January 14, 2014

Five OUA players featured in CFL Scouting Bureau Top 15

TORONTO – The Canadian Football League Scouting Bureau today published its winter edition of the top 15 ranked prospects eligible for the 2014 CFL Canadian Draft.

For the second-straight ranking, McGill offensive lineman Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is the top ranked prospect. Duvernay-Tardif is followed by two other offensive linemen - Pierre Lavertu from Laval is ranked second and David Foucault from Montreal is third. Rounding out the top five are St. Francis Xavier wide receiver Devon Bailey and Simon Fraser offensive lineman Matthias Gooseen, who made the largest jump in the rankings, moving up ten spots to fifth.

BY THE NUMBERS

The ranking includes four offensive linemen, four linebackers, three defensive linemen, two defensive backs one receiver and one running back.

Queen’s has three players on the list, the most by any one school.

All 15 ranked players on last winter’s CFL Scouting Bureau list (it was published in December) were selected in the 2013 CFL Draft. Seven of those players were selected in the first round.

Here is the full ranking:

WINTER SCOUTING BUREAU RANKING
Rank	Name	Position	School
1 (1)	Laurent Duvernay-Tardif	OL	McGill
2 (4)	Pierre Lavertu	OL	Laval
3 (3)	David Foucault	OL	Montreal
4 (2)	Devon Bailey	WR	St. Francis Xavier
5 (15)	Matthias Goossen	OL	Simon Fraser
6 (--)	Evan Gill	DL	Manitoba
7 (6)	Beau Landry	LB	Western
8 (8)	Andrew Lue	DB	Queen's
9 (--)	Anthony Coombs	RB	Manitoba
10 (7)	Max Caron	LB	Concordia
11 (12)	Casey Chin	LB	Simon Fraser
12 (9)	Sam Sabourin	LB	Queen's
13 (5)	Adam Thibault	DB	Laval
14 (10)	Derek Wiggan	DL	Queen's
15 (--)	Dylan Ainsworth	DL	Western