THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — Philip Blake continues to be the top prospect for next year’s CFL Canadian college draft.
The six-foot-three, 315-pound centre at Baylor University holds down the top spot among the top-15 prospects for next year’s draft as rated by the CFL’s Scouting bureau. Blake, from Toronto, was named the top prospect when this year’s list was first unveiled in September.
The top three spots in September’s list remain unchanged with Rice offensive lineman Scott Mitchell and Calgary slotback Anthony Parker remaining second and third, respectively.
Defensive tackle Vaughn Martin, currently with the NFL’s San Diego Chargers, moved up from eighth to No. 4 in the rankings. Martin was selected in the fourth round of the 2009 NFL draft out of Western Ontario with three years of CIS eligibility remaining, becoming the first CIS underclassman to be selected.
Any CFL team drafting Martin would have to wait until he was finished in the NFL before being able to sign him.
Tyler Holmes, an offensive lineman at Tulsa, is fifth after being ranked ninth in September while Moe Petrus of Connecticut, another offensive lineman, dropped to sixth overall after taking the No. 4 position in September.
