CFL SCOUTING BUREAU: FALL EDITION

Mississippi State’s Justin Senior tops the list in the first installment of Scouting Bureau rankings

TORONTO – The Canadian Football League Scouting Bureau today published its first edition of the top-20 ranked prospects eligible for the 2017 CFL Draft.

Montreal’s Justin Senior from Mississippi State comes in as the number one ranked prospect. Senior has been a mainstay on the Bulldogs’ offensive line. The 6’5” 310-pound lineman has appeared in 38 games and has started in 28, including both games so far this season. During his career in the South East Conference he has been named to the Academic Honour Roll for three consecutive years.

Ranked second, the highest-ranked CIS player is defensive lineman Kwaku Boateng from Laurier, who is also the highest-ranked defensive player on the list. In his first two games this season, the Milton, Ontario native has racked up eight tackles including three sacks during Laurier’s 2-0 start.

Nevada running back Akeel Lynch checks in at the third spot. The Toronto, Ontario native transferred from Penn State after three seasons where he compiled 1,318 rushing yards on 262 carries (5.0 yards per carry) and seven touchdowns. He has five carries for 28 yards (5.6 yards per carry) this season with the Wolf Pack.

In the fourth slot is McMaster receiver Danny Vandervoort. Through three games Vandervoort has three touchdowns on 11 receptions for 354 yards. The native of Barrie, Ontario notched back-to-back 100+ receiving yard games to begin the season against Carleton and Toronto.

Rounding out the top five is Eli Ankou, a UCLA defensive lineman from Ottawa, Ontario. The redshirt senior started UCLA’s two game versus Texas A&M and UNLV where he complied five solo tackles and nine assisted tackles to begin the season.

BY THE NUMBERS

The ranking includes six offensive linemen, five defensive linemen, three receivers, three linebackers, a defensive back, a running back, and a tight end.

A total of 15 schools are represented on the list, and Calgary, Carleton, Laurier and Laval each have two prospects represented.

Josiah St. John, the first overall selection in the 2016 CFL Draft, was ranked sixth in last year’s Fall Scouting Bureau Rankings.

Last year’s fall rankings saw 18 of 20 prospects selected in the CFL Draft with five of the top eight being selected in the first round.

FALL SCOUTING BUREAU RANKING
Rank	Name	Position	School	Hometown
1	Justin Senior	OL	Mississippi State	Montreal, QC
2	Kwaku Boateng	DL	Laurier	Milton, ON
3	Akeel Lynch	RB	Nevada	Toronto, ON
4	Danny Vandervoort	REC	McMaster	Barrie, ON
5	Eli Ankou	DL	UCLA	Ottawa, ON
6	Christophe Mulumba	LB	Maine	Laval, QC
7	Rashaun Simonise	REC	Calgary	Vancouver, BC
8	Nathaniel Behar	REC	Carleton	London, ON
9	Qadr Spooner	OL	McGill	Brossard, QC
10	Antony Auclair	TE	Laval	Notre-Dame-des-Pins, QC
11	Geoff Gray	OL	Manitoba	Winnipeg, MB
12	Robert Woodson	DB	Calgary	Calgary, AB
13	Junior Luke	DL	Montreal	Montreal, QC
14	Faith Ekakitie	DL	Iowa	Brampton, ON
15	Mason Woods	OL	Idaho	Port Coquitlam, BC
16	Nakas Onyeka	LB	Laurier	Brampton, ON
17	Kay Okafor	DL	St. FX	Enugu, Nigeria
18	Jean-Simon Roy	OL	Laval	Quebec, QC
19	Kwabena Asare	OL	Carleton	Brampton, ON
20	Corey Williams	LB	Toronto	Mississauga, ON