LB Devin Veresuk (Kevin Sousa/CFL.ca)
TORONTO (October 9, 2025) – A rookie class of 112 first-year players is in the running for the Canadian Football League’s (CFL) Most Outstanding Rookie award. The recipient will be crowned at the CFL Awards – one of the marquee events during the 2025 Grey Cup Festival – at Club Regent Event Centre on November 13.
The Most Outstanding Rookie is selected by voting members of the Football Reporters of Canada (FRC) and CFL head coaches.
Players must satisfy all the following criteria to be eligible for Most Outstanding Rookie:
Named to the active 45-man roster of a CFL member club for a regular season game during the 2025 seasonNever dressed for a CFL member club in the regular season, postseason or championship game in any prior seasonNever dressed for a National Football League member club in the regular season, postseason or championship game in any prior season
Previous Most Outstanding Rookies include:
2024 | Nick Anderson (EDM)2023 | Qwan’tez Stiggers (TOR)2022 | Dalton Schoen (WPG)2021 | Jordan Williams (BC)
2025 ROOKIE CLASS
​(Name | POS | School/Team)
BC LIONS
Levi Bell | DL | Texas StateAlex Berwick | OL | Western UniversityTravian Blaylock | DB | WisconsinJacob Bond | FB | Okanagan SunRobert Carter Jr. | DB | Robert Morris UniversityJackson Findlay | DB | Western UniversityTomasi Laulile | DL | Brigham YoungJeremy Lewis | LB | East CarolinaIlm Manning | OL | HawaiiSeven McGee | WR | AlbanyDevin Richardson | LB | Washington State
EDMONTON ELKS
Cole Snyder | QB | Eastern MichiganJerrell Cummings | DB | UBCKenny Logan Jr. | DB | KansasChelen Garnes | DB | Wake ForestBrock Mogensen | LB | South DakotaAlex Raich | LB | KansasTyreek Johnson | DL | South CarolinaJaxon Morkin | OL | WindsorElijah Alston | DL | MiamiMark Evans II | OL | Arkansas Pine BluffGreg Eiland | OL | Mississippi StateOdieu Hiliare | WR | Bowling State GreenTomari Fox | DL | North CarolinaSilas Hubert | DL | Queen’s
CALGARY STAMPEDERS
Damien Alford | WR | UtahKelechi Anyalebechi | LB | Incarnate WordSheldon Arnold II | DB | Central FloridaMorice Blackwell Jr. | LB | TexasLudovick Choquette | RB | Long Island-PostNicky Farinaccio | LB | MontrealChris Fortin | OL | ConnecticutJaydon Grant | DB | Oregon St.Kaylon Horton | WR | North TexasVyshonne Janusas | WR | GuelphAnthony Johnson | DB | VirginiaJosh Love | QB | San Jose StJason MacGougan | ST | Wilfrid LaurierFraser Masin | P | MississippiPreston Nichols | OL | PurdueShaun Peterson Jr. | LB | Central FloridaDolani Robinson | DB | ReginaJackson Sombach | DB | ReginaMark Vassett | ST | ColoradoQuincy Vaughn | QB | North Dakota
SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS
Mario Anderson Jr. | RB | MemphisPayton Collins | OL | Eastern KentuckyJoe Couch | P | Ouachita BaptistD’Sean Mimbs | WR | ReginaMorgen Runge | FB | AlbertaAli Saad | DT | Bowling Green StateDarius Washington | OL | Florida StateJesse Mirco | P | Vanderbilt
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS
Cam Allen | DB | PurdueChase Artopoeus | QB | ChattanoogaMatthew Peterson | RB | AlbertaTrey Vaval | DB | Minnesota State MankatoJaiden Woodbey | DB | Boston CollegeEthan Ball | DB | CalgaryConnor Shay | LB | WyomingJay Person | DL | ChattanoogaJaylen Smith | LB | North TexasIan Leroux | LS | LavalLane Novak | LB | SaskatchewanJoey Corcoran | WR | New HampshireCollin Kornelson | DL | Manitoba
HAMILTON TIGER-CATS
Philip Ossai | DL | North AlabamaPhillip Brooks | WR | Kansas SateZamari Walton | DB | MississippiBraxton Hill | LB | MontanaTy Anderson | DL | AlbertaIsaiah Bagnah | DL | Brigham YoungMack Bannatyne | DB | AlbertaRonan Horrall | DB | UBCArvin Hosseini | OL | UBCDevin Veresuk | LB | WindsorKyler Fisher | LB | Iowa
TORONTO ARGONAUTS
Tucker Horn | QB | TrinityDelonte Hood | DB | Peru State CollegeDerek Slywka | DB | Ithaca CollegeMiyan Williams | RB | Ohio StateStephen Smith | LB | Regina Thunder JrsAaron Casey | LB | IndianaSage Doxtater | OL | New Mexico StateAnim Dankwah | OL | HowardHampton Ergle | OL | East CarolinaRicky Correia | DL | CaliforniaDorian Anderson | WR | Southeast Missouri StateDa’Marcus Johnson | DL | Eastern WashingtonGreg Reaves | DL | South FloridaJeremiah Ojo | DL | Montreal
OTTAWA REDBLACKS
Shakur Brown | DB | Michigan StateEric Cumberbatch | DB | OttawaKing Ambers | DB | Texas A&M CommerceJayden Griffiths | LB | Wilfrid LaurierParker Moorer | OL | East CarolinaSam Carson | OL | Louisiana at MonroeMuftah Ageli | DL | Northwestern Oklahoma StateKeelan White | WR | MontanaChase McGowan | DL | Delaware
MONTREAL ALOUETTES
Robert Kennedy III | DB | North Carolina StateNate Beauchemin | DB | CalgaryDon Callis | DB | TroyKori Roberson Jr. | DL | Southern MethodistM.J. Sherman | DL | NebraskaGabriel Lessard | LB | MontrealRiley MacLeod | LB | WesternDes Holmes | OL | Arizona StateTiger Shanks | OL | UNLVKaseem Ferdinand | WR | CarletonHakeem Harris | WR | Davenport UniversityTravis Theis | RB | South DakotaLucas Barrett
Associate Vice-President, Communications & Public Affairs, Canadian Football League