CFL Combine

CFL: COMBINE 101 – THE BASICS BEHIND EVERY DRILL
By CFL on 03/06/2024
TORONTO — Prospects across the country are ready to strut their stuff in front of scouts, coaches and general managers in a process they have...
Canadian Football League Combine includes 11 Global Combine prospects
By CFL on 02/16/2024
ORONTO — Ahead of the Canadian Football League (CFL) Draft and CFL Global Draft on April 30, over 140 draft-eligible prospects are slated to showcase...
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CFL Combine 2023: Which Global Players stood out?
By Alex Malchow on 03/28/2023
Edmonton, Canada played host to over 100 CFL prospects this past weekend all competing for a shot at their pro-football dreams hoping to catch the...
FEATS OF STRENGTH: WHO DOMINATED THE 40 AND THE BENCH PRESS?
By CFL on 03/25/2023
EDMONTON — Global and National players took control of the bench press and the 40-yard dash, respectively on Thursday, as the CFL Combine presented by...
Hidetora Hanada brings Sumo resume to CFL Combine
By CFL on 03/24/2023
By Chris O’Leary EDMONTON — A combine environment is by design a place of optimism. It’s where teams can allow themselves to fall at least...
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CFL: Japanese talent impresses at CFL Global Combine in Kawasaki
By Alex Malchow on 02/26/2023
The Canadian Football League and Chief Football Operations officer Greg Dick continued their search for international talent as the CFL looks to continue to build its...
Expanded CFL Combine heading to Edmonton in 2023
By CFL on 11/11/2022
The Canadian Football League (CFL) will invite approximately 100 national and global prospects to Edmonton for an expanded and restructured CFL Combine presented by New...
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British racer turned RB Samuel Oram-Jones eyes his next chapter
By CFL on 04/20/2022
From a childhood spent on the track to becoming a Formula 1 racer, to the early years of adulthood chasing a football dream across the...
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Global Domination: Noke Tago, Karlis Brauns impress on bench
By CFL on 03/28/2022
TORONTO — They came from two different corners of the world and put in the two best showings on the bench at the CFL Combine,...
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International talent shines at the UK’s Global CFL Combine
By Alex Malchow on 03/06/2022
In the midst of typical British spring weather, 23 pro football longshots plodded out onto the field under grey skies and cold winds. These hopefuls...
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Brussels native Féli Manoka: Proving there’s plenty of football talent in Belgium
By Alex Malchow on 01/23/2021
During a crazy 2020 pandemic summer, the hearts of many football fans in Canada and around the globe broke when the Canadian Football League announced...
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CFL Combine presented by New Era goes virtual in 2021
By CFL on 01/23/2021
Video testing, drills and interviews to replace traditional in-person gathering of prospects and club personnel The Canadian Football League’s combine is going virtual for 2021.Testing,...
German OL Sven Breidenbach keeping citizens at a safe distance
By CFL on 04/15/2020
By Chris O’Leary, Senior Writer, @OLEARYCHRIS It’s a view that defensive linemen in Germany have come to know well. They’re trying to do something that...
Canadian Football League scouts travel to South America for CFL-Brazilian Combine
By AFI on 03/05/2020
The Canadian Football League Global scouting contingent makes its way to Belo Horizonte, Brazil this weekend for the second to last Global CFL Combine. In cooperation...
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Second wave of Global players invited to CFL Combine
By CFL on 03/04/2020
The Canadian Football League (CFL) and its international partners have announced an additional 11 athletes who will take part in the CFL Combine presented by...
Denmark’s Michel ‘Junior’ Konate & Norway’s Leo Krafft headed to CFL Combine
By CFL on 03/01/2020
Running back Michel ‘Junior’ Konate from Denmark and defensive lineman Leo Krafft from Norway have been extended invitations to showcase their skills for Canadian Football...
Japan’s Tomoya Machino embarks on a journey of a lifetime
By Roger Kelly on 02/12/2020
For a Japanese country boy who didn’t start playing football until college, Tomoya Machino cut an impressive figure at the CFL Global Combine held in...
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Germany releases list of 45 athletes attending CFL-Germany Combine
By AFI on 01/03/2020
The American Football Federation of Germany, AFVD, has released its list of athletes who will be attending the inaugural CFL-Germany Combine on Sunday, January 26 in...
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17 players to showcase their skills at CFL-Finland Combine
By AFI on 12/31/2019
The Finnish American Football Federation, SAJL, has announced the names of the 17 athletes taking part in the historic CFL-Finland Combine scheduled for January 11 at...
CFL set to hold Combine in Paris
By CFL on 10/08/2019
The French American Football Federation (Fédération Française de Football Américain) and the Canadian Football League (CFL) will hold a CFL Combine in Paris for top...
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CFL/FIDAF to hold combine in Italy
By AFI on 09/30/2019
The Canadian Football League has plans to expand the CFL 2.0 strategy and this year is setting up player combines in countries in Europe with...
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Germany’s Max Zimmermann excited about heading to camp with Saskatchewan Roughriders
By AFI on 04/22/2019
When Max Zimmermann was selected sixth overall by the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the inaugural CFL European Draft earlier in April, his first instinct was to...
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B.C. Lions see upside in European CFL experiment but global growth may be slow
By The Province on 04/15/2019
By Ed Willes, [email protected], twitter.com/willesonsports The ninth player taken in the CFL European Draft was linebacker Roni Salonen, who’s known as the Finnish Lawrence Taylor. That...
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French DL Valentin Gnahoua 1st player selected in CFL European Draft
By CFL on 04/11/2019
TORONTO — The results are in from Thursday’s first ever CFL European Draft, as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats selected Le Mans, France native and defensive lineman...
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Historic CFL Draft of European players set for April 11
By AFI on 04/11/2019
When the Canadian Football League (CFL) holds its one-round European player draft Thursday, April 11. the nine CFL teams will be able to draft any...