Qwan’tez Stiggers appears to be off to a great start with the New York Jets, garnering online attention from Sauce Gardner, the team’s star cornerback. Stiggers, the CFL’s reigning Most Outstanding Rookie, was selected by the Jets in the fifth round of the NFL draft on Saturday. In a subsequent interview with the team’s in-house reporter, he expressed his desire to learn from Gardner, which caught the attention of the star defensive back. “I’m still learning, too,” Gardner replied on social media. “Looking forward to learning together, bro. Any way I can help, I got you.” Gardner was the fourt ..read more

The Saskatchewan Roughriders could be without Canadian defensive back Jaxon Ford to start the 2024 season as general manager Jeremy O’Day revealed he underwent off-season surgery to repair a wrist injury that carried over last year. “He might miss a little time,” O’Day told the media in Regina on Monday. “We certainly don’t have to find his replacement (in this year’s draft). It’s not gonna end his career or anything like that.” The 23-year-old was a second-round pick out of the University of Regina in last year’s draft and played 15 games as a rookie, recording 12 defensive tackles and six sp ..read more

Jo-Anne Polak has been appointed to the board of directors at Football Canada and will serve a term through 2026. The native of St. John’s, N.L. served as the general manager of the Ottawa Rough Riders from 1989 to 1991, becoming the first female general manager in North American professional sports. “Ever since my Rough Rider days back in the late 80s and early 90s, I have only fallen in love with the game more, with each passing year,” Polak said in a statement. “Football Canada is giving me a dream opportunity to serve both the sport I love, and Canadians who love it as much as I do.” Polak ..read more

The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed Canadian defensive back Katley Joseph. The five-foot-ten, 185-pound cornerback spent the past two seasons at the University of Saskatchewan where he was a two-time Canada West all-star and one-time first-team U Sports All-Canadian. He made 52 total tackles, two tackles for loss, 16 pass knockdowns, four interceptions, and two forced fumbles over 19 career games with the Huskies, helping them reach the Vanier Cup in 2022. Joseph started his collegiate career at the University of Maine in 2018 where he started 17 games over his first two seasons south of ..read more

Canadian running back Michael Herzog has received an invitation to rookie minicamp with the Detroit Lions, per sources. The five-foot-eight, 201-pound ball-carrier was one of the top testers at the recent CFL Combine in Winnipeg, running a 4.55-second forty-yard dash, 6.94-second three-cone drill, 4.20-second shuttle, and leaping a 39-inch vertical and 120-inch broad jump. The native of Windsor, Ont. ran for 2,273 yards and 29 touchdowns over 29 collegiate games at Hillsdale College, a Division II program located 160 kilometres southwest of Detroit in Hillsdale, Mich. He missed the 2021 season ..read more

The Canadian Football League’s Global program will enter its fifth season in 2024, giving players from outside Canada and the United States a chance to carve out a professional career. This year’s Global Draft will take place on Tuesday, April 30 at 11 a.m. ET, featuring two rounds of selections. In total, over 72 foreign-born players are eligible to be picked. Since launching in 2021, All22 – The Global Scouting Network has become a leader in verified data collection and talent evaluation in the international football marketplace. For the past several months, a select group of scouts hav ..read more

There is just one day remaining until the 2024 CFL Draft, with hundreds of players waiting to see their pro football dreams realized on Tuesday, April 30 at 8:00 p.m. ET. As always, 3DownNation will be your go-to source for extensive coverage of all eight rounds. Analysts J.C. Abbott and Ben Grant will be live on YouTube for the entirety of the selection process, while mock draft guru John Hodge is set to provide up-to-the-minute written analysis with his annual live blog. In the lead-up to the festivities, our team has collaborated on prospect rankings at every positi ..read more

There are just two days remaining until the 2024 CFL Draft, with hundreds of players waiting to see their pro football dreams realized on Tuesday, April 30 at 8:00 p.m. ET. As always, 3DownNation will be your go-to source for extensive coverage of all eight rounds. Analysts J.C. Abbott and Ben Grant will be live on YouTube for the entirety of the selection process, while mock draft guru John Hodge is set to provide up-to-the-minute written analysis with his annual live blog. In the lead-up to the festivities, our team has collaborated on prospect rankings at every posi ..read more

3DownNation reporters JC Abbott, John Hodge, and Ben Grant perform a live mock ahead of the 2024 CFL Draft. Powered by RedCircle Abbott made selections on behalf of the B.C. Lions, Saskatchewan Roughriders, and Montreal Alouettes, while Hodge represented the Edmonton Elks, Calgary Stampeders, and Winnipeg Blue Bombers, and Grant picked for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Toronto Argonauts, and Ottawa Redblacks. Please enjoy the show and subscribe on your favourite podcast provider. Don’t forget to return to 3DownNation for our live draft show on Tuesday, April 30 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. The post 3Dow ..read more

Canadian defensive back Ben Labrosse has been invited to rookie mini-camp with the New York Giants, per sources. The native of Greenfield Park, Que. is one of the top prospects in the 2024 CFL Draft but will get his shot to vie for a spot in the NFL in two weeks. The six-foot, 190-pound defender did not play in 2023 due to academic issues but was named a first-team All-Canadian at cornerback with McGill in 2022. In eight games for the Redbirds, he logged 35 total tackles and three interceptions while adding 214 all-purpose yards. Prior to his time in U Sports, Labrosse committed to Syracuse Un ..read more