Calgary Stampeders hold 4 of first 20 picks in CFL draft
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Dave Dickenson will have plenty of options in the CFL draft Tuesday night.
Dave Dickenson will have plenty of options in the CFL draft Tuesday night.
The Calgary head coach and general manager holds four of the first 20 picks, including two in the first round (Nos. 1, 8). The Stampeders currently have a league-high 10 selections after posting a 5-12-1 record last season to miss the playoffs for the first time since 2004.
Dickenson was unavailable for comment Monday. But longtime CFL coach/GM Jim Barker has a definite idea who Calgary should take first overall: Receiver Keelan White of Montana, Dickenson’s alma mater.
“To me, he’s by far the best player in the draft,” said Barker. “I think Keelan White makes so much sense.
“He’s a little like (veteran Stampeders receiver Reggie Begelton) in that he knows how to get open, he’s tough, he’ll catch everything over the middle. They could use a guy like that who’s Canadian.”
The six-foot-two, 184-pound White, of North Vancouver, B.C., had 57 catches for 628 yards and four touchdowns last season. A college walk-on in 2019, White finished with 161 receptions for 1,862 yards and 14 touchdowns at Montana.
And White would fill a need for Calgary with the off-season retirement of Cole Tucker. Also, third-year receiver Clark Barnes missed nine games due to injury as a rookie but appeared in 16 contests last season.
Hamilton, Ottawa, Saskatchewan, Montreal, Winnipeg and Toronto will follow Calgary before the Stampeders conclude the opening round at No. 8. The B.C. Lions and Edmonton Elks are scheduled to make their first picks in the second rounds.
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