Montreal Regional Combine adds five players to national CFL Combine roster (RESULTS)

MONTREAL – The Canadian Football League held its second of three regional combines today in Montreal, resulting in 5 players being invited to the CFL Combine presented by Reebok in Toronto this coming weekend.

Players Travis Bent, Guillaume G. Bourassa, Alexandre Dupuis, Francis Lapointe and Nigel Romick were extended an invitation to display their athletic abilities once again in front of CFL scouts, coaches and management at the National CFL Combine in Toronto, March 21-23.

Concordia linebacker, Travis Bent from Ajax, ON showed off his athletic abilities by having the second most reps in the bench press drill among linebackers with 19 and tied for the fastest 40-yard time among linebackers with 4.90.

A pair of running backs received invites, Guillaume G. Bourassa and Alexandre Dupuis. Laval running back Bourassa a native of La Tuque, QC ran a 4.83 in the 40-yard dash (best among running backs) and had 18 reps in the bench press drill (second most among running backs). Alexandre Dupuis who was the running back for University of Montreal and native of Montreal, QC recorded the second most reps in the entire combine with 23 and ran his 40-yard run in 5.15.

Sherbrooke wide receiver Francis Lapointe tied for the fastest 40-yard time at the Montreal combine with 4.70. The native of Mont-Tremblant, QC had the highest vertical among receivers with 34 inches.

Nigel Romick, a defensive lineman from Saint Mary’s led all defensive lineman at the combine in the 3-cone, shuttle and vertical drills. The native of Thunder Bay, ON also ran the second fastest 40-yard time among defensive lineman (5.00) and finished second in his position with 17 reps in the bench press drill.

Overall, 42 players attended today’s combine in Montreal and each athlete worked out in front of scouts from all CFL Teams.

2014 MONTREAL REGIONAL COMBINE RESULTS:

Name	Bench	40-Yard	Vertical	Broad	3-Cone	Shuttle
Defensive Back
Brett Backman	11	5.00	30.50″	9’4.00″	7.33	4.82
Matthew Bond-Lapointe	10	4.96	DNP	9’3.00″	7.46	4.53
Alexandre Branco	15	4.83	37.00″	10’0.00″	7.18	4.37
Soonbum Cha	8	4.97	35.50″	9’11.50″	7.37	4.35
O’Shane Daley	15	4.79	30.00″	9’3.00″	7.38	4.53
Charlton Elliott	13	4.76	34.50″	9’11.00″	7.30	4.41
Demetrius Ferguson	9	4.84	35.00″	9’3.50″	7.40	4.66
El-Hadj N’Doye	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Mattey Ossom	15	4.79	33.00″	9’4.50″	7.37	4.45
Jamie Symianick	12	4.87	40.00″	9’10.00″	7.05	4.21
Alex Graham	4	4.88	35.50″	10’0.75″	7.27	4.39
Nathan Taylor	19	4.72	36.50″	9’0.00″	7.39	4.44
Running Back
Jean-Christophe Beaulieu	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Sean Murphy	17	4.95	31.50″	10’5.00″	7.37	4.63
Alexandre Dupuis	23	5.15	31.50″	9’3.00″	7.41	4.57
Guillaume G. Bourassa	18	4.83	31.00″	9’5.50″	6.97	4.20
Ronlee King-Fileen	16	4.86	33.50″	9’7.50″	7.14	4.50
Linebacker
Omar Smith-Jackson	21	4.90	36.50″	10’8.00″	7.37	4.58
Travis Bent	19	4.90	31.50″	8’9.00″	7.61	4.71
Matt Lalande	11	5.30	29.50″	8’8.50″	7.93	4.77
Stephan Osman	16	4.97	30.00″	9’0.00″	7.76	4.78
Pier-Yves Lavergne	15	DNP	32.00″	9’3.50″	DNP	DNP
Eric Noivo	10	5.10	30.00″	9’2.00″	7.51	4.39
Offensive Line
Quinn Everett	24	5.37	31.00″	9’4.00″	7.81	4.64
Kyle Handy	22	5.95	24.50″	8’0.00″	8.73	5.21
Adam Hughes	17	5.93	25.50″	7’9.00″	8.59	5.12
Devon Millar	6	6.02	24.00″	7’3.00″	8.34	5.01
Frederik Landry-Simard	14	5.84	24.50″	7’1.50″	8.63	5.13
Karl Monjoie	14	5.83	20.00″	7’7.75″	8.15	4.88
Receiver
Nathan Heather	6	5.05	33.50″	9’4.50″	7.49	4.39
Troy Trentham	DNP	DNP	30.00″	9’2.00″	DNP	DNP
Bill Nyantaki	18	4.85	33.00″	9’2.00″	7.50	DNF
Francis Lapointe	5	4.70	34.00″	9’9.00″	7.56	4.39
Ryon McCalla	6	4.80	31.00″	9’3.50″	7.29	4.97
Michael Harrington	16	4.92	33.50″	9’6.00″	7.57	4.44
Marc Etienne-Villeneuve	20	4.70	31.50″	10’2.00″	7.24	4.56
Julian Bailey	8	5.12	30.00″	9’2.00″	7.59	4.63
Maxime Fournier-Rioux	13	5.09	28.50″	9’1.50″	7.26	4.37
Defensive Line
Sanmi Adereti	15	4.95	31.50″	10’3.00″	7.70	4.57
Shaquille Armstrong	14	5.59	26.00″	8’2.00″	7.80	4.82
Vincent Desloges	15	5.19	25.50″	8’3.75″	7.53	4.57
Jonathan Langma	19	5.52	28.50″	8’9.50″	7.76	DNF
Steve McCollum	16	5.01	33.00″	9’11.50″	7.54	4.45
Nigel Romick	17	5.00	34.00″	10’4.00″	7.40	4.40

