{"id":212226,"date":"2025-10-14T11:46:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T11:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/212226\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T11:46:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T11:46:42","slug":"official-cfl-declares-112-players-eligible-to-win-most-outstanding-rookie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/212226\/","title":{"rendered":"Official: CFL declares 112 players eligible to win Most Outstanding Rookie"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Photo: Winnipeg Blue Bombers<\/p>\n

The Canadian Football League has unveiled all 122 players eligible to win this year\u2019s Most Outstanding Rookie award.<\/p>\n

In order to qualify, players must have been on an active roster for at least one regular-season game in 2025 while having never before played a regular-season, postseason, or championship game in the CFL or NFL.<\/p>\n

Last month, 3DownNation reporter John Hodge shortlisted<\/a> Montreal running back Travis Theis, Calgary receiver Damien Alford, Calgary offensive lineman Christopher Fortin, Hamilton linebacker Devin Veresuk, Toronto defensive back Derek Slywka, and Winnipeg returner Trey Vaval as favourites for the award.<\/p>\n

The CFL\u2019s reigning Most Outstanding Rookie is Edmonton linebacker Nick Anderson, who recorded 111 defensive tackles, five special teams tackles, three sacks, two forced fumbles, and one interception last season. The league\u2019s other most recent winners include Toronto defensive back Qwan\u2019tez Stiggers, Winnipeg receiver Dalton Schoen, and B.C. linebacker Jordan Williams.<\/p>\n

B.C. LIONS<\/p>\n

Levi Bell | DL | Texas State
\nAlex Berwick | OL | Western University
\nTravian Blaylock | DB | Wisconsin
\nJacob Bond | FB | Okanagan Sun
\nRobert Carter Jr. | DB | Robert Morris University
\nJackson Findlay | DB | Western University
\nTomasi Laulile | DL | Brigham Young
\nJeremy Lewis | LB | East Carolina
\nIlm Manning | OL | Hawaii
\nSeven McGee | WR | Albany
\nDevin Richardson | LB | Washington State<\/p>\n

EDMONTON ELKS<\/p>\n

Cole Snyder | QB | Eastern Michigan
\nJerrell Cummings | DB | UBC
\nKenny Logan Jr. | DB | Kansas
\nChelen Garnes | DB | Wake Forest
\nBrock Mogensen | LB | South Dakota
\nAlex Raich | LB | Kansas
\nTyreek Johnson | DL | South Carolina
\nJaxon Morkin | OL | Windsor
\nElijah Alston | DL | Miami
\nMark Evans II | OL | Arkansas Pine Bluff
\nGreg Eiland | OL | Mississippi State
\nOdieu Hiliare | WR | Bowling State Green
\nTomari Fox | DL | North Carolina
\nSilas Hubert | DL | Queen\u2019s<\/p>\n

CALGARY STAMPEDERS<\/p>\n

Damien Alford | WR | Utah
\nKelechi Anyalebechi | LB | Incarnate Word
\nSheldon Arnold II | DB | Central Florida
\nMorice Blackwell Jr. | LB | Texas
\nLudovick Choquette | RB | Long Island-Post
\nNicky Farinaccio | LB | Montreal
\nChris Fortin | OL | Connecticut
\nJaydon Grant | DB | Oregon St.
\nKaylon Horton | WR | North Texas
\nVyshonne Janusas | WR | Guelph
\nAnthony Johnson | DB | Virginia
\nJosh Love | QB | San Jose St
\nJason MacGougan | ST | Wilfrid Laurier
\nFraser Masin | P | Mississippi
\nPreston Nichols | OL | Purdue
\nShaun Peterson Jr. | LB | Central Florida
\nDolani Robinson | DB | Regina
\nJackson Sombach | DB | Regina
\nMark Vassett | P | Colorado
\nQuincy Vaughn | QB | North Dakota<\/p>\n

SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS<\/p>\n

Mario Anderson Jr. | RB | Memphis
\nPayton Collins | OL | Eastern Kentucky
\nJoe Couch | P | Ouachita Baptist
\nD\u2019Sean Mimbs | WR | Regina
\nMorgen Runge | FB | Alberta
\nAli Saad | DT | Bowling Green State
\nDarius Washington | OL | Florida State
\nJesse Mirco | P | Vanderbilt<\/p>\n

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS<\/p>\n

Cam Allen | DB | Purdue
\nChase Artopoeus | QB | Chattanooga
\nMatthew Peterson | RB | Alberta
\nTrey Vaval | DB | Minnesota State Mankato
\nJaiden Woodbey | DB | Boston College
\nEthan Ball | DB | Calgary
\nConnor Shay | LB | Wyoming
\nJay Person | DL | Chattanooga
\nJaylen Smith | LB | North Texas
\nIan Leroux | LS | Laval
\nLane Novak | LB | Saskatchewan
\nJoey Corcoran | WR | New Hampshire
\nCollin Kornelson | DL | Manitoba<\/p>\n

HAMILTON TIGER-CATS<\/p>\n

Philip Ossai | DL | North Alabama
\nPhillip Brooks | WR | Kansas Sate
\nZamari Walton | DB | Mississippi
\nBraxton Hill | LB | Montana
\nTy Anderson | DL | Alberta
\nIsaiah Bagnah | DL | Brigham Young
\nMack Bannatyne | DB | Alberta
\nRonan Horrall | DB | UBC
\nArvin Hosseini | OL | UBC
\nDevin Veresuk | LB | Windsor
\nKyler Fisher | LB | Iowa<\/p>\n

TORONTO ARGONAUTS<\/p>\n

Tucker Horn | QB | Trinity
\nDelonte Hood | DB | Peru State College
\nDerek Slywka | DB | Ithaca College
\nMiyan Williams | RB | Ohio State
\nStephen Smith | LB | Regina Thunder Jrs
\nAaron Casey | LB | Indiana
\nSage Doxtater | OL | New Mexico State
\nAnim Dankwah | OL | Howard
\nHampton Ergle | OL | East Carolina
\nRicky Correia | DL | California
\nDorian Anderson | WR | Southeast Missouri State
\nDa\u2019Marcus Johnson | DL | Eastern Washington
\nGreg Reaves | DL | South Florida
\nJeremiah Ojo | DL | Montreal<\/p>\n

OTTAWA REDBLACKS<\/p>\n

Shakur Brown | DB | Michigan State
\nEric Cumberbatch | DB | Ottawa
\nKing Ambers | DB | Texas A&M Commerce
\nJayden Griffiths | LB | Wilfrid Laurier
\nParker Moorer | OL | East Carolina
\nSam Carson | OL | Louisiana at Monroe
\nMuftah Ageli | DL | Northwestern Oklahoma State
\nKeelan White | WR | Montana
\nChase McGowan | DL | Delaware<\/p>\n

MONTREAL ALOUETTES<\/p>\n

Robert Kennedy III | DB | North Carolina State
\nNate Beauchemin | DB | Calgary
\nDon Callis | DB | Troy
\nKori Roberson Jr. | DL | Southern Methodist
\nM.J. Sherman | DL | Nebraska
\nGabriel Lessard | LB | Montreal
\nRiley MacLeod | LB | Western
\nDes Holmes | OL | Arizona State
\nTiger Shanks | OL | UNLV
\nKaseem Ferdinand | WR | Carleton
\nHakeem Harris | WR | Davenport University
\nTravis Theis | RB | South Dakota<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Winnipeg Blue Bombers The Canadian Football League has unveiled all 122 players eligible to win this year\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212227,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-212226","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-canadian-football-league","11":"tag-canadianfootballleague","12":"tag-cfl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}