TORONTO - The Canadian Football League Scouting Bureau today published its final edition of the top-20 ranked prospects eligible for the 2015 CFL Canadian Draft. 

Top Five Prospects

In the third and final installment of the CFL Scouting Bureau for the 2015 draft class, Christian Covington claimed top spot after announcing to forego his senior year of college in early January, making himself eligible for both CFL and NFL Drafts. 

After finishing first in the fall and winter edition of the CFL Scouting Bureau, UNLV offensive lineman Brett Boyko finished second on the top prospect list. Rounding out the top-5 are University of Connecticut offensive lineman, Alex Mateas, followed by Yale running back Tyler Varga, and in the fifth slot, Laval offensive lineman, Danny Groulx. 

Mississauga, Ontario native, Brandon Bridge who played for the University of South Alabama last season, becomes the first quarterback ever to make Scouting Bureau list. The CFL introduced the list for the first time in September, 2008.

 

Spring Scouting Bureau Ranking

 
Rank Name Position School Hometown
1 (--) Christian Covington DL Rice Vancouver, BC
2 (1) Brett Boyko OL UNLV Saskatoon, SK
3 (2) Alex Mateas OL Connecticut Ottawa, ON
4 (4) Tyler Varga RB Yale Kitchener, ON
5 (8) Danny Groulx OL Laval Gatineau, QC
6 (7) Sukh Chungh OL Calgary Port Coquitlam, BC
7 (3) Daryl Waud DL Western Hamilton, ON
8 (--) Lemar Durant REC Simon Fraser Coquitlam, BC
9 (5) Nic Demski REC Manitoba Winnipeg, MB
10 (6) Sean McEwen OL Calgary  Calgary, AB
11 (12) Chris Ackie DB Wilfrid Laurier Cambridge, ON
12 (9) Addison Richards REC Regina Regina, SK
13 (10) Jacob Ruby OL Richmond London, ON
14 (17) Byron Archambault LB Montreal Montreal, QC
15 (--) Tevaughn Campbell DB Regina  Toronto, ON
16 (--) Shaquille Murray-Lawrence  RB UNLV Scarborough, ON
17 (18) Ese Mrabure-Ajufo DL Wilfrid Laurier Mississauga, ON
18 (19) Jake Harty REC Calgary  Calgary, AB
19 (--) Brandon Bridge QB South Alabama Mississauga, ON
20 (11) Nick Shortill LB McMaster Nobleton, ON
 

Please note: The ranking in the parenthesis is the player's ranking position from the last CFL Scouting Bureau published in December, 2014.

 

By The Numbers

The ranking includes six offensive linemen, four receivers, three defensive linemen, two defensive backs, linebackers, running backs and a quarterback.
 
Calgary has three prospects represented on the list, the most by any school. Regina, UNLV and Wilfrid Laurier are the only other schools to have multiple prospects on the list.

In the final edition of the scouting bureau, Covington, Lemar Durant, Tevaughn Campbell, Shaquille Murray-Lawrence and Brandon Bridge climbed into the top-20 list. However, Dillon Guy, Karl Lavoie, Brandon Tennant, Adam Konar and Ettore Lattanzio dropped from the spring edition after being listed in the winter edition. 

The province of Ontario is represented with ten hometown prospects. Following Ontario is BC with three, Alberta, Quebec, and Saskatchewan with two and Manitoba with one.

All 15 ranked players on last spring's CFL Scouting Bureau list were selected in the 2014 CFL Draft including all nine first round selections.

 

Notes

The 2015 CFL Draft will take place on May 12, 2015 with the Ottawa REDBLACKS owning the first overall selection. You can watch the opening two rounds of the draft on TSN and RDS2 beginning at 8:00 p.m. ET with subsequent rounds being streamed live online at TSN.ca.

The CFL's Scouting Bureau is comprised of CFL scouts, player personnel directors and general managers from the league's nine teams.