{"id":487625,"date":"2026-02-20T12:27:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T12:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/487625\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T12:27:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T12:27:21","slug":"28-kickers-set-to-participate-in-cfl-showcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/487625\/","title":{"rendered":"28 kickers set to participate in CFL showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Photo: Bob Butrym\/3DownNation. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n

The CFL has 28 players set to take part in their annual kicking showcase on Sunday, February 22 in San Diego, Calif. The event will be conducted by Novak Kicking & Consulting at Maranatha Christian Schools.<\/p>\n

Representatives from across the CFL will attend the showcase to scout up-and-coming specialists. Past participants include active and former CFL players like Carl Meyer, Jesse Mirco, Vincent Blanchard, Nik Constantinou, and more.<\/p>\n

The roster for the event is as follows:<\/p>\n

James Allen | Global (Australia) | Draft-eligible | Rhode Island
\nKeegan Andrews | Global (Australia) | Draft-eligible | Massachusetts
\nJack Burgess | Global (Australia) | Draft-eligible | Texas Tech
\nRecardo Chavez | American | Free Agent | Idaho
\nZach Copeland | National | Draft-eligible | Ottawa
\nKeelan Crimmins | Global (Australia) | Draft-eligible | Illinois State
\nCampbell Fair | National | Free Agent | Ottawa
\nJames Ferguson-Reynolds | Global (Australia) | Draft-eligible | Oregon
\nCameron Gillis | National | Free Agent | Florida A&M
\nJes\u00fas G\u00f3mez | Global (Mexico) | Draft-eligible | Arizona State
\nMichael Horvat | National | Draft-eligible | McMaster
\nBrady Lidster | National | Draft-eligible | Windsor
\nCaleb Lightbourn | American | Free Agent | Idaho
\nPatrick Luby | American | Free Agent | SUNY Cortland
\nDonte Mastrogiuseppe | National | Free Agent | Toronto
\nMitch McCarthy | Global (Australia) | Draft-eligible | Indiana
\nCallum McGough | Global (Australia) | Draft-eligible | Sacramento State
\nAbraham Monta\u00f1o Carrillo | American | Free Agent | Fresno State
\nJavier Ochoa | Global (Mexico) | Draft-eligible | College Linces UVM
\nEddie Ogamba | American* | Free Agent | South Dakota
\nGabe Plascencia | American | Free Agent | San Diego State
\nJames Rendell | Global (Australia) | Draft-eligible | Notre Dame
\nJoey Sciandra | National | Draft-eligible | Carleton
\nOliver Straw | Global (Australia) | Draft-eligible | West Virginia
\nRiley Thompson | Global (Australia) | Draft-eligible | Penn State
\nNathan Torney | Global (Australia) | Draft-eligible | Louisiana Lafayette
\nPaddy Turner | Global (Australia) | Free Agent | Colorado State
\nNathan Walker | National | Draft-eligible | York<\/p>\n

The league will continue its offseason events with the CFL Invitational Combine and CFL Free Agent Camp in Waterloo, Ont. on March 6. The CFL Combine will then take place in Edmonton, Alta. from March 27 to 29.<\/p>\n

The CFL Draft is set for April 28, followed by the CFL Global Draft on April 29.<\/p>\n

*to be determined<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Bob Butrym\/3DownNation. All rights reserved. The CFL has 28 players set to take part in their annual…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":487626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[166835,166836,196315,196316,49,196317,196318,196319,95586,48,7028,521,522,520,196320,196321,527,196322,196323,196324,196325,196326,196327,196328,196329,196330,196331,144333,196332,84768,196333,196334,196335,196336,196337,196338,196339,196340,196341,55669,82,196342],"class_list":{"0":"post-487625","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cfl","8":"tag-3down","9":"tag-3downnation","10":"tag-abraham-montano-carrillo","11":"tag-brady-lidster","12":"tag-ca","13":"tag-caleb-lightbourn","14":"tag-callum-mcgough","15":"tag-cameron-gillis","16":"tag-campbell-fair","17":"tag-canada","18":"tag-canadian","19":"tag-canadian-football-league","20":"tag-canadianfootballleague","21":"tag-cfl","22":"tag-donte-mastrogiuseppe","23":"tag-eddie-ogamba","24":"tag-football","25":"tag-gabe-plascencia","26":"tag-jack-burgess","27":"tag-james-allen","28":"tag-james-ferguson-reynolds","29":"tag-james-rendell","30":"tag-javier-ochoa","31":"tag-jesus-gomez","32":"tag-joey-sciandra","33":"tag-keegan-andrews","34":"tag-keelan-crimmins","35":"tag-kicker","36":"tag-kickers","37":"tag-kicking","38":"tag-michael-horvat","39":"tag-mitch-mccarthy","40":"tag-nathan-torney","41":"tag-nathan-walker","42":"tag-oliver-straw","43":"tag-paddy-turner","44":"tag-patrick-luby","45":"tag-recardo-chavez","46":"tag-riley-thompson","47":"tag-showcase","48":"tag-sports","49":"tag-zach-copeland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487625","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=487625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}