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CIS football: Concordia’s Greenwood top CIS prospect for 2010 CFL Draft
OTTAWA (CIS) – Fourth-year Concordia linebacker Cory
Greenwood is the top CIS prospect for the 2010 CFL Canadian Draft
according to the ranking of amateur players published Wednesday by
the CFL’s Amateur Scouting Bureau.
Greenwood of Kingston, Ont., is ranked second overall and is one of
nine CIS players included on the Top 15 list along with
Queen’s linebacker Shomari Williams at No. 4, Concordia wide
receiver Cory Watson at No. 6, Guelph kicker Rob Maver at No. 7,
Montreal linebacker Joash Gesse at No. 8, St. Francis Xavier wide
receiver Akeem Foster at No. 9, Manitoba defensive tackle Eddie
Steele at No. 12, and Wilfrid Laurier teammates, defensive back
Taurean Allen and defensive end Chima Ihekwoada, who are ranked No.
13 and 14, respectively.
Rounding out the list are six NCAA players. Nevada’s John
Bender, a 6-foot-8, 325-pound offensive lineman from Cochrane,
Alta., moves up four spots to No. 1 after behind ranked fifth on
the first Amateur Scouting Bureau list released back in
September.
Greenwood, who was No. 3 in September, is the 2009
Presidents’ trophy recipient as the best defensive player in
CIS football. The 6-foot-2, 235-pound Stingers captain led the
Quebec conference and was third in the nation with 62
regular-season tackles, including five for losses and a pair of
quarterback sacks. A first-team all-Canadian this past season, he
is a three-time QUFL all-star.
Williams of Brampton, Ont., makes the biggest jump on the new list
moving all the way up from 15th to fourth place. The 6-foot-2,
236-pound senior helped the Gaels capture their first Vanier Cup in
17 years this fall and was named player of the game when
Queen’s upset top-ranked and defending national champion
Laval in the Mitchell Bowl.
Watson, a 2009 second-team all-Canadian from Dollard-des-Ormeaux,
Que., and Maver of Brampton also see their stock rise significantly
as they were ranked 14th and 12th, respectively, in September.
Gesse of Montreal was also ranked eighth on the original list.
Foster, a first-team all-Canadian from Ajax, Ont., drops four
spots. Steele, a second-team CIS all-star from Winnipeg, was
unranked. Allen of Etobicoke, Ont., remains in his previous
position, while Ihekwoada of Burlington, Ont., is down seven
places.
The Amateur Scouting Bureau is comprised of CFL scouts, player
personnel directors and general managers from the league’s
eight teams.
The Toronto Argonauts hold the first selection for the 2010 CFL
Canadian Draft. Winnipeg will talk second, followed by B.C.,
Saskatchewan (via Edmonton), Calgary, Saskatchewan and Montreal.
Hamilton forfeited its first-round pick.
The date of the draft will be announced in the coming months.
CIS players have been selected first overall three years running,
each time by Hamilton, including Alberta offensive tackle Simeon
Rottier in 2009, Saskatchewan defensive back Dylan Barker in 2008
and Regina wide receiver Chris Bauman in 2007.
CFL AMATEUR
SCOUTING BUREAU LIST (#2) – December,
2009
Rank (prev.) - Player - University - Pos. - Ht. -
Wt.
1 (5) John Bender Nevada OL 6-8 325
2 (3) Cory Greenwood Concordia LB 6-2 235
3 (2) Danny Watkins Baylor OT 6-4 310
4 (15) Shomari Williams Queen’s LB 6-2 236
5 (9) J'Michael Deane Michigan St. OL 6-5 312
6 (14) Cory Watson Concordia WR 6-2 204
7 (12) Rob Maver Guelph K/P 6-0 195
8 (8) Joash Gesse Montreal LB 6-0 225
9 (5) Akeem Foster StFX WR 6-5 215
10 (1) Brian Bulcke Stanford DL 6-4 281
11 (4) Joe Eppele Washington St. OL 6-8 306
12 (NR) Eddie Steele Manitoba DT 6-2 280
13 (13) Taurean Allen Laurier DB 5-11 195
14 (7) Chima Ihekwoaba Laurier DE 6-4 255
15 (11) Nasser Jamal Lou. Lafayette OT 6-6 286
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