{"id":85804,"date":"2025-08-21T08:42:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T08:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/85804\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T08:42:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T08:42:12","slug":"mesidor-takes-hold-of-top-spot-in-fall-edition-of-cfl-scouting-bureau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/85804\/","title":{"rendered":"Mesidor takes hold of top spot in fall edition of CFL Scouting Bureau"},"content":{"rendered":"

TORONTO \u2014 University of Miami defensive lineman Akheem Mesidor sits atop the Fall edition of the Canadian Football League (CFL) Scouting Bureau. The Ottawa native leads the ranking of the top-20 prospects eligible for selection in the 2026 CFL Draft.<\/p>\n

Two players in the rankings began their careers in U SPORTS. Devynn Cromwell (No. 8) played three seasons at the University of Guelph before transferring to Texas Tech and then Michigan State, while Giordano Vaccaro (No. 11) spent three years developing at the University of Manitoba before continuing his career at Purdue.<\/p>\n

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The CFL Scouting Bureau, comprising CFL scouts, as well as player personnel directors and general managers from the league\u2019s nine clubs, releases its rankings three times each year: in the fall, winter and spring.<\/p>\n

CFL SCOUTING BUREAU: FALL EDITION<\/p>\n

Rank
\nName
\nPosition
\nSchool
\nHometown<\/p>\n

1
\nAkheem Mesidor
\nDL
\nMiami
\nOttawa<\/p>\n

2
\nLogan Taylor
\nOL
\nBoston College
\nLunenburg, N.S.<\/p>\n

3
\nWesley Bailey
\nDL
\nLouisville
\nOttawa<\/p>\n

4
\nNick Cenacle
\nWR
\nHawaii
\nMontreal<\/p>\n

5
\nAlbert Reese IV
\nOL
\nMississippi State
\nEdmonton<\/p>\n

6
\nJett Elad
\nDB
\nRutgers
\nMississauga, Ont.<\/p>\n

7
\nRene Konga
\nDL
\nLouisville
\nOttawa<\/p>\n

8
\nDevynn Cromwell
\nDB
\nMichigan State
\nToronto<\/p>\n

9
\nNolan Ulm
\nWR
\nEastern Washington
\nKelowna, B.C.<\/p>\n

10
\nDariel Djabome
\nLB
\nRutgers
\nLongueuil, Que.<\/p>\n

11
\nGiordano Vaccaro
\nOL
\nPurdue
\nWinnipeg<\/p>\n

12
\nMalcolm Bell
\nDB
\nMichigan State
\nMontreal<\/p>\n

13
\nDarius Bell
\nOL
\nEast Carolina
\nHamilton, Ont.<\/p>\n

14
\nJez Janvier
\nOL
\nSouthern Mississippi
\nMontreal<\/p>\n

15
\nJosh Baka
\nDB
\nAlabama Birmingham
\nOttawa<\/p>\n

16
\nRohan Jones
\nTE
\nArkansas
\nMontreal<\/p>\n

17
\nTyrell Lawrence
\nOL
\nAlabama A&M
\nMilton, Ont.<\/p>\n

18
\nDarius McKenzie
\nLB
\nSouth Alabama
\nOttawa<\/p>\n

19
\nAamarii Notice
\nDL
\nCoastal Carolina
\nToronto<\/p>\n

20
\nTrae Tomlinson
\nDB
\nLouisiana
\nWinnipeg<\/p>\n

BY THE NUMBERS<\/p>\n

The fall rankings include:<\/p>\n

Six offensive linemen
\nFive defensive backs
\nFour defensive linemen
\nTwo wide receivers
\nTwo linebackers
\nOne tight end<\/p>\n

17 schools are represented in the rankings. Louisville (No. 3 Wesley Bailey and No. 7 Rene Konga), Rutgers (No. 6 Jett Elad and No. 10 Dariel Djabome) and Michigan State (No. 8 Devynn Cromwell and No. 12 Malcolm Bell) feature multiple players.
\nFour of the eight first-round selections in the 2025 CFL Draft were listed in the 2024 CFL Scouting Bureau: Fall edition.<\/p>\n

TOP 5 NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n

NO. 1 | AKHEEM MESIDOR | DL | MIAMI | OTTAWA<\/p>\n

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(Miami Athletics)<\/p>\n

2024: 13 games\/starts, 32 tackles (17 solo and 15 assisted), nine tackles for a loss, 5.5 sacks and one forced fumble
\nAll-ACC Honourable Mention (2022 and 2024)
\nAll-Big 12 Honourable Mention (2021)
\nShrine Bowl 1,000 List
\nPlayed two seasons at West Virginia before transferring to Miami
\nCareer: 50 games, 37 starts, 145 tackles (85 solo and 60 assisted), 35 tackles for a loss, 23 sacks<\/p>\n

NO. 2 | LOGAN TAYLOR | OL | BOSTON COLLEGE | LUNENBURG, N.S.<\/p>\n

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(Boston College Athletics)<\/p>\n

2024: 12 games, 11 starts (10 at left guard and one at left tackle), 364 dropback snaps, no sacks allowed, five games with a PFF pass block grade of over 80.0
\nAll-ACC Honourable Mention (2023-24)
\nShrine Bowl 1,000 List
\nEntering third season at Boston College following two at Virginia
\nCareer: 37 games with 34 starts<\/p>\n

NO. 3 | WESLEY BAILEY | DL | LOUISVILLE | OTTAWA<\/p>\n

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(Rutgers Athletics)<\/p>\n

Entering first season at Louisville after playing four at Rutgers
\nAcademic All-Big Ten (2024)
\nShrine Bowl 1,000
\nCareer: 36 games, 25 starts, 71 tackles(31 solo and 40 assisted), 14 tackles for a loss, 9.5 sacks and five passes deflected.<\/p>\n

NO. 4 | NICK CENACLE | WR | HAWAII | MONTREAL<\/p>\n

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(Hawaii Athletics)<\/p>\n

2024: 12 games, nine starts, led team in receptions (63), receiving yards (721) and touchdown receptions (six)
\nAcademic All-Mountain West (2022)
\nCareer: 36 games, 94 receptions, 1,072 receiving yards, 11.4 yards per catch and seven touchdowns<\/p>\n

NO. 5 | ALBERT REESE IV | OL | MISSISSIPPI STATE | EDMONTON<\/p>\n

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(Mississippi State Athletics)<\/p>\n

2024: 12 games\/starts (10 at right tackle and two at right guard) and 853 total snaps
\nKent Hull Trophy as the best offensive lineman in Mississippi
\nShrine Bowl 1,000 List
\nCareer: 40 games with 13 starts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 University of Miami defensive lineman Akheem Mesidor sits atop the Fall edition of the Canadian Football…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85805,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-85804","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\/85804","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=85804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}