With the 2019 Canadian Football League (CFL) draft completed Thursday night, the page turns next week to the next generation of top Canadian football prospects.

Sam Baker, Nick Dheilly, Colton Klassen, Mattland Riley and Nicholas Summach are five of 88 players announced on Friday that will suit up for the 2019 U SPORTS East-West Bowl, which serves as the first step to identifying future CFL talent.

For the next year, players from both squads will vie for coveted spots on the CFL Scouting Bureau Top 20 Prospects List – published in August, December and April – before showcasing their skills at regional and national combines in advance of the draft next spring.

This year’s game, slated for Saturday, May 11 at Carleton’s MNP Park, marks the first time the annual event will be held in the nation’s capital. The 17th annual top prospects game showcases the next generation of CFL stars heading into their draft years, and includes four days of practices, a combine for participating players, and a CFL free-agent camp. The week-long festivities kick off on Monday, May 6.

Baker, a receiver from Esterhazy, Sask. was off to a hot start to the year in 2018 before injury derailed his season. The fourth year pulled down six catches for 160 yards and two touchdowns in just over one game of action.

New to the Huskies, Dheilly, a product of Regina, was a 2017 Canada West All-Star for the University of Regina Rams before playing in the British Columbia Football Conference with the Okanagan Sun last season.

Klassen was all over the field for the Huskies last year, racking up 1,012 receiving yards and ten touchdowns in ten games. The product of Saskatoon was named a Canada West All-Star last season.

Riley and Summach were both integral parts of an offensive line that led the conference in rushing yards last season. Riley was named both a Canada West All-Star and U SPORTS Second Team All-Canadian en route to helping the Huskies to a Hardy Cup title.

Tickets for the game are on sale with kickoff scheduled for 12:30 p.m. ET / 9:30 a.m. PT. The game will be livestreamed on USPORTS.LIVE free of charge, with veteran broadcaster Mark Lee and former Guelph Gryphons quarterback Justin Dunk on the call.

The West team is mostly made up of U SPORTS football players from Canada West and Ontario University Athletics (OUA) schools, except Carleton, Ottawa and Queen’s, which play for the East squad. The rest of the East team features players from AUS and Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) schools.

Last year, the West narrowly edged the East 15-14 for their third straight win, extending their lead in the all-time series to 10-6. The game featured all 15 U SPORTS prospects to appear on at least one Scouting Bureau list this season, headlined by recently named U SPORTS Male Athlete of the Year and No.1-ranked Mathieu Betts from Laval, who was signed by the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent.

2019 U SPORTS EAST-WEST BOWL ROSTERS

Note: Some players will play for both teams to fill out all positions

EAST TEAM

First NameLast NameSchoolPosition
RoryKellyAcadiaDB
JadinWhite-FrayneAcadiaDB
ÉmileChênevertLavalDB
Marc-AntoineDequoyMontrealDB
AlexDouglasOttawaDB
JustinJulienSaint Mary’sDB
JordanAngoveSaint Mary’sDB
JamalJohnsonTorontoDB
VinceViauCarletonDL
SamuelRossiMontrealDL
MarshallEsokpunwuMount AllisonDL
TramayneStephenOttawaDL
ReshaanDavisOttawaDL
CameronLawsonQueen’sDL
MickaelBadraSherbrookeDL
Pierre-AntoineD’AstousSherbrookeK
KieranBurnhamStFXK
BaileyFeltmateAcadiaLB
JoshuaWalshCarletonLB
SamuelBrodriqueConcordiaLB
AdamAuclairLavalLB
DanielBasambomboLavalLB
BrianHarelimanaMontrealLB
DylanCormierMount AllisonLB
JesseLawsonCarletonOL
SamuelLefebvreLavalOL
KételAsséLavalOL
MylesRose-StandishManitobaOL
NicholasOppongMount AllisonOL
JoshuaMosleyQueen’sOL
JonathanZamoraStFXOL
HunterGuenardAcadiaQB
ClaySequeiraTorontoQB
DaleWrightAcadiaRB
NathanCarterCarletonRB
WilliamTremblay-HarnoisSherbrookeRB
LiamO’BrienSaint Mary’sRB
CordellHastingsAcadiaWR
NathanWalkerBishop’sWR
Marc-AntoinePivinLavalWR
EnteEguavoenLaurierWR
JonathanBreton-RobertLavalWR
AlexDaleyYorkWR
TreyKelloggUBCWR

Head Coach: Glen Constantin, Laval
Offense Coordinator: Tom Flaxman, Queen’s
Defensive Coordinator: Paul-Eddy St. Vilien, Carleton
Special Teams: Ben D’Andrea, Queen’s

WEST TEAM

First NameLast NameSchoolPosition
ReggieSchoeppeAlbertaDB
TreshaunAbrahams-WebsterCalgaryDB
DotunAketepeGuelphDB
WilliamAmoahLaurierDB
NoahHalletMcMasterDB
NolanPuttMcMasterDB
DionPellerinWaterlooDB
BleskaKambambaWesternDB
CarterWilsonGuelphDL
SamAcheampongLaurierDL
BrockGowanlockManitobaDL
ZachHoughronLaurierDL
NickDheillySaskatchewanDL
RossiniSandjongYorkDL
NikoDiFonteCalgaryK
MarcLiegghioWesternK
AaronChabayloAlbertaLB
JusticeMomokaAlbertaLB
JerseyHenryConcordiaLB
MichaelReidWaterlooLB
KurtisGrayWaterlooLB
DamienJamiesonYorkLB
CarterO’DonnellAlbertaOL
CoulterWoodmanseyGuelphOL
AndrewBeckerReginaOL
TherenChurchillReginaOL
MattlandRileySaskatchewanOL
NicholasSummachSaskatchewanOL
RyleyButlerUBCOL
SaeedHosainUBCOL
DylanGiffenWesternOL
AdamSinagraCalgaryQB
DesCatellierManitobaQB
JakePuskasQueen’sRB
ColtonKlassenSaskatchewanRB
KaydenJohnsonYorkRB
KianSchaffer-BakerGuelphWR
BrendanMcCrackenLaurierWR
BrentynHallLaurierWR
MachoBockruManitobaWR
SamBakerSaskatchewanWR
TreyKelloggUBCWR
TylerTernowskiWaterlooWR
BrettEllermanWesternWR
MitchRaperCarletonFB

Head Coach: Greg Marshall, Western
Offense Coordinator: Mark Surya, Guelph
Defensive Coordinator: Dwayne Cameron, Laurier
Special Teams: Brendan Conway, Waterloo