2017 Calgary Stampeders

[OzSome]

Looks like I am a bit behind with the first pre-season game for Stamps is already starting on Tuesday against BC Lions. Anyways, here's the training rosters for the 2017 Calgary Stampeders.

QUARTERBACK:

Returning: 19 Bo Levi Mitchell(Eastern Washington), 15 Andrew Buckley-c(Calgary).

New Faces: 8 Mitchell Gale(Abilene Christian) and 12 *Ricky Stanzi(Iowa)


RUNNING BACK:

Returning: 33. Jerome Messam-c(Graceland), 26 Rob Cote-c(Victoria Rebels), 23 William Langlais-c(Sherbrooke), 46 Charlie Power-c(Saskatchewan).

New Faces: 3 *Jacobi Green(Richmond), 21 Anthony Woodson(Calgary), 34* Ante Milanovic-Litre-c(SFU), 38 *Terry Williams(Kutztown).

OFFENSIVE LINE:

Returning: 60 Shane Bergman-c(Western), 53 Brad Erdos-c(SFU), 65 Dan Federkeil-c(Calgary), 68 Roman Grozman-c(Concordia), 63 Pierre Lavertu-c(Laval), 59 Randy Richards(Missouri State), 58 Cam Thorn-c(Guelph), 61 Ucambre Williams(South Alabama), 50 Spencer Wilson-c(Calgary Colts)

INJURED: 69 Quinn Smith-c(Concordia)

New Faces: 62 *Devonte Danzey(Auburn), 67 *c Felix Gacusana(SFU), 66 *Antoine McClain(Clemson), 57 *Mike McQueen(Ohio), 64 *Justin Renfrow(Miami)

RECEIVERS:

Returning: 82 Juwan Brescacin-c(Northern Illinois), 89 Davaris Daniels(Notre Dame), 1 Lemar Durant-c(SFU), 88 Kamer Jordan(Bowling Green), 16 Marquay McDaniel(Hampton), 86 Anthony Parker-c(Calgary).

New Faces: 84 *Reggie Begelton(Lamar), 81 *Jarret Boykin(Virginia Tech), 78 *AJ Cruz(Brown), 87 Rory Kohlert-c(Saskatchewan), 85 *Julian Lynch-c(Saskatchewan), 72 *Marken Michel(Massachussets), 80 *Jamal Nixon(Ark-Monticello), 79 *Richard Sindanu-c(Calgary Colts), 76 *Kevin Smith(Washington)

DEFENSIVE LINE:

Returning: 39 Charleston Hughes(Northwood), 4 Micah Johnsonn(Kentucky), 41 Cordarro Law(South Mississippi), 44 Ben D'Aguilar-c(McMaster), 95 Ja'Gared Davis(Southern Methodist), 97 Derek Wiggan-c(Queens)

INJURED: 7 Junior Turner-c (Bishops)

New Faces: 92 Bryan Hall(Arkansas State), 71 Michael Klassen-c(Calgary), 96 *c Randy Colling(Gagnon), 94 *Kashawn Fraser(Henderson State), 91 *c Alexander Gagnon(Sherbrooke), 90 * Kingsley Ibeh(Washington), 99 *c Michael Kashak(McMaster), 91 * Jeff Luc(Cincinnati), 77 * Mike Rose(NC State), 98 * James Vaughters(Stanford)

LINEBACKER:

Returning: 42 Derek Mayo(Old Dominion), 49 Alex Singleton-c(Montana State), 37 Maleki Harris(Southern Alabama), 40 Derek Janke-c(Okanagan Sun), 24 Joe Burnett(Central Florida)

New Faces: 52 *c Riley Jones(UBC), 20 *c Beau Landry(Western), 56 *Jameer Thurman(Indiana State)

DEFENSIVE BACK:

Returning: 11 Joshua Bell(Baylor), 25 Tommie Campbell(California-Pennsylvannia), 0 Ciante Evans(Nebraska), 32 Osagie Odiase-c(Sacramento State), 35 Shaquille Richardson(Arizona), 28 Brandon Smith(Sacramento State),2 Adam Thibault-c(Laval), 28 Jamar Wall(Texas Tech)

New Faces: 31 *c Junde Adeleke(Carleton), 17 *Jarrett Bush(Utah State), 43 *Trenton Coles(Duquesne), 45 *c Adam Laurensse(Calgary), 51 *Patrick Levels(Baylor), 27 *Joel Ross(Appalachian), 48 *Marvin Ross(Florida A&M), 9 *c Chris Rwabukamba(Duke), 47 *Jordan Soefon(St. Cloud State).

