CFL Teams Unveil 10 Neg List Players

Houston quarterback and Rider neg list player D'Eriq King 

For the first time this season, the nine Canadian Football League (CFL) teams have unveiled ten players from each of their negotiation lists. Clubs are required to do so on two occasions throughout the year following a measure approved at the 2018 CFL winter meetings. CFL by-laws state that teams can claim exclusive CFL rights for up to 45 players by placing them on their negotiation lists. Players can be added, removed or traded from the lists at any time. The following players were previously unveiled from their respective clubs' negotiation lists and are currently on an active CFL roster: ·     DL Woody Baron (MTL) ·     DB Randall Evans (OTT) ·     WR/KR Janarion Grant (WPG) ·     DB Jumal Rolle (HAM) ·     DB Marcus Sayles (WPG) ·     WR Rodney Smith (TOR) ·     QB Chris Streveler (WPG) ·     WR Lucky Whitehead (WPG)  The ten players announced on each CFL team’s negotiation list are as follows: BC LIONS Name Position College Christian Campbell DB Penn State Kahzin Daniels DL Charleston Kyle Dugger DB Lenoir-Rhyne College Koa Farmer LB Penn State Thomas Ives WR Colgate Shea Patterson QB Michigan Brett Rypien QB Boise State Nick Tiano QB Tennessee Chattanooga Jamarius Way WR South Alabama Daniel Wise DL Kansas EDMONTON ESKIMOS Name Position College Case Cookus QB Northern Arizona Dalyn Dawkins RB Colorado State Lenny Jones DE Nevada Steven Mitchell WR USC Bryce Perkins QB Virginia Jacob Pugh LB Florida State Aziz Shittu DL Stanford Manny Wilkins QB Arizona State Olamide Zaccheaus WR Virginia Shane Zylstra WR Minnesota State - Mankato CALGARY STAMPEDERS Name Position College Jake Browning QB Washington Hau'oli Kikaha DE Washington Tommylee Lewis WR Northern Illinois Jake Maier QB UC Davis Marcus McMaryion QB Fresno State Trace McSorley QB Penn State Scott Miller WR Bowling Green State Jaelen Strong WR Arizona State Brandon Wilds RB South Carolina Jordan Williams DE Tennessee SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS Name Position College Blaine Clausell OL Mississippi State Jhavonte Dean DB Miami Joshua Ferguson RB Illinois Tom Flacco QB Towson Garrett Gilbert QB SMU Gary Johnson LB Texas D'Eriq King QB Houston Picasso Nelson Jr. DB Southern Miss Sterling Shippy DL Alcorn State Jamar Summers DB Connecticut WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS Name Position College Alex Barrett DE San Diego State Eric Barriere QB Eastern Washington Jake Bentley QB South Carolina Fred Brown WR Mississippi State Kelly Bryant QB Missouri David Kenney DE Illinois State Mekale McKay WR Cincinnati Jaydon Mickens WR Washington David Rivers CB Youngstown State Greg Ward WR Houston HAMILTON TIGER-CATS Name Position College Mike Bell DB Fresno State Ryan Boyle QB Indiana State Steven Dunbar WR Houston Avery Gennesy OL Texas A&M Donovon Glave DL Mount Allison Sam Hartman QB Wake Forest Jalen Hurts QB Oklahoma Jacob Knipp QB Northern Colorado  Max McCaffrey WR Duke Shane Wynn WR Indiana TORONTO ARGONAUTS  Name Position College Joe Callahan QB Wesley Reshard Cliett LB South Florida Connor Cook QB Michigan State Ryan Delaire DE Towson Elijah Holyfield RB Georgia Justin Johnson WR Mississippi State Ray-Ray McCloud WR Clemson Luis Perez QB Texas A&M Commerce Troymaine Pope RB Jacksonville State Charcandrick West RB Abilene Christian OTTAWA REDBLACKS  Name Position College Floyd Allen WR Ole Miss David Blough QB Purdue Rashard Davis WR James Madison Eric Dungey QB Syracuse Luke Falk QB Washington St Charles Harris DE Buffalo Deonte Harris WR Assumption College Devlin Hodges QB Samford Malik Reed DE Nevada PJ Walker QB Temple MONTREAL ALOUETTES  Name Position College Keion Adams LB Western Michigan BJ Blunt LB McNeese State Jamal Davis DL Akron Knile Davis RB Arkansas Ryan Davis WR Auburn Michael Hunter DB Oklahoma State Teo Redding WR Bowling Green Karter Schult DL Northern Iowa David Sills V WR West Virginia Reggie White Jr. WR Monmouth

(CFL Communications)

Blades and Royals Make Big Trade

The Saskatoon Blades have acquired 20-year-old WHL All-Star defenseman Scott Walford from the Victoria Royals in exchange for fellow 20-year-old Gary Haden.

“Deals like this are never easy to make, especially in the summer, but the chance to acquire one of the very best defenseman in the Western Hockey League was too good to pass up given we felt defence was the biggest single area we needed to address for the upcoming season,” said Blades’ General Manager Colin Priestner.

In addition to Walford, the Blades will also receive Victoria’s 7th round pick in the 2020 WHL Bantam Draft.

Walford, selected 68th overall by the Montréal Canadiens in the 2017 NHL Draft, has spent his entire WHL career with Victoria after being selected 18th overall in the 2014 WHL Bantam Draft by the Royals. He has an extensive pedigree of experience in junior hockey, having represented Team BC at the Canada Winter Games in 2015, Team Canada Black at the 2015 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge (with current Blade Nolan Kneen), Team WHL in the 2018 CIBC Canada Russia Series and was selected on the WHL (West) Second All-Star Team last season. Walford also attended the Winnipeg Jets’ Summer Development Camp this past June.

An Assistant Captain for the past two seasons, Walford scored 47 points (9G-38A) in 62 games for the 2018-19 season and added 7 assists in 10 playoff games. For his WHL career, Walford has notched 120 points (18G-102A) in 229 games and tallied an additional 13 points (2G-11A) in 24 playoff games.

“Scott is a big, mobile defender, who plays in all situations and logs a lot of minutes. He is an all-around defender who is adept in his own end but also contributes a lot offensively, making use of an exceptional first pass and great vision,” added Priestner.

Also heading to Victoria is 2002 born unsigned listed forward Riley Gannon, and the Blades’ 4th round pick in the 2022 WHL Bantam Draft.