AUSSIE PUNTER JAKE FORD GOES #1 IN 2021 CFL GLOBAL IMPORT DRAFT

The Canadian Football League (CFL) is proud to welcome 36 global players into the league today, following the four round Global Draft. The BC Lions selected Australian punter/kicker Jake Ford with the first overall pick.

“I’m really excited to get back to the west coast,” said Ford from his home in Arkansas.

“I visited Vancouver in 2016 and just fell in love with it. Talking with coach Campbell and coach Yanowsky and hearing what they have planned for me has me even more thrilled for the opportunity to wear Lions orange.”

The Global Draft saw players drafted from 18 different countries. Below is the breakdown of drafted play by country:

7 – Australia
6 – Japan
4 – Germany
3 – Great Britain
2 – Finland and France
1 – Bahamas, Belgium, Chile, China, Denmark, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, South Africa and Sweden

Below are the selections from each round.

FIRST ROUND SELECTIONS
No. Team Name Position Country
1 BC Jake Ford P/K Australia
2 Edmonton Steven Nielsen OL Denmark
3 Toronto Tigie Sankoh DB Great Britain
4 Winnipeg Les Maruo LB Japan
5 Saskatchewan Christopher Ezeala RB Germany
6 Montreal Joseph Zema P Australia
7 Calgary Cody Grace     P Australia
8 Hamilton Joel Whitford P Australia
9 Ottawa Anthony Mahoungou REC France

 

SECOND ROUND SELECTIONS
No. Team Name Position Country  
10  Ottawa Tyron Vrede LB Netherlands  
11 Hamilton Chris Mulumba DL Finland  
12 Calgary Franklin Agbasimere DL Nigeria  
13 Montreal Akio Yamagishi LB Japan  
14 Saskatchewan Kaare Vedvik P Norway  
15 Winnipeg Tomoya Machino OL Japan  
16 Toronto Toshiki Sato K Japan  
17 Edmonton Misiona Aiolupotea-Pei DL New Zealand  
18 BC Bo Qiao Li DL China  

 

THIRD ROUND SELECTIONS
No. Team Name Position Country  
19 BC Takeru Yamasaki K Japan  
20 Edmonton Tibo Debaillie DL Belgium  
21 Calgary via TOR Aaron Donkor LB Germany  
22 Winnipeg Ayo Oyelola LB Great Britain  
23 Saskatchewan John Henry Nell K South Africa  
24 Montreal Taku Lee RB Japan  
25 Calgary Isaac Alarcon OL Mexico  
26 Hamilton David Izinyon LB Great Britain  
27 Ottawa Christopher Ferguson OL Bahamas  

 

FOURTH ROUND SELECTIONS
No. Team Name Position Country  
28 Ottawa Tony Anderson DB France  
29 Hamilton Dominik Eberle K Germany  
30 Toronto via CGY Max Duffy P Australia  
31 Montreal William James DB Sweden  
32 Saskatchewan Sebastien Sagne REC Finland  
33 Winnipeg Arryn Siposs P Australia  
34 Toronto Sammis Reyes REC Chile  
35 Edmonton Matt Leo DE Australia  
36 BC Niklas Gustav DL Germany

(CFL Communications/Lucas Barrett)

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Dick
Dick
3 years ago

John Gormley summed up the CFL and its franchise teams today in part with a few short words to a bigger discussion. If the CFL hasn’t figured out by now in the previous year what’s what with the available Federal Gov’t monetary programs out there they have the wrong hierarchy people in place running things who shouldn’t be there. (Not exact words, but something like it). The 2021 season will be cancelled next week, that or more false promises to the gullible fanbase.

Gordo
Gordo
3 years ago

A punter a baker a candlestick maker, what next Randy. A punter drafted #1 … my my.