SPECIAL TEAMS:

Returning: 30 Rene Paredes-c(Concordia), 6 Rob Maver-c(Guelph), 14 Roy Finch(Oklahoma), 54 Pierre-Luc Caron-c(Laval)

Gone from last season are:
QB Drew Tate(Ottawa), OL Derek Dennis(Saskatchewan), WR Bakari Grant(Saskatchewan), WR Simon Charbonneau-Campeau, RB Tory Harrison, LB Glenn Love(Saskatchewan), OL Karl Lavoie(retired), DE Frank Beltre(NFL), DB Adam Berger, DE Brandon Boudreaux, DB Matt Bucknor, WR Greg Wilson, WR Joe West and DE Zach Minter.

[Erick Estrada]

Apparently Terry Williams is going to get a very good look in the two preseason games as they aren't going to give Messam's a lot of work in preseason.

[OzSome]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Apparently Terry Williams is going to get a very good look in the two preseason games as they aren't going to give Messam's a lot of work in preseason.

They've been trying Roy Finch everywhere. RB, SB and returner. With Messam being rested as much in the training camp, they are trying to give everyone a chance to make the team in RB position. Same goes to QB position where Bo might not even play as much in the pre-season. Dickenson will let Buckley, Gale and Stanzi duke it out for the backup position. That's actually good IMHO. That's what the training camp is for.

[Cheese]

OzSome...have you been at any scrimmages? Who is standing out so far? What are the real battles?

[3rd line Grinder]

Hate to be that guy but didnt matty walters retire?

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by 3rd line Grinder

Hate to be that guy but didnt matty walters retire?

Yes.

[TheAlpineOracle]

Just got back from the game. Buckley has absolutely no business being considered for the backup role. I know some people won't like to hear it, but CIS QBs simply do not have the pedigree to succeed at the CFL level. Completely overwhelmed with the defensive schemes. If Buckley wants to run short yardage, fine. If he actually wants to play, he should consider a switch to receiver like Sinapoli did.

Gale looked pretty decent. I would assume he has the inside track for the backup job. Hard to tell in Stanzi as he had garbage time minutes with the 4th string and the d had him starting from poor field position. Looked composed though and could probably get the job done.

Jacoby Green Looked like a beast. Hopefully we can find a spot for him. Reggie Begelton looked like a McDaniel clone. Unfortunately he was hurt by a BS dirty play by #43 on the Lions.

The d was very impressive. Not sure where they continue to find these guys. Some of the vets may be in Serious jeopardy of losing their spots, especially if they have a high price tag.

Wally Bueno continues to be a moron. Challenging plays with 5 minutes left in an exhibition game. What a tool. Dickinson could have challenged many plays but didn't bother because well... it's an exhibition game.

[M*A*S*H 4077]

Rob Maver (the punter) was the best player on the field. Maver the placekicker... not so much

[TheAlpineOracle]

Originally Posted by M*A*S*H 4077

Rob Maver (the punter) was the best player on the field. Maver the placekicker... not so much

Yeah, what an impressive punting performance. Place kicking... not so much.

[Roof-Daddy]

Where was Parades?

[TheAlpineOracle]

Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy

Where was Parades?

He played. I think they were just trying to get Maver some reps in case Parades got injured at some point in the season.

[Otto-matic]

The Calgary Stampeders have signed international defensive back Tre Jones.

https://www.stampeders.com/2017/06/0...-added-roster/

In other transactions, international defensive back Trenton Coles and international linebacker Todd Thomas have been released.

[TheAlpineOracle]

Originally Posted by Otto-matic

The Calgary Stampeders have signed international defensive back Tre Jones.

https://www.stampeders.com/2017/06/0...-added-roster/

In other transactions, international defensive back Trenton Coles and international linebacker Todd Thomas have been released.

Thomas got injured in that game. Hopefully they give him another chance next year.

[OzSome]

Last pre-season game tomorrow for the Stampeders. They will be playing the Edmonton Eskimos at Commonwealth Stadium at 5pm. Game will be on TSN.

Stamps have a lot of players vying for the returning job behind Roy Finch. So far they are not disappointing the coaching staff. Marken Michel(1 TD return called back), Canadian Tunde Adeleke, Jamal Nixon, AJ Cruz are all impressive. RB competition for Messam's backup are also very tight with Roy Finch, Jacobi Green and Terry Williams plus Canadian Anthony Woodson.
Other players have been very impressive so far are DB Marvin Ross, LB Jameer Thurman, WR Reggie Begelton. Unfortunately, Begelton's training camp might be done early due to an injury on the pre-season game against BC Lions.
Stamps added LB Ewan McKelvey, who attended the Baltimore Ravens camp in 2016. It looks like Stamps first round pick DT Randy Colling will be playing his first CFL game tomorrow while OL Ucambre Williams will dress and start as a Centre vs the Eskimos. Pierre Lavertu has been injured in the training camp and Cam Thorn is just coming back from an injury. Looking forward in good competition tomorrow.

