I'll do the same thing as last year, which I say knowing full well very few people saw it. I'll update this post constantly as picks come in and I find information about the player selected.
Ottawa does not have a second round pick as a result of trading it for LB Chris Ackie late last year. The quotes from GM Marcel Desjardins are from this Ottawa Sun article.
Round 1 (7): Alex Fontana, OL, Kansas, 6;02", 300
From Marshall Ferguson's mock draft: Toronto native Alex Fontana had an outstanding pro day with the Kansas Jayhawks recently after deciding to skip the CFL Combine in order to maximize his pro day performance.
Fontana measures in at 6-foot-1, 298 pounds. He benched 225 pounds 29 times, broad jumped eight feet and 10 inches, vertical jumped 27.5 inches, ran a 5.20 in the 40, a 4.84 in the shuttle and a 7.78 in the three-cone.
Round 3 (27): Gabriel Polan, RB, Sherbrooke
Desjardins: “Sherbrooke used him as a running back, we see him as the same as we do with our other Sherbrooke fullbacks (Jean-Christophe Beaulieu and Anthony Gosselin). He’s an athletic H-back, fullback type who can get into space and catch the ball if need be and have the physicality to block in the box. With all those guys, it’s special teams value. He’s got size, he runs pretty well and he’s got kind of a knack on special teams for being in the right place.”
Round 4 (36): Thomas Grant, DL, Acadia, 6' 05", 285
2018 AUS lineman of the year.
Desjardins: “He’s a massive man, almost 6-foot-6 and 290 lbs. He’s an interior D lineman who’s very athletic for his size. He’s very strong and stout. He’s still a bit raw, he still needs to learn the position, he needs to learn to keep his pad level down. He’s a guy who can potentially go back to school after camp. Potentially, he could become an O lineman as well if the D line thing doesn’t work out.”
Round 5 (45): Wesley Lewis, WR, Houston Baptist, 6'06", 210
Desjardins: “He’s another big boy at 6-foot-5, 218 lbs. He runs real well. He knows to use his body to his advantage. He doesn’t need to dominate and be physical with DBs because he can just kind of impose himself on them by just getting in the way. He catches the ball pretty well. There’s a lot to like about him. It’s funny, he was actually at one of our tryout camps in Houston last year – as an American. We didn’t know he qualified as a Canadian. Our guys liked him so he was on our ready list should we have needed a guy like that to come in. In the interim, he gained national status. A guy that size, you can’t pass up that size, speed and athleticism.”
Round 6 (54): Chris Larsen, DL, Manitoba, 6'04", 255
Round 7 (63): Samson Abbott, DL, Manitoba, 6;04", 240
Played with the Alberta Golden Bears from 2014-16. Led Alberta in sacks as a rookie in 2015. Played junior football with the Winnipeg Rifles in 2017 due to transfer rules and led the team in sacks with five.
Desjardins (including Larsen above): “They’re very similar. Larsen’s a bit bigger. They’re both athletic. Larsen plays a bit more on defence. Abbott doesn’t play a ton on defence, but he is a very, very good special teams player at that level. He’s probably the most ready guy from a special teams perspective to come in and play. He’s about 6-foot-4, 240 – Nigel Romick, that’s the type of guy he is. As we all know, those guys are crucial to have on your team for special teams ability. The biggest thing with those two guys is they have two years of eligibility left. That’s the same with Thomas Grant and Polan.”
Round 8 (72): Clement Lebreux, DL, Laval, 6'04", 296
Desjardins: “He’s a big boy – 6-foot-3 1/2, 300 lbs. He’s strong and stout. This is a future pick, similar to Kevin Malcolm a couple of years ago. Kevin had torn his ACL, Clement tore his ACL at the regional combine in Montreal. He’s a guy we’ll wait on. He’ll rehab and get better. I don’t think he’ll be ready this season, he hasn’t had his surgery yet. But next year, he’ll be a full go coming into camp.”
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