In total, after two Regional Combines,10 players were extended an invitation to the National CFL Combine (5 each from Edmonton and Montreal).

The final regional combine will take place tomorrow in Toronto

The 2014 National CFL Combine presented by Reebok kicks off Friday afternoon with player arrivals, medicals and team interviews. On Saturday the players’ strength, athleticism and flexibility will be tested at the Park Hyatt Toronto Hotel. The camp finishes on the football field at Varsity Centre at the University of Toronto campus on Sunday. Stay tuned to CFL.ca for all your CFL Combine results and news.

CFL.ca will be streaming live coverage from the 2014 CFL Combine, including the bench press drill, as well as the forty-yard dash.

As it stands now, there will be 47 players in Toronto for the National CFL Combine with the final regional combine taking place tomorrow.

2014 NATIONAL CFL COMBINE ROSTER:

#	Name	Pos	School	HT	WT
Quarterback
1	Billy McPhee	QB	Queen’s	6.03	195
2	Reid Quest	QB	Concordia	6.05	218
Kickers
3	Tyler Crapigna	K	McMaster	5.07	165
Defensive Back
20	Eric Black	DB	Saint Mary’s	6.01	170
21	Derek Jones	DB	Simon Fraser	6.01	180
22	Andrew Lue (8)	DB	Queen’s	6.02	210
23	Antoine Pruneau	DB	Montreal	6.00	190
24	Adam Thibault (13)	DB	Laval	6.00	205
Running Back
30	Jordan Botel	RB	Mount Allison	5.10	200
31	Anthony Coombs (9)	RB	Manitoba	5.09	190
32	Robert Farquharson	RB	Guelph	5.09	210
33	Pascal Lochard	RB	Laval	6.00	215
34	Mackenzie Sarro	RB	Calgary	6.04	245
Linebacker
40	Jesse Briggs	LB	McGill	6.01	222
41	Max Caron (10)	LB	Concordia	6.02	213
42	Casey Chin (11)	LB	Simon Fraser	6.15	215
43	Beau Landry (7)	LB	Western University	5.11	201
	Thomas Miles	LB	Manitoba	6.01	220
Offensive Line
60	Jaskaran Dhillon	OL	UBC	6.03	290
62	David Foucault (3)	OL	Montreal	6.08	320
63	Matthias Goossen (5)	OL	Simon Fraser	6.04	300
64	Terry Hart	OL	St. Francis Xavier	6.03	300
65	Pierre Lavertu (2)	OL	Laval	6.03	300
66	Aaron Wheaton	OL	Toronto	6.05	295
	Kyle Paterson	OL	Regina	6.03	275
Receiver
80	Devon Bailey (4)	WR	St. Francis Xavier	6.05	202
81	Kristopher Bastien	WR	Concordia	6.03	205
82	Alexander Fox	WR	Bishop’s	5.08	185
83	Kit Hillis	WR	Saskatchewan	5.09	175
84	Brian Marshall	WR	Western University	6.00	200
85	Alex Pierzchalski	WR	Toronto	6.05	220
86	Evan Pszczonak	WR	Windsor	6.00	185
	Tore Corrado	WR	Simon Fraser University	6.00	174
Defensive Line
90	Dylan Ainsworth (15)	DE	Western University	6.03	225
91	Kirby Fletcher	DL	Acadia	6.03	300
92	Evan Gill (6)	DL	Manitoba	6.03	275
	Michael Dadzie	DL	Regina	6.03	225
94	David Menard	DL	Montreal	6.01	265
95	Martin Pesek	DL	Acadia	6.03	250
96	Quinn Smith	DL	Concordia	6.02	305
97	Derek Wiggan (14)	DL	Queen’s	6.01	254
	Dylan Roper	DL	Simon Fraser	6.02	222