CFL unveils participants for 2021 Global Combine

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The Canadian Football League has released the list of prospects that will participate in the 2021 CFL Global Combine.

Earlier this year, the CFL announced that the complete combine experience will be conducted virtually. Testing, football drills and interviews will be conducted remotely through video and will replace the traditional in-person gathering of young prospects and football personnel from the league’s nine member clubs.

CFL clubs will have the option of conducting live player interviews online, reviewing prospects’ previous play on tape, and gathering and reviewing medical, background and performance information remotely.

Below are details of what each prospect will go through during the virtual combine:

• All combine invitees will fill out a personal questionnaire.

• Clubs would be responsible for setting up and conducting national player video interviews.

• The League will conduct and record video interviews with Global participants with standard questions and distribute to each club. The Clubs will also have the option to perform video interviews with Global participants.

• The league has established protocols and guidelines to have each Combine participant conduct and film themselves performing select tests and positional drills in a safe environment with the League distributing to the Clubs by a certain date.

The following players have received an invite to participate in the Global Combine.

Sven Breidenbach OL Germany Cologne Crocodiles
Keanu Ebanks OL Great Britain Hildesheim Invaders
Chris Ferguson OL Bahamas Cincinnati
Leonardo Stelio Galindo Merino OL Mexico Toluca Osos
Josué Antonio López Burgos OL Mexico Monterrey Fundidores
Tomoya Machino OL Japan Kyoto University
Aleksandar Milanovic OL Austria Vienna Vikings
Steve Nielsen OL Denmark Eastern Michigan
Misiona Aiolupotea-Pei DL New Zeland Washington State
Lorenzo Dalle Piagge DL Italy Milan Seamen
Tibo Debaillie DL Belgium Towson
Malcolm Engstrom DL Sweden Stockholm Mean Machines
Niklas Gustav DL Germany Morningside
Diego Ignacio Ibarra Salgado DL Mexico Monterrey Fundidores
Leo Krafft DL Norway Eidsvoll 1814s
Boqiao Li DL China
Joel Maddock DL Australia Central Connecticut State
Hermes Mireles Vilchis DL Mexico Querétaro Pioneros
Chris Mulumba DL Finland Colorado
José Humberto Paniagua Inostrosa DL Mexico Toluca Osos
Cesar Brayan Pérez Duran DL Mexico Mexico City Condors
Naoyuki Saikawa DL Japan Fujitsu Frontiers
Ryota Takaya DL Japan Fujitsu Frontiers
Jason Aguemon RB France La Courneuve Flash
Kevin Brian Correa Viazcán RB Mexico Monterrey Fundidores
Emilio Fernández Chávez RB Mexico Mexico City Condors
Atsumi Kobayashi RB Japan Nojima Sagamihara-Rise
Michel Konate RB Denmark Copenhague Towers
Nico Leonard RB South Africa
Glen Mbeleg-Toonga RB Great Britain Dresden Monarchs
Justin Rodney RB Germany Frankfort Universe
Samuel Shannon RB Germany Schwabisch Hall Unicorns
Diego Alfonso Castillo Saucedo LB Mexico Saltillo Dinos
Andrés Edmundo Espinosa Gutiérrez LB Mexico Naucalpan Raptors
Ryan Gomes LB Brasil Galo
David Izinyon LB Great Britain Rostock Griffins
Marius Kensy LB Germany Cologne Crocodiles
Kadel King LB Great Britain St. Francis Xavier
Niklas Liesen LB Germany Cologne Crocodiles
Adrián Alejandro Martínez Armendáriz LB Mexico Saltillo Dinos
Les Maruo LB Japan Texas-San Antonio
Luis Polastri Neto LB Brasil Timbo Rex
Diego Torres Moreno LB Mexico Mexico Mayas
Tyron Vrede LB Netherlands North Dakota
Akio Yamagishi LB Japan Fujitsu Frontiers
Alejandro Esquer Martínez QB Mexico Saltillo Dinos
Maximiliano Lara González QB Mexico Toluca Osos
Arturo Galván Orduña K Mexico Mexico City Mayas
Ryan Meskell K Australia Hawaii
Ryan Rimmler K Germany Ball State
Toshiki Sato K Japan IBM Big Blue
Jonas Schenderlein K/P Germany Concordia-Saint Paul
Takeru Yamasaki K Japan Elecom Kobe Finies
Tyson Dyer P Australia New Mexico
Jake Ford P Australia Ouachita Baptist
Cody Grace P Australia Arkansas State
Sam Irwin-Hill P Australia Arkansas
Joel Whitford P Australia Washington
Joseph Zema P Australia Incarnate Word
Joseph Omar GPE Acosta Mendoza WR Mexico Querétaro Pioneros
Tsubasa Brennan WR Japan Waseda University
José Antonio Bustillo Amieva WR Mexico Mexico City Mayas
Rafael Adrián Gómez Galván WR Mexico Mexico City Condors
Kevin Kaya WR France Montréal
Muneyuki Kinoshita WR Japan Panasonic Impulses
Timothy Knuettel WR Germany Potsdam Royals
Micky Kyei WR Finland Braunschweig NY Lions
Jean-Claude Madin Cerezo WR Spain Hambourg Huskies
Anthony Mahoungou WR France Purdue
Riki Matsui WR Japan Fujitsu Frontiers
Yoshihito Omi WR Japan IBM Big Blue
Klaus Pais WR Brasil Challengers FA
Antoni Podgorski WR Polan Warsaw Mets
Sebastien Sagne WR Finland Frankfurt Universe
Rustum Todd WR Australia University of New South Wales
Carl Achy DB France Laval
Diego Rogelio Avendaño Corpus DB Mexico Monterrey Fundidores
Tony Mensah Anderson DB France Grand View
Jerónimo Fernando Arzate Hobart DB Mexico Mexico City Mexicas
Bryan Billy DB France La Rochelle Narvals
Christian Cajiga Figueroa DB Mexico Querétaro Pioneros
Roedion Henrique DB Netherlands New Mexico State
William James DB Sweden Arlanda Jets
Cosme Adiel Lozano Hernández DB Mexico Monterrey Fundidores
Nicholas Peterson DB Sweden Stockholm Mean Machines
Oleksandr Posunko DB Ukraine Rostock Griffins
Gerardo Ramirez Rodriguez DB Mexico Mexico City Mexicas
Osvaldo Zumalacarregui Taboada DB Mexico Mexico City Mayas

The CFL Global Draft will take place on April 15th at 1 p.m. ET.