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CFL Scouting Bureau | Five U SPORTS products headline final top prospects list

Canadian Football League

2019 Vanier Cup finalist Pier-Olivier Lestage (66) of the Montreal Carabins is the highest-ranked prospect on the final CFL Scouting Bureau Rankings

The Canadian Football League released the third and final edition of the Top 20 prospects eligible for the draft on Monday

The CFL Scouting Bureau, comprised of CFL scouts, as well as player personnel directors and general managers from the league’s nine clubs, releases its rankings three times each year: in the fall, winter and spring.

Rank Name Pos. School Hometown Program Fall Winter
7 Pierre-Olivier Lestage OL Montreal Saint-Eustache, Que. Psychology/Sociology 11 10
10 Deane Leonard DB Ole Miss / Calgary  Calgary, Alta. Business 13 17
17 Nelson Lokombo RB Saskatchewan Abbotsford, B.C. Kinesiology 14 19
18 Logan Bandy OL Calgary Calgary, Alta. Kinesiology 12 16
19 Bryce Bell OL Laurier Waterloo, Ont. Business NR 20

APPEARED ON PREVIOUS SCOUTING BUREAU LIST

Name

Pos.

School

Hometown

Program

Fall

Winter / Spring

Ben Hladik

LB

UBC

Vernon, B.C.

Arts

16

NR

Grant McDonald

LB

Calgary

Tsawwassen, B.C.

Arts

19

NR

Nick Cross

LB

UBC

Regina, Sask.

Arts

20

NR

The 2021 CFL Draft will take place on Tuesday, May 4 beginning at 7 p.m. ET with TSN broadcasting the first two rounds of the draft.

U SPORTS athletes had the opportunity to defer their draft year to 2022, if they decided to. In total, 132 prospects chose to move back their draft year to 2022.

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