TORONTO — The nine CFL teams have each unveiled 10 players from their negotiation lists. Clubs are required to do so on two occasions each year – in September and December – following a measure approved at the 2018 CFL winter meetings.
Here are the lists for the forum members to see better;
BC LIONS
Hank Bachmeier QB Wake Forest
Ben Dinucci QB James Madison
Chris Oladokun QB South Dakota State
Kaidon Salter QB Liberty
John Mateer QB Washington State
Zander Horvath RB Purdue
Ahmarean Brown WR South Carolina
Devin Carter WR West Virginia
Jermaine Jackson WR Idaho
Efton Chism III WR Eastern Washington
EDMONTON ELKS
Tyler Huff QB Jacksonville State
Cameron Rising QB Utah
Connor Watkins QB Villanova
Aidan Robbins RB Brigham Young
Kawaan Baker WR South Alabama
Daniel Arias WR Colorado
Keith Randolph Jr DL Illinois
Darien Butler LB Arizona State
Azizi Hearn DB UCLA
Cameron McCutcheon DB Western Carolina
CALGARY STAMPEDERS
Garrett Greene QB West Virginia
Ben Woolridge QB Louisiana At Lafayette
Tommy Mellott QB Montana State
Josh Love QB San Jose State
Lideatrick Griffin WR Mississippi State
Trenton Thompson DB San Diego State
AJ Thomas DB Western Michigan
Joseph Ngata WR Clemson
Eno Benjamin RB Arizona State
Deshaun Fenwick RB Oregon State
SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS
Payton Thorn QB Auburn
Will Rodgers QB Washington
Will Paddock QB Illinois
Austen Pleasants OL Ohio
Lewis Kidd OL Montana State
Snoop Conner RB Mississippi
Michael Ojemudia DB Iowa
Tyrie Cleveland WR Florida
Kalen Deloach LB Florida State
Thomas Rush DL Minnesota
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS
Eric Garror DB Louisiana
Tay Gowan DB Central Florida
Ian Book QB Notre Dame
Haynes King QB Georgia Tech
Diego Pavia QB Vanderbilt
Mark Gronowski QB South Dakota State
Chase Artopeus QB Tennessee Chattanooga
LaJohntay Wester WR Colorado
Anderson Hardy OL Appalachian State
Malik Fisher DL Villanova
HAMILTON TIGER-CATS
Brevin Allen DL Campbell
Ethan Fernea WR UCLA
Judge Culpepper DL Toledo
Jalon Daniels QB Kansas
Jack Heflin DL Iowa
Spencer Waege DL North Dakota State
Nick Whiteside II DB Saginaw Valley State
Tyler Murray LB Memphis
Badara Traore OL Louisiana State
Jalen Jackson RB Villanova
TORONTO ARGONAUTS
Kevin Jennings QB Southern Methodist
Kyron Drones QB Virginia Tech
Craig James DB Sothern Illinois
Donavan Mutin LB Houstoin
Markaviest Bryant DL Central Florida
Breeland Speaks DL Mississippi
Michael Joseph DB Dubuque
Marcel Reed QB Texas A&M
EJ Warner QB Rice
Miyan Williams RB Ohio State
OTTAWA REDBLACKS
Hajj-Malik Williams QB UNLV
Miles Hastings QB California Davis
Zack Annexstad QB Illinois State
Sean Ryan WR Rutgers
Vitaliy Gurman OL Toledo
Chris McDonald DB Toledo
Isaiah Dunn DB Oregon State
Ron Stone Jr DL Washington State
Andre Carter DL Indiana
Mikel Jones LB Syracuse
MONTREAL ALOUETTES
Seth Henigan QB Memphis
Brett Gabbert QB Miami of Ohio
JD Direnzo OL Rutgers
Daijun Edwards RB Georgia
Jaray Jenkins WR Louisiana State
Ja’Quan Sheppard DB Maryland
Tiawan Mullen DB Indiana
Christian Young LB Arizona
Daviyon Nixon DL Iowa
Willington Previlion DL Rutgers
Overall I don’t know almost all of these guys, however …
Blue Bombers, I don’t think you should ever sign Ian Book even if available.
Maybe the Riders should have him this time? And maybe you can get something for him from them too.
I approve of such a deal.
The CFL must have the 2025 Schedule being delivered by Canada Post because it hasn’t arrived yet………
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LOA is right Adam. Saying that NFL players are the best in the world and the CFL are not is to buy into a myth perpetuated by an uneducated media that promotes that view even though it is derived without any critical thinking applied to the equation. The CFL is a totally different game played by a different style of athlete. There is some cross over but for the most part, it is a different game.
