season game against the Ticats.
Jacquie Posted March 5, 2014 Report Posted March 5, 2014 I'm pretty sure he was on the PR at the end of the season.
Rids Posted March 5, 2014 Report Posted March 5, 2014 For the current junior players they do allow a limited number (I believe 2 or maybe even 3) to practice with the CFL club during the season (the Stampeders might be the club that uses this rule the most). They are there as a territorial protected player and not as a full member of the CFL team. If he was on the PR with a standard contract and not as part of the CJFL territorial rights then for him to be a free agent at the regional combine it means he was released by the Bombers.
Jpan85 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Posted March 5, 2014 Once he signed the contract to play in the regular season game he became like all other players.
TrueBlue Posted March 5, 2014 Report Posted March 5, 2014 There really isn't a need for a kicker at the combine as the facility isn't ideal and decision makers care less about a kickers 40 yard dash time than a 300 pound OL. The kickers go down to the end of the bubble and kick into a net from 10-15 yards away. When it comes to the interviews the teams can get those out of the way at the regionals now. Rids, please post more often. That is all.
Jaxon Posted March 5, 2014 Report Posted March 5, 2014 Carter has aged out of junior making him a free agent vs being a territorial non-counter for Bombers camp last year. No, he's still age eligible to return to the Rifles. (DOB Sept 5, 1992) He was initially a territorial protection which would allow him to play pre-season games for the Bombers without counting against the numbers. He could have continue to practise with the Bombers and play for the Rifles. This ended on July 18 when the Bombers wanted to dress him for a regular season game on July 20th. Once they did that, he lost the special territorial protection status. This occured as a result of the West hit on Watson at the end of practise. Watson was injured and so the Bombers decided to forgo Carter's special status. He never saw the field in the game. http://www.bluebombers.com/article/blue-bombers-sign-brett-carter-to-contract-will-dress-friday-night He is now a free agent.
SPuDS Posted March 6, 2014 Report Posted March 6, 2014 Carter has aged out of junior making him a free agent vs being a territorial non-counter for Bombers camp last year.No, he's still age eligible to return to the Rifles. (DOB Sept 5, 1992)He was initially a territorial protection which would allow him to play pre-season games for the Bombers without counting against the numbers. He could have continue to practise with the Bombers and play for the Rifles. This ended on July 18 when the Bombers wanted to dress him for a regular season game on July 20th. Once they did that, he lost the special territorial protection status. This occured as a result of the West hit on Watson at the end of practise. Watson was injured and so the Bombers decided to forgo Carter's special status. He never saw the field in the game. http://www.bluebombers.com/article/blue-bombers-sign-brett-carter-to-contract-will-dress-friday-night He is now a free agent. He gonna get any sniffs from other squads or all likelihood be back at tc?
Rids Posted March 6, 2014 Report Posted March 6, 2014 I hadn't seen his July addition to the 46 man roster but also haven't seen his release either. So I went looking: July 18th he was added to the 46 man roster July 25th he was taken off the 46 man roster and then added to the non-active roster No other mentions for Brett Carter beyond that. Actually surprised that there aren't more guys named Carter in the league. http://www.cfl.ca/transactions-2013 With the potential upcoming changes to CJFL rules there's a lot of doubt and wonder as to who will be eligible this year. By attending a regional combine I'm guessing that a CJFL career is pretty low priority on Carter's radar. You may know more about his plans that way than I do. Rids, please post more often. That is all. I'm almost at 30 posts....isn't that enough?
TrueBlue Posted March 12, 2014 Report Posted March 12, 2014 I hadn't seen his July addition to the 46 man roster but also haven't seen his release either. So I went looking: July 18th he was added to the 46 man roster July 25th he was taken off the 46 man roster and then added to the non-active roster No other mentions for Brett Carter beyond that. Actually surprised that there aren't more guys named Carter in the league. http://www.cfl.ca/transactions-2013 With the potential upcoming changes to CJFL rules there's a lot of doubt and wonder as to who will be eligible this year. By attending a regional combine I'm guessing that a CJFL career is pretty low priority on Carter's radar. You may know more about his plans that way than I do. Rids, please post more often. That is all. I'm almost at 30 posts....isn't that enough? Certainly not enough. The information you share and your insight are always appreciated. SPuDS 1
Jacquie Posted March 15, 2014 Report Posted March 15, 2014 From the CFL website: TORONTO -- For the second-straight year, CFL.ca will provide live coverage of the CFL Combine. After providing fans with live action of the bench press at the 2013 Combine, CFL.ca has expanded its live efforts, and will also offer exclusive coverage of the 40-yard dash on Sunday March 23rd. CFL.ca will continue to post real-time results of the bench press, 40-yard dash, vertical jump, broad jump, the shuttle, and the three-cone drill. This year, Edmonton Eskimos receiver and former CFL Combine participant Shamawd Chambers will provide fans with an inside look at what the athletes go through throughout the weekend as CFL.ca's Combine Insider. Chambers will appear in videos alongside CFL.ca columnist Don Landry, and will also provide his insight through social media. Meanwhile, CFL.ca columnist and former CIS quarterback Justin Dunk is back for another year as an analyst. Dunk, who participated in the CFL Combine in 2010, will be CFL.ca's man on the ground, and will provide analysis throughout the weekend alongside Landry. Fans can follow along with the Combine conversation on Twitter by using #CFLCombine. http://www.cfl.ca/article/cflca-to-bring-live-coverage-of-the-2014-combine
Mike Posted March 19, 2014 Author Report Posted March 19, 2014 Montreal Combine is finished ... Have to be honest, it's a pretty sad showing. One guy that really surprised me was Laval receiver Julian Bailey. This guy was considered a top 10 pick in this class a few years ago, but it turns out he hasn't qualified as a non-import yet. He still participated at the combine as an import today and ran a 5.12 40 yard. Expected better. At first glance, I didn't see many guys whose testing numbers would earn them an invite. Quinn Everett would be one, but to me, you'd have to earn an invite based on the interview if you were anybody else.
gbill2004 Posted March 19, 2014 Report Posted March 19, 2014 Yikes. I'm pretty sure most people on here could run a faster 40 than 5.12.
Mike Posted March 19, 2014 Author Report Posted March 19, 2014 Yikes. I'm pretty sure most people on here could run a faster 40 than 5.12. They used FAT timing which results in much slower sounding times, but it's still not an impressive number. Especially for a guy who isn't even considered a NI at this point.
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