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Queen’s defensive end Zac Sauer is among can’t-miss prospects this time around, as the 6-foot-3, 236-pound pass rusher comes in with nine sacks and 13.5 tackles for loss over the last two seasons. Last year, Sauer participated in the East-West Bowl, hitting 18 reps on the bench.
Scouts also got a glimpse of Toronto defensive back Richard Gillespie at last year’s East-West Bowl. Gillespie, a 5-foot-9, 190-pound defender, ran a 4.65 while putting up 16 reps on the bench. ...
Friday’s regional will also include one international free agent (Brandyn Bartlett, a linebacker out of Tusculum) and six national free agents. The remaining 35 prospects are eligible for the CFL Draft. ...
Testing starts at 9:30 a.m. ET with height and weight, hand and arm measurements, video shot, vertical and broad jumps and the bench press. At 12:50 p.m., prospects will take part in the highly-anticipated 40-yard dash as well as the short shuttle and 3-cone drill.
After positional drills and one-on-ones at 2:30 p.m., the final announcement of those invited to the national combine is expected at approximately 4:40 p.m. ...
– Of the 42 players currently on the Ontario Regional Combine roster, 35 are draft eligible.
– While the field is fairly split, nine receivers lead the way among most popular positions (Full breakdown: 9 WR, 7 OL, 6 LB, 6 DB, 6 DL, 5 RB, 1 FB, 1 P/K, 1 P).
– 16 schools/programs will be represented, led by the six from Windsor. The full breakdown is as follows: Windsor (6), Wilfrid Laurier (5), Guelph (5), Queen’s (5), Toronto (4), McMaster (4), Hamilton Hurricanes (2), Western University (2), York (1), Laval (1), Tusculum (1), Windsor AKO (1), Norwich (1), Eastern New Mexico (1), UCLA (1), Waterloo (1) and the GTA Grizzlies (1)