{"id":519543,"date":"2026-03-07T03:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T03:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/519543\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T03:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T03:35:08","slug":"how-saskatchewans-players-tested-at-2026-canadian-football-league-invitational-combine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/519543\/","title":{"rendered":"How Saskatchewan\u2019s players tested at 2026 Canadian Football League Invitational Combine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Five players from province take part in pre-CFL Draft event in Waterloo, Ont.<\/p>\n

WATERLOO, Ont. — University of Regina Rams defensive lineman Anthony Montas Leipert turned in an impressive performance at the Canadian Football League Invitational Combine on Friday in Waterloo, Ont.\u00a0but it wasn’t quite enough to earn a spot in the main event.<\/p>\n

Leipert — a Regina product who came in at five-foot-10\u00a0and 255 pounds — put together top five finishes in five of six events as one of 11 defensive lineman taking part, which acts as a qualifier for the CFL Combine running March 27-29 in Edmonton.<\/p>\n

That included the best time among defensive linemen with a 7.64 second showing in the three-cone drill, 21 reps of 225 pounds on the bench press (tied for fourth), a 4.97 40-yard dash (third), eight-foot-six-and-three-eights\u00a0inch broad jump (third) and 4.59 second shuttle run (second). Leipert also finished seventh with a 24-inch vertical jump.<\/p>\n

University of Regina Rams linebacker\u00a0Colin McKellar also turned in an impressive showing on\u00a0the bench press, finishing with 29 reps to land tops at his position and second overall.<\/p>\n

In all, five players with\u00a0Saskatchewan ties tested. Here\u2019s how the rest performed by their position. You can find the full results by clicking right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

De Shawn Le Jour – Regina – University of Manitoba

\nWide receiver – six-foot-two-and-three-quarters,\u00a0223 pounds<\/p>\n

Bench press – 12 reps (tied 3rd)

\n40 yard dash – 4.75 seconds (9th)

\nVertical jump – 28 inches (10th)

\nBroad jump – 9-feet- 6\u00bd (9th)

\nThree-cone agility – 7.44 seconds (11th)

\nShuttle run – 4.59 seconds (10th)

\n12 wide receivers total<\/p>\n

Colin McKellar – Vancouver – University of Regina

\nLinebacker – five-foot-11,\u00a0218 pounds<\/p>\n

Bench press – 29 reps – (1st tied for 2nd overall)

\n40 yard dash – 4.8 seconds (5th)

\nVertical jump – 29 inches (8th)

\nBroad jump – 9-feet-4\u00bd (7th)

\nThree-cone agility – 7.21 seconds (4th)

\nShuttle run – 4.38 seconds (5th)

\n12 linebackers total<\/p>\n

Riley Schick – Lumsden – University of Regina

\nOffensive line – six-foot-one,\u00a0310 pounds<\/p>\n

Bench press – 17 reps (9th)

\n40 yard dash – 5.68 seconds (6th)

\nVertical jump – 23 inches (5th)

\nBroad jump – 7-feet-6\u00be (9th)

\nThree-cone agility – 8.34 seconds (Tied-3rd)

\nShuttle run – 5.09 (tied fourth)

\n12 offensive linemen total<\/p>\n

Johnathon Stevens – Eatonia – Saskatoon Hilltops

\nDefensive line – six-foot-two,\u00a0289 pounds<\/p>\n

Bench press – 26 (2nd)

\n40 yard dash – 5.59 (10th)

\nVertical jump – 25 (Tied 3rd)

\nBroad jump – 7-feett-9\u215c (10th)

\nThree-cone agility – 8.16 seconds (10th)

\nShuttle run – 4.94 seconds (Tied 8th)

\n10 defensive linemen total<\/p>\n

Advancing to the 2026 CFL Combine are Guelph defensive back Gianni Green, Windsor defensive back Ethan John, Queen’s defensive lineman Steven Kpehe, Manitoba offensive lineman Chris Pashula, Windsor wide receiver Tyriq Quayson, Calgary wide receiver Matt Sibley and Windsor running back Liam Talbot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Five players from province take part in pre-CFL Draft event in Waterloo, Ont. WATERLOO, Ont. — University of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-519543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519543","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=519543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}