2016 Top Twenty Draft List

[doubleblue]

New December top twenty draft list has been announced. The first 2 or 3 rounds appear to be good again this year. After looking it over I'm ready to make my first two round predictions.

Saskatchewan - DT David Onyemata (Manitoba)
Winnipeg - (forfeit for foolishly using it on maybe a 3rd rounder)
Montreal - DT Mehdi Abdesmad (Boston College)
Vancouver - WR Tevaun Smith (Iowa)
Toronto - OT Josiah St. John (Oklahoma)
Hamilton - DB Arjen Colquhoun (Michigan St.)
Calgary - RB Mercer Timmis (Calgary)
Ottawa - OL Charles Vaillancourt (Laval)
Edmonton - DT Mitchell Winters (Miami, Ohio)

Saskatchewan - OL Philippe Gagnon (Laval)
Winnipeg - OL Jason Lauzon-Seguin (Laval)
Montreal - DB Anthony Thompson (Southern Illinois)
Vancouver - DB Taylor Loffler (UBC)
Toronto - WR Llevi Noel (Toronto) Played Junior this year
Hamilton - OL Dillon Guy (Buffalo)
Calgary - DB Elie Bouka (Calgary)
Ottawa - DE Trent Corney (Virgina)
Edmonton - WR Juwan Brescacin (Northern Illinois)

[OV Argo]

New December top twenty draft list has been announced. The first 2 or 3 rounds appear to be good again this year. After looking it over I'm ready to make my first two round predictions.

Saskatchewan - DT David Onyemata (Manitoba)
Winnipeg - (forfeit for foolishly using it on maybe a 3rd rounder)
Montreal - DT Mehdi Abdesmad (Boston College)
Vancouver - WR Tevaun Smith (Iowa)
Toronto - OT Josiah St. John (Oklahoma)
Hamilton - DB Arjen Colquhoun (Michigan St.)
Calgary - RB Mercer Timmis (Calgary)
Ottawa - OL Charles Vaillancourt (Laval)
Edmonton - DT Mitchell Winters (Miami, Ohio)

Saskatchewan - OL Philippe Gagnon (Laval)
Winnipeg - OL Jason Lauzon-Seguin (Laval)
Montreal - DB Anthony Thompson (Southern Illinois)
Vancouver - DB Taylor Loffler (UBC)
Toronto - WR Llevi Noel (Toronto) Played Junior this year
Hamilton - OL Dillon Guy (Buffalo)
Calgary - DB Elie Bouka (Calgary)
Ottawa - DE Trent Corney (Virgina)
Edmonton - WR Juwan Brescacin (Northern Illinois)

Reading up on O-lineman St, John - he has been with Oklahoma for 2 years and only has 4 starts over that time, and he was not starting in the game I saw towards the end of the year; maybe he is injured but if he lost his starting job in his senior year that is not a good sign IMO; and though it is a good sign that he has played on a top notch program = sign of talent, the scouts should be looking very carefully at this guy's actual play and not assuming; the Argos used a high pick on O-Lineman Joe Eppelle and he had very little college ball playing experience though I guess they assumed Div I program means a good pick. 1st round draft picks should IMO be proven or all-star or top stat type college ball players and not maybe type projects.

[AngeloV]

the Argos used a high pick on O-Lineman Joe Eppelle and he had very little college ball playing experience though I guess they assumed Div I program means a good pick. 1st round draft picks should IMO be proven or all-star or top stat type college ball players and not maybe type projects.

Eppelle was a good CFL player prior to getting injured.

Scouts also watch college practices, which are very competitive. Former super bowl winning QB Brad Johnson wan't a starter college either (started 6 games as a senior but was replaced by Casey Weldon at Florida State), but had a pretty good NFL career.

[OV Argo]

Eppelle was a good CFL player prior to getting injured.

Scouts also watch college practices, which are very competitive. Former super bowl winning QB Brad Johnson wan't a starter college either (started 6 games as a senior but was replaced by Casey Weldon at Florida State), but had a pretty good NFL career.

Disagree on Eppelle - he was not close to a good CFL O-lineman IMO, though he may have developed into one if he had got more time; Ben Hennan and Brent Jones are examples of proven, college ball all-star types who had almost immediate success in the pros - way better O-linemen than Eppelle. Vaiilancourt from this year's draft class has been a CIS all-Canadian, at guard, every year from a rookie on thru his entire college ball career (very rare territory is 4 straight national all-star teams - Fantuz is one other who did that i can name off-hand) = I'd tend to believe he might be the much more CFL ready player vs. St. John.

CFL scouts might get to watch some college ball practice and that is great - super, no stone unturned efforts should pay dividends; the CFL Combine tests and measurements are another tool; watching actual football games/play is still the best scouting tool by far IMO; and players who are on very good, winning programs get the extra experience of more playing time in the play-offs and against tougher competition.

[KCargosfan]

OVA give us your top 20 prospects for the draft.

[OV Argo]

OVA give us your top 20 prospects for the draft.

I'd say it's very close to the recent (December) CFL Scouting Bureau list; especially after they added a previous glaring omission (slotback Brian Jones (Acadia) - big (6-4, 230 range), athletic receiver); they've also added UBC's kicker Van Glyswick and safety Loffler who were impressive in their run to the Vanier.

A number of good NCAA ball Canadians in this top 20. Might not seem like a real deep draft year, but some good top end talent perhaps.

[doubleblue]

Reading up on O-lineman St, John - he has been with Oklahoma for 2 years and only has 4 starts over that time, and he was not starting in the game I saw towards the end of the year; maybe he is injured but if he lost his starting job in his senior year that is not a good sign IMO; and though it is a good sign that he has played on a top notch program = sign of talent, the scouts should be looking very carefully at this guy's actual play and not assuming; the Argos used a high pick on O-Lineman Joe Eppelle and he had very little college ball playing experience though I guess they assumed Div I program means a good pick. 1st round draft picks should IMO be proven or all-star or top stat type college ball players and not maybe type projects.

Didn't know that about St. John not starting all the games. I caught an Oklahoma game back in September on TSN and I thought he played very well at Tackle. I think he would be an upgrade over Sewell.
Also saw Dillon Guy play for Buffalo at left Guard , and wasn't surprised to see him drop in the ratings. Maybe he could play better at Center.

I have to disagree OV on Eppele. Don't forget he played on the DLine early in his College career before being switched to offence. I thought he was just coming into his own his last year with the Argos before his shoulder injury.

[gilthethrill]

Would love for the Argos to end up getting that Beast Onyemata from Manitoba, but despite him only recently learning to play football, I suspect he will end up on an NFL PR at the very least.

[R.J]

I would love to see the Argonauts draft Josiah St John, the kid's a beast. Although, I suspect the top 5 rated players will get some NFL looks at the very least. Mitchell Winters and Quinn Van Gylswyk are also intriguing prospects.

[ArgoGabe22]

Juwan Brescascin went to my highschool. One year younger. I was on Senior, he was the Junior QB. I was so excited of him playing QB next year on Sr. But he moved to the US for grade 11 to pursue basketball. Became a receiver at his American school and gave up on basketball. Made spectacular catches last year but kinda became a forgotten man on offence this season. Saw him play in Buffalo, got zero catches but blocked well. He might be viewed as a potential NFL TE and may try that before going to the CFL.