With the 2015 CFL Combine (Mar. 27-29) and CFL Draft (TBA) approaching on the offseason calendar, TSN.ca profiles some of the prospects who could be taken this spring.

Currently the No. 4 ranked prospect in this year's CFL Draft, Tyler Varga will have the interest of all nine CFL teams. Who wouldn't want a Canadian running back who can run, catch and block? It's clear that right now though, Varga's focus is to make it to the National Football League.

"I'm pretty much as passionate as they come being on the football field," Varga said. "If something doesn't work out with the NFL, I know there are a lot of teams after me in the CFL, and being a domestic player, that increases my value as well so I think that's something I would want to pursue if the NFL didn't work out. Playing there, it's a proud thing to do playing in front of Canadian fans."

A season for the ages with the Yale Bulldogs has landed Varga on the NFL's radar which led to an invitation to the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama and could yield good results come draft time: 84 out of the 110 players invited to the game last year were drafted into the NFL.

"If you're good enough the NFL will find you. I think I'm on the radar for a lot of teams." Varga told TSN from Florida last week. "I think getting a Senior Bowl invite is huge obviously and that really gets you a lot of exposure. Every single team (in the NFL) is going to be at the Senior Bowl so that would be a great chance to prove my value to all these teams and show that I'm capable of doing multiple things on the field."

NFL teams are likely familiar with Varga already. He had such a good season at Yale in 2014 that all 32 teams in the NFL made the trip to watch him play. Looking at his numbers, it's no wonder Varga garnered such interest. In 10 games he had 1,423 yards rushing and he broke the school record for touchdowns in a season with 26 (22 rushing, four receiving), including two games where he scored five touchdowns each (against Army and Colgate). He was named the Ivy League's 2014 Offensive MVP and made All-America teams for two publications.

"I just kind of went out there, played for my teammates, played for my coaches, played for my university and things kind of worked out the way that they did," Varga said. "I knew I was ready to go and I knew that I didn't have to do anything spectacular, I just had to do what I knew I could do and things worked out."

Varga showed how serious he was to play in the NFL when he signed Joe Linta as his agent. Linta has over 30 NFL players as clients, the most prominent of which is Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco.

"Without any question, he will play on Sundays," Yale head coach Tony Reno told TSN's James Duthie in early November when asked about Varga's NFL potential. "He's an incredible talent. He can do all three things. He can run, he can block, and he can catch the football extremely well. To play in the NFL, if you have a checkmark against you in one of those categories, you better be incredibly talented at one or two of the others to make it. But Ty has all three. He could play tailback, he could play fullback, he could play H-back."

Varga seconded his coach's assessment when we spoke to him last week.

"I'm multi-dimensional essentially. I can catch the ball out of the backfield, I can line up at the slot and run routes from there. I'm a physical back and can run away from people too. I think I'm going to be able to show that at the Senior Bowl and I can block as well so I think that's something a lot of teams are going to like is that I show qualities of an every down back and somebody who can fit into a lot of different schemes so I have experience in all those things at the college level."

Varga was born in Sweden and raised in Kitchener, Ontario. His father John, a former football player and bodybuilder, and his mother Hannele, a former alpine skier, blessed their son with great genetics and a love for sports. He credits a sport many wouldn't associate with football for his athletic start.

"I got into gymnastics at a young age and that definitely set the foundation," Varga explained. "I think I'm going to put my kids in that because that definitely gives kids a solid set of tools to work from. It gives you good co-ordination skills that's important and translates into other sports."

His dedication off the field also started early.

"I've been raised eating well my whole life," Varga told us. "My parents never forced me to do anything but it was just something that I learned from them and it's a path that I've chosen to go down in terms of getting the proper nutrition and it works, it gets you results so I know that, I've seen that so why not stick with that and put your best foot forward."

With his Dad being a former quarterback, it sparked an interest in football for Varga when he was eight years old. His passion for the game grew and he became one of the most sought after Canadian recruits after his final high school season. After recovering from a near career-ending peroneal tendon (calf) tear, he would end up playing one season at the Western University where he was named the CIS rookie of the year. After one season with the Mustangs, he transferred to Yale, a decision he has not regretted.

"The reputation that Yale has goes pretty far back. It's pretty cool to go to (a) school like that and just rub elbows with some really intelligent kids and that rubs off on you a little bit too and that's a cool thing," Varga said. "There's another kid that's worthy of your spot and if your not pushing yourself to be the best that you can be then they should be in your place so that's something that's been a cool kind of motivator that pushes you to be better as a person whatever you're trying to do. I love my Yale family the only thing I regret is not being there for four years."

Carrying a stellar GPA over 3.5, Varga plans to become an orthopaedist once his football career ends. Varga mentioned that medicine can wait and it seems CFL fans may have to wait a bit also before seeing Tyler Varga.