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Unveiled: 2025 CFL team award-winners announced

by
3Down Staff
October 22, 2025

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All nine CFL teams have unveiled their winners for year-end awards.

Voting was conducted by four local members of the Football Reporters of Canada (FRC) as well as the local team’s head coach.

The winners below will now become the slate of candidates for the same awards at the division level, the winners of which will be unveiled on Thursday, October 30. The division winners will then become the candidates at the league level, the winners of which will be unveiled during the Grey Cup Festival in Winnipeg, Man.

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Players marked with an asterisk (*) were unanimous selections.

GEORGE REED MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER

BC | Nathan Rourke*
EDM | Justin Rankin*
CGY | Dedrick Mills
SSK | Trevor Harris*
WPG | Brady Oliveira
HAM | Bo Levi Mitchell
TOR | Nick Arbuckle
OTT | Kalil Pimpleton
MTL | Davis Alexander

MOST OUTSTANDING CANADIAN

BC | Nathan Rourke*
EDM | Joel Dublanko
CGY | Jalen Philpot
SSK | A.J. Allen*
WPG | Brady Oliveira
HAM | Marc Liegghio
TOR | Kevin Mital
OTT | Daniel Adeboboye
MTL | Isaac Adeyemi-Berglund*

MOST OUTSTANDING DEFENSIVE PLAYER

BC | Mathieu Betts
EDM | Kordell Jackson
CGY | Clarence Hicks
SSK | Jameer Thurman
WPG | Evan Holm
HAM | Julian Howsare
TOR | Cameron Judge*
OTT | Jovan Santos-Knox
MTL | Isaac Adeyemi-Berglund

MOST OUTSTANDING OFFENSIVE LINEMAN

BC | Jarell Broxton*
EDM | David Beard
CGY | Zack Williams
SSK | Jermarcus Hardrick
WPG | Stanley Bryant
HAM | Brandon Revenberg*
TOR | Peter Nicastro*
OTT | Dino Boyd*
MTL | Justin Lawrence

MOST OUTSTANDING SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER

BC | Sean Whyte
EDM | Javon Leake
CGY | Mark Vassett
SSK | Nick Wiebe
WPG | Trey Vaval*
HAM | Marc Liegghio
TOR | Lirim Hajrullahu*
OTT | Kalil Pimpleton
MTL | José Maltos Díaz

MOST OUTSTANDING ROOKIE

BC | Robert Carter Jr.*
EDM | Chelen Garnes
CGY | Chris Fortin
SSK | Payton Collins
WPG | Trey Vaval*
HAM | Devin Veresuk*
TOR | Derek Slywka
OTT | Keelan White*
MTL | Travis Theis

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