Great Eight: Egerter among prospects moving on from Toronto

TORONTO — The National Combine roster is set, as Guelph defensive lineman Donnie Egerter leads eight prospects that are moving on from Thursday’s Toronto Regional Combine.

LB Kevin Jackson, WR Shaquille Johnson, RB Nathan O’Halloran, DB Malcolm Brown, WR Jamal Kett, DL Michael Kashak, DL John Biewald are the others all headed to the CFL National Combine presented by adidas, which will take place March 11-13 in Toronto.

Johnson, one of four Western Mustangs that will stay in Toronto over the weekend, showed his athletic prowess all throughout Thursday’s events by putting up a 3.91 in the 40-yard dash, the second-highest electronic time recorded at a CFL Combine, while also leaping to an 11-foot broad jump.

Egerter was one of the top players to watch going into Thursday’s regional according to CFL.ca’s Justin Dunk, and the Guelph defensive lineman lived up to expectations by earning an invite to the weekend’s events in Toronto. He led all defensive linemen with 25 reps in the bench press, tying for second among all participants.

Linebacker Jackson of Sam Houston State was impressive out of the gate Thursday morning, pushing 24 reps on the bench press and putting up a vertical of 26.5 inches.

Not earning an invite but still impressing was Matthew Van Praet, whose 27 reps on the bench press led all participants, and A’dre Fraser, who led both the three-cone (6.81 seconds) and shuttle (4.25 seconds). Windsor defensive back Dave McDuffie had the highest vertical at 33.5 inches.

Of the eight players moving on, half attend Western University, six are on the defensive side of the ball while three are defensive lineman.

Monday’s combine marked the second year in a row Toronto has hosted a regional combine. Last year three players were picked from the Toronto Regional Combine to participate in the National Combine and two of them, Matt Rea and Melvin Abankwah, were selected in the 2015 CFL Draft.

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