The Canadian Football League (CFL) and its international partners have announced an additional 11 athletes who will take part in the CFL Combine in Toronto from March 26-28, bringing the total to 37 global players.
This next wave, composed of athletes who played for NCAA programs and kickers, joins the previously announced 26 players who were invited following nine CFL global combines in Finland, Sweden, France, Italy, Great Britain, Germany, two in Japan and Denmark.
The following players have been invited to the Combine in March:
| NAME |
POSITION |
COUNTRY |
LEAGUE/NCAA SCHOOL |
| Aiolupotea-Pei, Misiona |
DL |
Australia |
Washington State |
| Bombek, Jan-Phillip |
DL |
Germany |
Colorado State |
| Donkor, Aaron |
DL |
Germany |
Arkansas State |
| Ford, Jake |
P/K |
Australia |
Ouachita Baptist |
| Meskell, Ryan |
K |
Australia |
Hawaii |
| Nielsen, Steve |
OL |
Denmark |
Eastern Michigan |
| Schenderlein, Jonas |
K |
Germany |
Concordia-Saint Paul |
| Vrede, Tyron |
LB |
Netherlands |
North Dakota |
| Whitford, Joel |
P |
Australia |
Washington |
| Yamasaki, Takeru |
P/K |
Japan |
X-League (Japan) |
| Zema, Joseph |
P |
Australia |
Incarnate Word |
The following players were already invited to the combine:
| NAME |
POSITION |
COUNTRY |
LEAGUE |
| Aguemon, Jason |
RB |
France |
LEFA (France) |
| Anderson, Tony * |
DB |
France |
NAIA |
| Billy, Bryan |
DB |
France |
LEFA (France) |
| Breidenbach, Sven * |
OL |
Germany |
GFL (Germany) |
| Dalle Piagge, Lorenzo * |
DL |
Italy |
FIDAF (Italy) |
| Engstrom, Malcolm |
DL |
Sweden |
Superserien (Sweden) |
| Illetschko, Dustin 1 |
LB |
Austria |
GFL (Germany) |
| Izinyon, David * |
LB |
Great Britain |
GFL2 (Germany) |
| James, William * |
DB |
Sweden |
GFL (Germany) |
| Kensy, Marius |
LB |
Germany |
GFL (Germany) |
| Konate, Michel ‘Junior’ |
RB |
Denmark |
Nationalliga (Denmark) |
| Krafft, Leo 3 |
DL |
Norway |
NAIF (Norway) |
| Kyei, Micky * |
WR |
Finland |
GFL (Germany) |
| Lee, Taku * |
RB |
Japan |
X-League (Japan) |
| Liesen, Niklas * |
LB |
Germany |
GFL (Germany) |
| Machino, Tomoya * |
OL |
Japan |
KCAFL (Japan) |
| Madin Cerezo, Jean-Claude 1 |
WR |
Spain |
GFL2 (Germany) |
| Mahoungou, Anthony * |
WR |
France |
GFL (Germany) |
| Mbeleg-Toonga, Glen |
RB |
Great Britain |
GFL (Germany) |
| Milanovic, Aleksandar 2 |
OL |
Austria |
AFL (Austria) |
| Ohmi, Yoshihito |
WR |
Japan |
X-League (Japan) |
| Posunko, Oleksandr 1 |
DB |
Ukraine |
GFL2 (Germany) |
| Rodney, Justin |
RB |
Germany |
GFL (Germany) |
| Sagne, Sebastien * |
WR |
Finland |
GFL (Germany) |
| Takaya, Ryota |
DL |
Japan |
X-League (Japan) |
| Yamagishi, Akio |
LB |
Japan |
X-League (Japan) |
* Recipient of a direct invitation following a CFL Global Combine
1 Attended the CFL Global Combine in Frankfurt, Germany
2 Attended the CFL Global Combine in Florence, Italy
3 Attended the CFL Global Combine in Copenhagen, Denmark
Following the two remaining CFL Global Combines in Brazil (March 7) and Mexico (March 15), the full list of global players headed to the Toronto event will be announced.
