CALGARY – A total of eight
University of Calgary Dinos football players have been invited to
attend the Canadian Football League's combines this spring, the
league announced Wednesday.
Led by reigning Hec Crighton trophy winner Andrew
Buckley at quarterback, the Dinos will send five players
directly to the national combine in Toronto at Varsity Stadium
March 27-29: linebacker Adam
Konar, offensive linemen Sukh
Chungh and Sean
McEwen, and receiver Jake
Harty. All five are eligible for the upcoming CFL
Canadian Draft, and both McEwen and Chungh have been consistently
ranked among the top prospects in 2015 and are expected to go in
the first round.
Buckley, McEwen, and Konar were all first team All-Canadians in CIS
football in the 2014 season, while Chungh landed on the second
team. Buckley became the first player in CIS history to win both
the Hec Crighton Trophy and the Russ Jackson Award for citizenship,
athletics, and academics last fall, and he did both in the same
year after leading the nation's most potent offence – which
included his three offensive counterparts invited to the national
combine.
Three more Dinos will aim to join that quintet in Toronto based on
their performances at the regional combine in Edmonton on March 23.
Linebacker Tanner
Doll, defensive lineman Tyler
Langlais, and receiver Chris Dobko – who completed
his time with the Dinos after the 2013 season – will all
attend the regional event in the hopes of earning an invite to the
main combine. In 2014, the regional combines accounted for 14
additional invites to Toronto, with 13 of those players getting
drafted – including Dinos kicker Johnny
Mark.
The Dinos are busy preparing for the 2015 season under newly-named
head coach Wayne
Harris. The team will take the field for Spring Camp at
McMahon Stadium April 29 through May 3.
UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY DINOS
2015 CFL COMBINE INVITEES
National Combine
QB Andrew
Buckley (Calgary, Alta. – Rundle College)
LB Adam
Konar (Vancouver, B.C. – Vancouver College)
OL Sukh
Chungh (Port Coquitlam, B.C. – Terry Fox HS)
OL Sean
McEwen (Calgary, Alta. – Notre Dame HS)
R Jake
Harty (Calgary, Alta. – Henry Wise Wood HS)
Edmonton Regional Combine
LB Tanner
Doll (St. Albert, Alta. – St. Albert HS)
DL Tyler
Langlais (Dryden, Ont. – Dryden HS)
R Chris Dobko (St. Albert, Alta. – Paul Kane HS)
Eight Dinos invited to CFL Combines
Posted: Feb 25, 2015