CFL Scouting Bureau: 3 CIS players in Top 4 on final prospect list of season

OTTAWA (CIS) – The CFL Scouting Bureau released Thursday its third and final prospect list for the league’s 2013 Canadian Draft, with three CIS players earning a spot in the Top Four. The draft is scheduled for May 6 at noon ET, live on TSN.
 
In total, seven CIS standouts cracked the 15-player list, equaling the number from the second report published by the CFL on Dec. 12 and one less than on Sept. 19.
 
Defensive tackle Stefan Charles from the University of Regina is the top CIS prospect going into the draft. The 6-foot-5, 310-pound junior is ranked second overall behind Oregon linebacker Bo Lokombo, who also held the No. 1 spot in December.
 
Charles, who hails from Oshawa, Ont., topped the initial Scouting Bureau list back in September but had dropped to No. 4 before Christmas.
 
Other CIS all-stars on the radar of CFL teams include Calgary defensive lineman Linden Gaydosh at No. 3, McMaster offensive tackle Matt Sewell at No. 4, McMaster defensive end Ben D’Aguilar at No. 7, Regina offensive lineman Brett Jones at No. 8, Calgary linebacker Mike Edem at No. 10 and Laval wide receiver Seydou Junior Haidara at No. 11.
 
Gaydosh stays put on the new list. Sewell and D’Aguilar are both down two spots. Jones and Edem are up three and four positions, respectively, while Haidara makes his first appearance on the prospect list five months after helping the Rouge et Or capture a record-setting seventh Vanier Cup.
 
After being ranked fifth in September and 13th following the CIS season, Calgary running back Steven Lumbala was left off the final Top 15.
 
A year ago, Ben Heenan, an offensive lineman from the University of Saskatchewan offensive, topped the first two Scouting Bureau lists before dropping to second place in the third and final rankings. In May, he became the sixth CIS player in as many years – and the 10th in the past 13 years - to be selected first overall in the CFL Draft when the Saskatchewan Roughriders called his name at No. 1.
 
The CFL’s Scouting Bureau is comprised of CFL scouts, player personnel directors and general managers from the league’s eight teams.
 
CFL release: http://www.cfl.ca/article/cfl-scouting-bureau-releases-april-rankings 
 
CFL SCOUTING BUREAU MARCH 18, 2013 LIST:
 
Rank   Name                           University                   Hometown                  Pos.     Ht.       Wt.      Previous Rank            
 
1. Bo Lokombo                        Oregon                        Abbotsford, B.C.          LB        6-3       233      (1)
2. Stefan Charles                    Regina                         Oshawa, Ont.               DT       6-5       310      (4)
3. Linden Gaydosh                 Calgary                        Peace River, Alta.        DL       6-4       290      (3)
4. Matt Sewell                         McMaster                     Milton, Ont.                 OT       6-8       330      (2)
5. Andy Mulumba                    Eastern Michigan        Montreal, Que.            DL       6-4       263      (6)       
6. Nolan MacMillan                Iowa                            Toronto, Ont.               OL       6-6       290      (10)
7. Ben D’Aguilar                    McMaster                     Hamilton, Ont.             DE       6-2       245      (5)
8. Brett Jones                         Regina                         Weyburn, Sask.           OL       6-2       310      (11)
9. Brent Urban                        Virginia                       Mississauga, Ont.        DT       6-7       280      (9)
10. Mike Edem                        Calgary                        Brampton, Ont.            LB       6-1       200      (14)
11. Seydou Junior Haidara     Laval                           Quebec City, Que.       WR      6-1       215      (NR)
12. Corey Watman                   Eastern Michigan        Queensville, Ont.         OL       6-2       294      (7)
13. Jesse Joseph                      Connecticut                 Laval, Que.                  DE       6-3       259      (8)
14. Connor Williams                Utah State                    Kanata, Ont.                DE       6-3       278      (NR)
15. Brander Craighead           UTEP                           Ottawa, Ont.                OL       6-6       280      (NR)
 
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