The Windsor Lancers are pleased to announce that football running back Daryl Townsend has been invited to the 2011 Canadian Football League Evaluation Camp.
 
The evaluation camp is scheduled to take place in Toronto from March 4 to 6.

 

The three-day event is an opportunity for general managers, coaches and scouts to test, interview and evaluate prospects who they may select in the 2011 CFL Canadian Draft on Sunday, May 8. 

 

Following an outstanding season in 2010 in which Daryl was named a 2nd team OUA All-Star a panel of CFL personnel directors selected him to attend the E-Camp with other CIS and NCAA hopefuls who are eligible for the 2011 CFL Draft.

 

“This is an enormously important weekend for these talented prospects and we wish them luck in making the most of this rare opportunity,” said CFL Commissioner Mark Cohon. “It's an equally significant event for all of us in the CFL. Our teams are only as strong as their Canadian talent, and a CFL franchise is only as strong as the connection between its fans and their fellow Canadians on the field.”

 

Twenty-three of the 26 CIS football programs will be represented at the event.

 

The Calgary Dinos, CIS finalists each of the past two seasons, and the reigning OUA champion Western Ontario Mustangs lead the way with four invitees apiece. The Laval Rouge et Or, who captured their fifth Vanier Cup in eight years last November, are one of four teams with three participants.

 

Ottawa quarterback Brad Sinopoli, the reigning Hec Crighton Trophy winner, and St. Francis Xavier linebacker Henoc Muamba, the 2010 Presidents' Trophy recipient as the best defensive player in the nation, are among the CIS players who hope to impress CFL teams in two weeks.

 

Sinopoli is one of two CIS pivots who will make the trip to Toronto, along with Regina's Marc Mueller. A year ago, three CIS quarterbacks were invited including two-time Hec Crighton winner Erik Glavic of Calgary, 2009 Vanier Cup MVP Danny Brannagan of Queen's and Justin Dunk of Guelph. Brannagan was later signed by Toronto and even took the field in the Argonauts' regular season finale.

 

Other notables who will take part in the E-Camp include Calgary slotback Anthony Parker and Queen's offensive tackle Matthew O'Donnell, who represented CIS in January at the prestigious East-West Shrine Game in Orlando, Florida.

 

Also of note, Laval's Christopher Milo and Alberta's Hugh O'Neill will become only the third and fourth kickers to attend the camp in 10 years. Guelph's Rob Maver, who was invited a year ago, was later selected fifth overall by Calgary in the CFL Canadian Draft and went on to lead the CFL in scoring in 2010 with 185 points. UBC's Duncan O'Mahony participated in 2001 and enjoyed an eight-year CFL career.

 

 

Gregory Alexandre      DL      6-2      285    Montreal, Que.               Montreal

Pascal Baillargeon     OL      6-5      300    St-Anselme, Que.         Laval

Anthony Barrette         OT       6-5      320     Verdun, Que.                Concordia

Mathieu Boulay           DL       6-2      250     Magog, Que.                 Bishop's

Chris Burnett               LB       5-11    230     Brampton, Ont.            York

Craig Butler                 DB       6-2      196     London, Ont.                Western Ontario

Andre Clarke               CB       6-1      193     Mississauga, Ont.       York

Nathan Coehoorn      WR      6-2       220     Medicine Hat, Alta.      Calgary

Brendan Dunn            OL       6-7       280     Burlington, Ont.            Western Ontario

Jade Etienne               WR     6-3       160     Regina, Sask.              Saskatchewan

Callan Exeter               DB      6-2       187     Ajax, Ont.                       Mount Allison

Kyle Exumé                  RB      5-10     198     Brooklin, Ont.               Bishop's

Marc-Antoine Fortin    DL       6-4       245     Quebec City, Que.       Laval

Jedd Gardner              WR      6-1       195     Niagara Falls, Ont.     Guelph

Braeden George         WR      6-1       195     Saskatoon, Sask.       Saskatchewan

Craig Gerbrandt          DL       6-2       260     Sherwood Park, Alta.  Alberta

Thomas Hall                LB       6-3       223      Winnipeg, Man.           Manitoba

Jeffrey Hecht                LB       5-10     202      Edmonton, Alta.          Saint Mary's

Shane Herbert            CB       6-2       180      Ajax, Ont.                      Wilfrid Laurier

Chris Hodgson           DL       6-3       260      Fredericton, Ont.         Saint Mary's

Michael Knill                OL       6-6       350      Rochester Hills, Mi.    Wilfrid Laurier

Alex Krausnick-Groh OL        6-3       290      Calgary, Alta.                Calgary

Hugo Lopez                 DB       6-3       205      Newmarket, Ont.         Toronto

Liam Mahoney            WR      6-1       207      Lachine, Que.              Concordia

Michael Miller               DB      6-1       208      Riverview, N.B.             Acadia

Christopher Milo          K         5-11     205      Montreal, Que.             Laval

Henoc Muamba           LB       6-0       230      Mississauga, Ont.      St. Francis Xavier

Marc Mueller                 QB       6-0       200      Regina, Sask.             Regina

Edem Nyamadi           RB       5-9       196      Montreal, Que.            Concordia

Matthew O'Donnell     OT        6-11     340      Kingston, Ont.            Queen's

Hugh O'Neill                K          6-2       185       Edmonton, Alta.          Alberta

Brenden Owens         WR       6-1       185      Regina, Sask.             Regina

Anthony Parker           WR       6-2       215      Okotoks, Alta.               Calgary

Alexander Robinson  DL        6-5       253      Vancouver, B.C.           Western Ontario

Yannick Sage              OL        6-4       310      Sherbrooke, Que.        Sherbrooke

James Savoie             DB        5-9       190      Niagara Falls, Ont.      Guelph

Daud Semalulu          WR       6-2       215      Gatineau, Que.             Ottawa

Bradley Sinopoli          QB       6-4       210      Peterborough, Ont.      Ottawa

John Surla                    LB        5-11     231      Niagara Falls, Ont.      Western Ontario

Sébastien Taché         OL        6-4       275      Montreal, Que.              Montreal

Peter Thiel                     LB        6-1       210      Regina, Sask.              Saskatchewan

Benjamin Thompson  DL        6-1       275      Fredericton, N.B.         McGill

Junior Turner                DL        6-3       230      Brampton, Ont.             Bishop's

Matt Walter                    RB        5-10     210      Calgary, Alta.                Calgary