{"id":521319,"date":"2026-03-07T22:48:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T22:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/521319\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T22:48:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T22:48:29","slug":"regina-players-post-strong-results-at-cfl-invitational-combine-620-ckrm-the-voice-of-saskatchewan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/521319\/","title":{"rendered":"Regina players post strong results at CFL Invitational Combine | 620 CKRM – The Voice of Saskatchewan"},"content":{"rendered":"

WATERLOO, Ont. \u2014 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 \u2014 a Regina product who came in at five-foot-10\u00a0and 255 pounds \u2014 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 \u2013 Regina \u2013 University of Manitoba
Wide receiver \u2013 six-foot-two-and-three-quarters,\u00a0223 pounds<\/p>\n

Bench press \u2013 12 reps (tied 3rd)
40 yard dash \u2013 4.75 seconds (9th)
Vertical jump \u2013 28 inches (10th)
Broad jump \u2013 9-feet- 6\u00bd (9th)
Three-cone agility \u2013 7.44 seconds (11th)
Shuttle run \u2013 4.59 seconds (10th)
12 wide receivers total<\/p>\n

Colin McKellar \u2013 Vancouver \u2013 University of Regina
Linebacker \u2013 five-foot-11,\u00a0218 pounds<\/p>\n

Bench press \u2013 29 reps \u2013 (1st tied for 2nd overall)
40 yard dash \u2013 4.8 seconds (5th)
Vertical jump \u2013 29 inches (8th)
Broad jump \u2013 9-feet-4\u00bd (7th)
Three-cone agility \u2013 7.21 seconds (4th)
Shuttle run \u2013 4.38 seconds (5th)
12 linebackers total<\/p>\n

Riley Schick \u2013 Lumsden \u2013 University of Regina
Offensive line \u2013 six-foot-one,\u00a0310 pounds<\/p>\n

Bench press \u2013 17 reps (9th)
40 yard dash \u2013 5.68 seconds (6th)
Vertical jump \u2013 23 inches (5th)
Broad jump \u2013 7-feet-6\u00be (9th)
Three-cone agility \u2013 8.34 seconds (Tied-3rd)
Shuttle run \u2013 5.09 (tied fourth)
12 offensive linemen total<\/p>\n

Johnathon Stevens \u2013 Eatonia \u2013 Saskatoon Hilltops
Defensive line \u2013 six-foot-two,\u00a0289 pounds<\/p>\n

Bench press \u2013 26 (2nd)
40 yard dash \u2013 5.59 (10th)
Vertical jump \u2013 25 (Tied 3rd)
Broad jump \u2013 7-feett-9\u215c (10th)
Three-cone agility \u2013 8.16 seconds (10th)
Shuttle run \u2013 4.94 seconds (Tied 8th)
10 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":"WATERLOO, Ont. \u2014 University of Regina Rams defensive lineman Anthony Montas Leipert turned in an impressive performance at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":521320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,4404,4398,1893,4397,4402,4401,4400,4399,82,4403],"class_list":["post-521319","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-country","tag-country-music","tag-radio","tag-regina-news","tag-reigna-pats","tag-rider-radio","tag-saskatchewan-roughriders","tag-saskatchewan-sports","tag-sports","tag-sportscage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521319","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=521319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}