Posted January 14, 201411 yr comment_35185 CFL.ca Staff 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 Goosen 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
January 14, 201411 yr Author comment_35189 Is Cauchy and Henoc's brother in his draft year this year?
January 14, 201411 yr comment_35192 Is Cauchy and Henoc's brother in his draft year this year? i dont think so.
January 14, 201411 yr comment_35193 Get me two of Lavertu, Coombs and Caron I'd be ecstatic. Gonna be tough to pull that off without a second round pick. We pick at 2 and then not again until 20.
January 14, 201411 yr comment_35194 Get me two of Lavertu, Coombs and Caron I'd be ecstatic. Lavertu and Coombs. Yeah!
January 14, 201411 yr comment_35196 Get me two of Lavertu, Coombs and Caron I'd be ecstatic. Gonna be tough to pull that off without a second round pick. We pick at 2 and then not again until 20. I know. I'd try and pretend that I think Coombs will tumble as a running back but I really don't think he will. He's a special talent.
January 14, 201411 yr comment_35197 Get me two of Lavertu, Coombs and Caron I'd be ecstatic. Gonna be tough to pull that off without a second round pick. We pick at 2 and then not again until 20. I know. I'd try and pretend that I think Coombs will tumble as a running back but I really don't think he will. He's a special talent. hopefully Walters can get a 2nd rounder (or a late 1st rounder) in trade
January 14, 201411 yr comment_35208 How are Coombs and Gill eligible now? Did the CFL reverse the eligibility changes they made? Would be news to Brian Dobie if they are drafted.
January 14, 201411 yr comment_35211 I saw Casey Chin play & he's all over the field as a tackler. He's going to be a good one. Mathias Goosen is another SFU player that should do well in the CFL.
January 14, 201411 yr comment_35212 I hope we take Lavertu. He's projected as a Center and apparently CFL ready.
January 14, 201411 yr comment_35213 Want to see Lavertu as we need to upgrade the NI OL and the fact that he's a natural centre is huge. After that would be nice to nab a second rounder and a DL/LB or Coombs.
January 14, 201411 yr comment_35215 I hope we take Lavertu. He's projected as a Center and apparently CFL ready. agreed. In my mind, this is one time where the obvious choice is absolutely the right one.
January 14, 201411 yr comment_35219 I thought Coombs had to wait another year to be drafted? But wouldn't it be absolutely awesome to have him and Harris as our backs?
January 14, 201411 yr comment_35221 How are Coombs and Gill eligible now? Did the CFL reverse the eligibility changes they made? Would be news to Brian Dobie if they are drafted. I'm confused too. When they changed the eligibility, the CFL said "the players will be eligible to be selected in the CFL Draft three years after completing their first year of CIS eligibility." Am I correct that both those players' first year was 2011? Then their eligibility is 3 years after December 2011... i.e. December 2014, making them eligible for the 2015 draft. OR does it mean 2014, as in 3 years after 2011? Eligibility changes explained here... http://www.cfl.ca/article/cfl-adjusts-eligibility-rules-for-draft
January 14, 201411 yr comment_35222 I just hope we do the smart thing and take an OL with our first pick. I don't really have an opinion on which one.
January 15, 201411 yr comment_35234 How are Coombs and Gill eligible now? Did the CFL reverse the eligibility changes they made? Would be news to Brian Dobie if they are drafted. I'm confused too. When they changed the eligibility, the CFL said "the players will be eligible to be selected in the CFL Draft three years after completing their first year of CIS eligibility." Am I correct that both those players' first year was 2011? Then their eligibility is 3 years after December 2011... i.e. December 2014, making them eligible for the 2015 draft. OR does it mean 2014, as in 3 years after 2011? Eligibility changes explained here... http://www.cfl.ca/article/cfl-adjusts-eligibility-rules-for-draft Just another example of the CFL being confusing as hell.
January 15, 201411 yr comment_35236 How are Coombs and Gill eligible now? Did the CFL reverse the eligibility changes they made? Would be news to Brian Dobie if they are drafted. I'm confused too. When they changed the eligibility, the CFL said "the players will be eligible to be selected in the CFL Draft three years after completing their first year of CIS eligibility." Am I correct that both those players' first year was 2011? Then their eligibility is 3 years after December 2011... i.e. December 2014, making them eligible for the 2015 draft. OR does it mean 2014, as in 3 years after 2011? Eligibility changes explained here... http://www.cfl.ca/article/cfl-adjusts-eligibility-rules-for-draft Based on those rules, they aren't eligible until 2015. Pretty clear that either something changed since then (maybe they agreed to grandfather the changes in so it doesn't screw over the guys who thought this would be their draft year) or someone inept put this list together. They were both unranked in the last release, and both guys are clearly top 15 if they are a part of this class, from day 1.
January 15, 201411 yr comment_35256 Duane Forde @DuaneFordeTSN 5m .@3lue_n_6old In hindsight, the CFL elected to allow 4th yr CIS players, who weren't in their 4th yr of eligibility, to opt into the draft. Duane Forde @DuaneFordeTSN 2m .@3lue_n_6old With all NCAA RS jrs removed from this class, it was a wise decision for guys like Gill to opt in, as 2015 will be far deeper.
January 15, 201411 yr comment_35260 That's all well and fine but when a GM makes a move(trade) based on how the rules are set up at the time…and then they change the rules, I'm not sure I like that. Now, it affects us directly. (2nd round pick traded to Sask) I suppose it's still a decent trade…just not as decent.
January 15, 201411 yr comment_35282 That's all well and fine but when a GM makes a move(trade) based on how the rules are set up at the time…and then they change the rules, I'm not sure I like that. Now, it affects us directly. (2nd round pick traded to Sask) I suppose it's still a decent trade…just not as decent. Precisely. Also messes around with the guys who thought they were eligible, only to be told in October that they wouldn't be until 2015, then told in January that they are in fact eligible for the 2014 draft, not to mention the guys like Dobie who has been planning on having Gill and Coombs on his team in 2014, and now almost certainly will not have them. Any changes like this for draft eligibility should be made years ahead of the actual change going into effect, otherwise it gets pretty minor league with the rules changing every few weeks.
January 15, 201411 yr comment_35285 On who we should take...I'd love to see Gill in Blue and Gold. I know we have a need at centre and there are a couple highly ranked, but Gill is a guy who has decade long stalwart on the DL written all over him, the fact he's from Winnipeg and won't go running east the first chance he gets as a free agent makes it an easy pick IMO. The only worry would be the NFL (he's in the Shrine game), but that's going to be a concern with anyone we draft 2nd overall.
January 15, 201411 yr comment_35287 Bombers will go OL in the first round. I'd go with Lavertu. Gill is quite interesting though...
January 15, 201411 yr comment_35288 On who we should take...I'd love to see Gill in Blue and Gold. I know we have a need at centre and there are a couple highly ranked, but Gill is a guy who has decade long stalwart on the DL written all over him, the fact he's from Winnipeg and won't go running east the first chance he gets as a free agent makes it an easy pick IMO. The only worry would be the NFL (he's in the Shrine game), but that's going to be a concern with anyone we draft 2nd overall. Where do you personally see Coombs being taken?
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