Dont know if this is some sort of record, but the Als have 8 Canadian rookies on their Roster and the various infamous CFL lists: Bedard, Brodeur-Jourdain, Brown, Giffin, Goldsby, Steenbergen, van Sichem, Woodruff It doesnt sound very glamorous, but this is how you build a perennial contender in the CFL.
Unlike Winnipeg and Edmonton who continually trade their draft choices.
Als have made good use of the CIS draft< Popp always seeks out talent except for the one year he was coach- not 1 candidate from the CIS made the team that year.