Global Draft Central - BC Lions

🎥 1 on 1 | 2nd Round Pick Boqiao Li 🇨🇳

From Beijing to the BC Lions! Matt speaks with Chinese LB/DE Boqiao Li on being selected in the Global Draft and his excitement level to join the squad.

🎥 1 on 1 | 1st Overall Pick Jake Ford 🇦🇺

From Australia to Arkansas to the BC Lions! Global Draft top pick Jake Ford on joining the squad and his excitement level to get to the west coast.

Lions Turn To Special Teams, Defence, 3 Continents In Global Draft

The 2021 Global Draft is complete and the BC Lions Football Club added four new prospects with a focus on special teams and defence. They began the proceedings by taking Australian P/K Jake Ford with the 1st overall selection. In round two, they got one of the more coveted linebackers on their board, Boqiao Li (18th overall), and then went back to special teams for the first pick of round three, taking Japanese K Takeru Yamasaki (19th overall). They ended the day by adding German DL Niklas ...

🌏 Geroy Simon Recaps Global Draft 2021

Geroy Simon, Director, Global Scouting/ US Regional Scout talks about the CFL’s first Global Draft and the BC Lions’ 4 picks on an exciting Thursday.

Lions Select P Jake Ford 1st Overall In Global Draft

With the 1st overall pick in Thursday’s CFL Global Draft, the BC Lions Football Club addressed a major component of their special teams with the selection of Australian punter Jake Ford. “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 ...

Lions On Clock With 1st Pick In Global Draft

The BC Lions Football Club is on the clock with the 1st overall selection in the 2021 CFL Global Draft set for Thursday, April 15th at 10:00 am PT. With 297 eligible prospects at a variety of positions originating from no less than 25 different international countries, the entire Lions brass has had plenty of film and virtual combine footage to break down. “The crop has been increased,” said Simon of the available Global players compared to previous years. “Lots of them have played at a ...

Scouting Season Has Campbell Jacked Up

The scouting season has officially ramped up. For a guy who has been in the professional coaching fraternity for well over a decade, Rick Campbell certainly knows an exciting group of available prospects when he sees one. With Campbell’s Lions holding the top selection in the 2021 Global Draft set for this Thursday at 10:00 am, the squad will have a chance to address a few key needs head 2021 training camp. RELATED: Simon Says Global Talent Crop Is Rising RELATED: Lions Global Draft ...

"The Crop Is Rising" | Geroy Talks Global Draft

Your BC Lions are on the clock. And with the first overall selection in the 2021 CFL Global Draft comes a great opportunity to improve the club’s pool of prospects. For Director of Global Scouting Geroy Simon and the entire Lions brass, it also brings great pressure to land a player they truly think will become known for more than just his passport. “Having the first pick is both a blessing and a curse,” said Simon in an interview with bclions.com. “You have control ...

🎥 Global Prospect Profile: Steven Nielsen

The 6’8″ offensive lineman from Denmark dominated all along the offensive line for 4 years at Eastern Michigan, and now the self-proclaimed CFL fan can not wait to get selected in the Global Draft and get on to a CFL field.

🎥 Global Prospect Profile: Chris Mulumba

Three-time Finnish national judo champion Chris Mulumba transferred his hand-to-hand combat skills to the trenches on the football field. Now the defensive lineman from Helsinki is looking to make his mark in the CFL.

CFL Teams Making Most Of Unique Global Draft Process

TORONTO — The road to the draft always proves to be busy for CFL head of football operations Greg Dick and his staff, but the 2021 off-season and the COVID-19 pandemic have offered some new and unique challenges. The same goes for the nine CFL franchises, who have had to navigate this draft process without seeing or talking to players in person. “I think that every team evaluates players differently. But I think they’re going to look at game films from past seasons more closely. Combine ...

British LB Izinyon draws an impressive comparison ahead of Global Draft

If you followed the CFL’s combine workouts last year, David Izinyon’s name may be familiar to you. The six-foot-one, 240-pound linebacker was a standout at last year’s combine in England and was chosen to make the trip to Toronto for the Global Combine. That, of course, didn’t happen because of the pandemic. Izinyon has made good use of this past year, though, posting a strong virtual combine that will have teams making room for him on their draft boards ahead of Thursday’s Global ...

Swedish DB William James 'a top-three Global DB

As we move closer to the CFL Global Draft on April 15, we’re putting a spotlight on our prospects, focusing on some interesting background information on them. We also have some analysis on them from a CFL official that has evaluated them, either in-person at last year’s Global Combines, or through analysis of their tape over the past year. Today we’ll start with Sweden’s William James. RELATED: CFL COMBINE presented by New Era » See William James and all of the Global players’ Combine ...

Dutch Prospect Vrede on getting drafted: "It would mean a lot to me."

TORONTO — Growing up in the Netherlands, Tyron Vrede began playing soccer at a young age, but after a family friend gifted him a Madden video game, he began to become invested in football. “I was kind of like, ‘This game is interesting. I’ve never heard of it,’ and I kind of liked it. So whenever I stepped out on a field, I kind of had a head start on everybody else,” Vrede said. “So I kind of knew the ins and out. I knew what a slant route was, I knew what a go route was. Just from there, ...

France's Tony Anderson Eyes Next Step In His Football Journey

Tony Anderson started playing the game of football later than most. He grew up about 25 minutes outside of Paris, France and one day while on a stroll with his parents at age 14, they walked past a football field and stayed around to watch the rest of the game that was going on. In France, they don’t allow kids to begin playing contact football until the age of 15. So when Anderson turned 15, he was padded up and trying out the new sport that caught his eye. “To be honest, I wasn’t good at ...

🎥 Global Prospect Profile: Tony Anderson

After being selected during the CFL Global Combine in Paris, France, defensive back Tony Anderson has been patiently waiting this moment. The CFL Global Draft is on April 15th.

🎥 Global Prospect Profile: Les Maruo

Japanese LB Les Maruo moved to Wichita, Kansas at age 9 and grew up playing football in America, but once he was finished school, football brought him back to Japan and now, perhaps, to Canada as well.

CFL Mock Draft 1.0: Lions On The Clock At No. 4

From lack of game film, to virtual combines and everything in between, this is the toughest draft I’ve ever tried to wrap my mind around. ‘Future’ picks, grad transfers, eligibility fluctuations and evolving draft deferrals will clearly define the 2021 CFL Draft, but plenty of extremely talented players are still available. The question now becomes, where do they fit best? ROUND 1 1. HAMILTON DANIEL JOSEPH DE | NC STATE The brother of former top pick Faith Ekakitie and cousin ...

2021 CFL Draft To Feature Some Significant Changes

The Canadian Football League is tweaking its plans for its 2021 draft of Canadian players from U SPORTS in Canada, NCAA teams in the United States, and junior football.