Where do pending CFL free agents actually end up?

There are 227 players scheduled to hit free agency – the most in CFL history – but a lot can happen between now and next February when the market opens.

At this time last season, there were 203 players scheduled to become free agents (83 nationals and 120 internationals.) Of those 77 (0r 38 per cent) were either re-signed or extended by their existing club, while 54 (or 27 per cent) signed with another CFL team. Just 12 signed NFL contracts while 62 – or 31 per cent– were not signed by the time training camp started in June.

Here’s how it breaks down by team.

Team	Total players	Re-signed/ extended	Signed elsewhere	Singed in NFL	Not signed
MTL	21	11	4	0	6
OTT	20	8	6	1	5
TOR	27	8	9	3	7
HAM	37	14	12	2	9
WIN	13	3	4	1	5
SSK	31	9	6	0	16
CGY	18	10	2	3	3
EDM	19	8	7	1	3
BC	17	6	4	1	6
TOTALS	203	77	54	12	62

While there was a wide disparity in the number of potential free agents by team last season – Winnipeg had just 13 while Hamilton had just 37 – every team in the league has at least 21 players set to hit the open market in 2017.

Team	TOTAL	NAT	INT
OTT	31	10	21
HAM	28	10	18
CAL	26	11	15
MTL	26	11	15
TOR	25	11	14
BC	24	9	15
EDM	23	8	15
SASK	23	11	12
WIN	21	7	14
TOTALS	227	88	139