Consider this, the field is 60% bigger, there are more players, no dead plays, special teams are massive, the number of variables involved every single play demands that CFL athletes be more than rehearsed reactors, which is what the NFL is all about. NFL players that have played in both leagues will tell you that. Now, if a player fits the NFL mold, there is no doubt that genre of football is far more lucrative just like being a pop star is going to make you a lot richer than being the worlds best singing jazz trombonist.
Let’s think of it like this. There are things in sports that we all accept, even Eastern media, without argument. For example, when the NHL changed how they called obstruction, the Mike Rathjes were out and the Drew Doughtys were in. That small change changed how the league made personnel decisions. Every Eastern sports reporter noted it. Likewise, when Canada takes a team to compete on Olympic ice, they make personnel decisions accordingly and media pundits love to chime in with calculations of how quicker, better skating players will fare better on big ice than the physical players. These are accepted things. 9 seconds later, these same reporters who so sagaciously noted and reported how subtle differences in the game of hockey deeply impact personnel choices will be rendered completely devoid of reason when they talk about the CFL. For them, calculating the CFL is simply a matter of going by money and notoriety. It makes no sense. If there was ever a case where the media needs to apply some critical thinking, which they are absolutely not, it should be when considering the radical differences in the 4 down and 3 down games and understanding and appreciating the incredible, world class qualities of CFL football players. Many people in Canada need to seriously recalibrate the means by which they evaluate CFL football. This re-evaluation is sorely needed, if and when it happens, imagine people in Toronto could actually consider their team with some pride rather than mindless scorn based on pure nothingness.
I’ll give you an “even if” though, Adam. Even if the equations could be so simplyqq boiled down to a hierarchy where NFL is better and CFL is second, which is not true by any means, but even if it were… consider this. Every year 15,000 football players graduate from US college programs. That is 15,000 guys who were so good in high school, so much better than average, that a university gave them a scholarship. Of that 15,000 how many get NFL contacts? How many end up on NFL rosters or practice squads each year? Let’s say its 10 per team, and thats high. That is 300 out of 15,000 who get an NFL paycheck. Lets say the CFL gets the next 80 guys. So, by your reasoning, number 1 to 300 deserve a “best in the world” label while numbers 301 to 380 don’t? That does not make sense.
CFL players are world class by any measure and Canadians need to start grasping that. Mind you the CFL does a horrible, horrible job of promoting itself. The CFL is almost apologetic in its demeanor and that plays into the attacks and assumptions against the league. It is seriously annoying to see the CFL apologetically operate.
As for the players and having contacts honoured, I think those contracts should be honoured. Put the pressure on GMs to really focus on team building and carefully considering how they invest in personnel. Plus, contracts should be honoured! In the real business world, I can’t just throw away a contract the second it becomes inconvenient. Why do football GMS get to operate in a world the rest of the business universe has to honour.
CFL Comments
Watching the people running the CFL slowly run the business into the ground is Painful. How are you so bad at this??
Why is a beer at a CFL game almost double the cost as an NFL game? Why are you gouging people every step of the way, from parking, to food to drinks? Do you enjoy spitting in the face of your customers and potential future fanbase?
People go to things that are fun, people go to things other people go to; it’s human nature. People are willing to be ripped off if it is an event everyone needs to be at. The CFL in it’s current state does not have this pull. Therefore you need to make it fun and make it feel like people are getting a deal and not being financially stabbed in the back. You need to reign in your terror of people getting drunk. Most of your terror is overblown. As the product and atmosphere becomes more fun. More people will come and as more people come. More will want to come. This how you build a business.
You Are Running The CFL Into The Ground.
Why are you so afraid of people having some beers and a good time? If needed split the stadium sections between families and 18+
Then talk to local barwatch companies if you have reservations.
Many of them of very very good at their jobs and have the skill and the tools to nearly never require force and only rely on interpersonal skills. They are very good at their businesses. And finally 99.9 % of the population are descent homest people who are perfectly fine with going to a game and having drinks and not causing any issues. The NFL manages to do it, so can you. I’m not saying the CFL is not for families but you need to drive that 18 to 40 demographic. Currently that demographic is at the pub having beers and watching an NFL game. You need to win them over.
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CFL4Life69…If this is your first at bat here in the forum, you sure hit it out of the park. Excellent letter. Great points, all valid. Perception and the CFL attitude itself is holding the league back. Way to go.