ELIGIBLE PLAYERS FOR CFL MOST OUTSTANDING ROOKIE AWARD
In order to be eligible as a candidate for the League award for the "Most Outstanding First Year Player" (Rookie Award), a player must meet the following criteria:
- He had, in the current season, been named to the active 44-man roster of a member Club of the Canadian Football League at the time it played in a regular season game; and
- He had not:
- In any prior season dressed for a member Club of the Canadian Football League at the time it played in a regular season or playoff or championship game;
-and –
- In the current season or in any prior season, dressed for a member Club in the National Football League, at the time it played in a regular season or post-season or championship game.
The Most Outstanding Rookie award is selected by voting members of the Football Reporters of Canada (FRC) and CFL head coaches. The winner will be announced at the Shaw CFL Player Awards on Thursday, November 23 in Ottawa, Ontario.
Past Most Outstanding Rookie Winners:
2016: DaVaris Daniels CGY
2015: Derel Walker EDM
2014: Dexter McCoil EDM
2013: Brett Jones CGY
2012: Chris Matthews WPG
2011: Chris Williams HAM
2010: Solomon Elimimian BC
2009: Martell Mallett BC
2008: Weston Dressler SSK
2007: Cameron Wake BC
2006: Aaron Hunt BC
The following players meet the above requirements for this year's voting:
BC LIONS
| LB | Micah | Awe | |
| FB | Dakota | Brush | |
| LB | Frederic | Chagnon | |
| DB | Nathaniel | Hamlin | |
| LB | Jordan | Herdman | |
| K | Ty | Long | |
| DL | Junior | Luke | |
| QB | Alex | Ross | |
| REC | Danny | Vandervoort | |
EDMONTON ESKIMOS
| REC | Nate | Behar |
| DE | Kwaku | Boateng |
| LB | Terrance | Bullitt |
| DB | Arjen | Colquhoun |
| DB | Chris | Edwards |
| S | Jordan | Hoover |
| DB | Mercy | Maston |
| LB | Christophe | Mulumba-Tshimanga |
| RB | LaDarius | Perkins |
| OL | Jean-Simon | Roy |
| SB | Duke/D'haquille | Williams |
CALGARY STAMPEDERS
| DB | Tunde | Adeleke |
| REC | Julan | Lynch |
| LB | Riley | Jones |
| RB | Ante | Milanovic-Litre |
| DL | Michael | Kashak |
| DL | James | Vaughters |
| LB | Jameer | Thurman |
| REC | Marken | Michel |
| DB | Patrick | Levels |
| REC | Reggie | Begelton |
| OL | Justin | Renfrow |
| RB | Terry | Williams |
SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS
| OL | Emmanuel | Adusei |
| DL | Tobi/Oluwatobi | Antigha |
| REC | Albert | Awachie |
| LB | Brandyn | Bartlett |
| OL | Dariusz | Bladek |
| DB | Elie | Bouka |
| DB | Erik | Dargan |
| REC | Antwane | Grant |
| DL | Nick | James |
| RB | Christion | Jones |
| LB | Cameron | Judge |
| DL | Antonio | Longino |
| DB | Chris | Lyles |
| LB | Derrick | Moncrief |
| REC | Denzel | Radford |
| QB | Marquise | Williams |
| DB | Sam | Williams |
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS
| DB | Brandon | Alexander |
| DB | Kahlen | Branning |
| DB | Abubakarr | Conteh |
| DT | Faith | Ekakitie |
| DT | Cory | Johnson |
| DB | Robert | Porter |
| FB | John | Rush |
| LB | Jovan | Santos-Knox |
| DB | Brian | Walker |
| REC | L'Damian | Washington |
| LB | Kyrie | Wilson |
HAMILTON TIGER-CATS
| REC | Damarr | Aultman |
| DB | Mariel | Cooper |
| REC | Felix | Faubert-Lussier |
| OL | Brett | Golding |
| DB | Richard | Leonard |
| DB | Keondrick | Lyn |
| OL | Ryker | Mathews |
| DE | Connor | McGough |
| DE | Ryan | Mueller |
| DT | Jason | Neill |
| REC | Willie | Quinn |
| OL | Braden | Schram |
| RB | Sean | Thomas-Erlington |
| DT | Justin | Vaughn |
| OL | Everton | Williams |
TORONTO ARGONAUTS
| OL | William | Campbell |
| DB | Alden | Darby |
| DB | Qudarius | Ford |
| DE | Evan | Foster |
| LB | Justin | Herdman |
| RB | Martese | Jackson |
| OL | Chris | Kolankowski |
| LB | Nakas | Onyeka |
| QB | Dakota | Prukop |
| REC | Jimmy | Ralph |
| REC | Kendall | Sanders |
| RB | James | Wilder Jr. |
| REC | Malcolm | Williams |
| DB | Robert | Woodson |
| DL | Dylan | Wynn |
OTTAWA REDBLACKS
| DB | Sherrod | Baltimore |
| LS | Louis-Philippe | Bourassa |
| LB | Kevin | Brown |
| DL | Jake | Ceresna |
| QB | Danny | Collins |
| DL | Avery | Ellis |
| RB | Anthony | Gosselin |
| REC | Austen | Hartley |
| OL | Zachary | Intzandt |
| DB | Adrian | James |
| OL | Evan | Johnson |
| OL | Eric | Lofton |
| REC | Dominque | Rhymes |
| DB | Winston | Rose |
| DL | Teidrick | Smith |
| REC | Joshua | Stangby |
| DB | Corey | Tindal |
| DL | Michael | Wakefield |
MONTREAL ALOUETTES
| DB | Branden | Dozier |
| DT | Fabion | Foote |
| OL | Sean | Jamieson |
| REC | George | Johnson |
| FB | DJ | Lalama |
| REC | Eugene | Lewis |
| DE | Ivan | McLennan |
| LB | Reggie | Northrup |
| LB | Anthony | Sarao |
| QB | Matt | Shiltz |
| FB | Oumar | Toure |
| LB | Dominque | Tovell |
| DB | Dondre | Wright |