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CFL Scouting Bureau releases second prospects list

Published: 17 January 2012

 

OTTAWA (CIS) - University of Saskatchewan tackle Ben Heenan is still the number one prospect for the 2012 CFL Canadian Draft.

 

The CFL's Scouting Bureau published Tuesday its second Top 15 list of the season. Heenan, who was also No. 1 on the initial list back on September 19, heads a group of 11 CIS players to make the cut, two more than in the fall ranking.

 

Heenan, a 6-foot-4, 310-pound senior who hails from Grand Coulee, Sask., was named a CIS all-Canadian for the second straight year in 2011 despite switching positions from guard to tackle in his fourth campaign with the Huskies. The former Canada West rookie of the year is one of three CIS players who will showcase their talent in the prestigious East-West Shrine Game this Saturday at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida.

 

Other CIS standouts included on the new Scouting Bureau list are Wilfrid Laurier wide receiver Shamawd Chambers, who drops two positions to No. 4; Calgary offensive lineman Kirby Fabien, who remains at No. 5; Laval linebacker Frédéric Plesius, down two spots to No. 6; Saskatchewan defensive back Bryce McCall, down one to No. 8; Sherbrooke wideout Simon Charbonneau-Campeau, down one to No. 9; previously unranked offensive lineman Jason Medeiros from McMaster, at No. 10; Sherbrooke wide receiver Ismaël Bamba, down five spots to No. 11; previously unranked defensive end Arnaud Gascon-Nadon from Laval, at No. 13; previously unranked receiver Giovanni Aprile from Queen's, at No. 14; and Western Ontario guard Matt Norman, down four positions to No. 15.

 

Medeiros helped McMaster claim the first Vanier Cup in school history last fall, while Gascon-Nadon won a second consecutive J.P. Metras Trophy as the top down lineman in CIS football. Gascon-Nadon will also compete in Saturday's East-West Shrine Game.

 

McGill kicker Austin Anderson was the lone CIS player to drop off the CFL's prospects list. The son of NFL legend Gary Anderson was ranked 12th in September.

 

The CFL's Scouting Bureau is comprised of CFL scouts, player personnel directors and general managers from the league's eight teams.

 

A year ago, St. Francis Xavier linebacker Henoc Muamba became the fifth straight CIS player - and the ninth in 12 years - to be selected first overall in the CFL Canadian Draft.

 

Official CFL release: http://www.cfl.ca/article/cfl-prospects-january-2012-rankings

 

CFL SCOUTING BUREAU JANUARY 17, 2012 LIST:

 

Rank   Name                          University       Hometown                  Pos.     Ht.       Wt.      Previous Rank

 

1. Ben Heenan                         Saskatchewan  Grand Coulee, Sask.    OT       6-4       310      (1)

2. Tyrone Crawford                 Boise State       Windsor, Ont. DE       6-4       273      (NR) *

3. Austin Pasztor                      Virginia           Langton, Ont. OG       6-7       305      (3)

4. Shamawd Chambers            Laurier             Markham, Ont.            WR      6-3       219      (2)

5. Kirby Fabien                        Calgary            Calgary, Alta.               OL       6-6       295      (5)

6. Frédéric Plesius                    Laval               Laval, Que.                  LB       6-1       245      (4)

7. Ameet Pall                           Wofford            Montreal, Que.            DE       6-0       245      (NR)

8. Bryce McCall                       Saskatchewan  Regina, Sask.               DB       6-0       200      (7)

9. Simon Charbonneau-Campeau Sherbrooke      Saint-Jean, Que.           WR      6-4       195      (8)

10. Jason Medeiros                  McMaster         Hamilton, Ont.             OL       6-4       315      (NR)

11. Ismaël Bamba                    Sherbrooke      Laval, Que.                  WR      6-1       195      (6)

12. Christo Bilukidi                  Georgia State  Ottawa, Ont. DE       6-5       290      (13)

13. Arnaud G.-Nadon              Laval               Montreal, Que.             DE       6-3       250      (NR)

14. Giovanni Aprile                 Queen's           Toronto, Ont.               REC     6-2       208      (NR)

15. Matt Norman                     Western           Châteauguay, Que.      OG       6-4       329      (11)

 

* Crawford was not included in the first Scouting Bureau ranking (September) because he had not yet been declared eligible for the 2012 CFL Canadian Draft.

 

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