Team Alberta (Football Canada Cup) rocks CFL draft [Video 4x]

Team Alberta at the Football Canada Cup in 2007 was a special team indeed. Winning all of their games by an average score of 40-9 and blasting their way to Alberta’s sixth National Championship. However, we didn’t know how truly special it was until May 8, 2011 at the CFL Draft.

Four years later, five members of that team went in the 2011 CFL Draft, which is quite an accomplishment indeed considering that hundreds of players are eligible but only 40 get selected. Add to those five players, four more born and raised Albertans (and former Team Alberta players as well) and you have our province providing almost 20% of the players drafted that day, including three first rounders and four in the top 11 (36%).

Quite an accomplishment! Here is a list of players selected and on behalf of the football community in Alberta we would like to wish them every success at the next level.

First Round
Selected Name Pos CFL Team University High School Team Alberta
#3 Anthony Parker SB Calgary Calgary Foothills 2007
#5 Nathan Coehorn WR Edmonton Calgary Medicine Hat 2004
#6 Marco Ianuzzi WR B.C. Harvard St. Francis 2005*

Second Round
Selected Name Pos CFL Team University High School Team Alberta
#11 Hugh O’Neill K/P B.C. Alberta St. Francis X. 2007

Fourth Round
Selected Name Pos CFL Team University High School Team Alberta
#24 Paul Swiston OL Winnipeg Calgary E.P Scarlett 2007
#27 Alex Krausnick-Groh OL Saskatchewan Calgary Cochrane 2007
#31 Reed Alexander OL Montreal Calgary Medicine Hat 2005

Fifth Round
Selected Name Pos CFL Team University High School Team Alberta
#34 Matt Walter RB Calgary Calgary Bish. O’Byrne 2007

Sixth Round
Selected Name Pos CFL Team University High School Team Alberta
#44 Jadon Wagner LB Hamilton B.Y.U. L.C.I. 2002

* – selected but was unable to play.

Tim Enger
Head Coach – Team Alberta 2007
(Technical Director – Alberta)