Stamps roster tomorrow:

OFFENSE:
QB: *Bo Levi Mitchell, Andrew Buckley, *Mitchell Gale, *Ricky Stanzi. All of them will see action but the majority of the reps will go to Bo Levi.
RB: Messam, *Finch, *Jacobi Green, *Terry Williams. Looks like Messam will get the bulk of the plays.
FB: Cote,Power, Langlais, Milanovic-Litre.
WR: *Davaris Daniels, *AJ Cruz, *Marken Michel, Anthony Parker, Lamer Durant, Lynch.
SB: *McDaniel, *Jorden, Brescacin, Kohlert, Sindani, *Nixon, Boykin.
OL: *Williams and Thorn(C), Wilson and *McQueen(LT), Bergman, *Danzey and Gacusana(LG), Erdos and *McClain(RG), Federkeil and *Renfrow(RT).

DEFENSE:
DE: Ben D'Aguilar, *Cordarro Law, *Hughes, Gagnon, Kashak and *Davis
DT: *Micah Johnson, *Luc, *Fraser, *Rose, Randy Colling, Klassen, *Ibeh, Wiggan, *Bryan Hall
MLB: Alex Singleton, R. Jones and *McKelvey
OLB: Dexter Janke, *Jameer Thurman, *Harris, *Bush, *Richardson, Odiase
CB: *Levels, *Sefon, *Burnett, *T.Jones, Laurensee, Adam Thibault
HB: *M. Ross, *B.Smith, *J.Ross, *Ciante Evans
S: *Joshua Bell, Rwabukamba

SPECIAL TEAM:
Rene Paredes, Rob Maver and Caron.

GO STAMPS GO!!!

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by OzSome

Last pre-season game tomorrow for the Stampeders. They will be playing the Edmonton Eskimos at Commonwealth Stadium at 5pm. Game will be on TSN.

Stamps have a lot of players vying for the returning job behind Roy Finch. So far they are not disappointing the coaching staff. Marken Michel(1 TD return called back), Canadian Tunde Adeleke, Jamal Nixon, AJ Cruz are all impressive. RB competition for Messam's backup are also very tight with Roy Finch, Jacobi Green and Terry Williams plus Canadian Anthony Woodson.
Other players have been very impressive so far are DB Marvin Ross, LB Jameer Thurman, WR Reggie Begelton. Unfortunately, Begelton's training camp might be done early due to an injury on the pre-season game against BC Lions.
Stamps added LB Ewan McKelvey, who attended the Baltimore Ravens camp in 2016. It looks like Stamps first round pick DT Randy Colling will be playing his first CFL game tomorrow while OL Ucambre Williams will dress and start as a Centre vs the Eskimos. Pierre Lavertu has been injured in the training camp and Cam Thorn is just coming back from an injury. Looking forward in good competition tomorrow.

Stamps roster tomorrow:

OFFENSE:
QB: *Bo Levi Mitchell, Andrew Buckley, *Mitchell Gale, *Ricky Stanzi. All of them will see action but the majority of the reps will go to Bo Levi.
RB: Messam, *Finch, *Jacobi Green, *Terry Williams. Looks like Messam will get the bulk of the plays.
FB: Cote,Power, Langlais, Milanovic-Litre.
WR: *Davaris Daniels, *AJ Cruz, *Marken Michel, Anthony Parker, Lamer Durant, Lynch.
SB: *McDaniel, *Jorden, Brescacin, Kohlert, Sindani, *Nixon, Boykin.
OL: *Williams and Thorn(C), Wilson and *McQueen(LT), Bergman, *Danzey and Gacusana(LG), Erdos and *McClain(RG), Federkeil and *Renfrow(RT).

DEFENSE:
DE: Ben D'Aguilar, *Cordarro Law, *Hughes, Gagnon, Kashak and *Davis
DT: *Micah Johnson, *Luc, *Fraser, *Rose, Randy Colling, Klassen, *Ibeh, Wiggan, *Bryan Hall
MLB: Alex Singleton, R. Jones and *McKelvey
OLB: Dexter Janke, *Jameer Thurman, *Harris, *Bush, *Richardson, Odiase
CB: *Levels, *Sefon, *Burnett, *T.Jones, Laurensee, Adam Thibault
HB: *M. Ross, *B.Smith, *J.Ross, *Ciante Evans
S: *Joshua Bell, Rwabukamba

SPECIAL TEAM:
Rene Paredes, Rob Maver and Caron.

GO STAMPS GO!!!

Really doubt that BLM sees any more than the 1st quarter. Just not worth risking his health and the coaching staff needs to see the others a lot more to make the right decision on back up.

[darockwilder]

Extremely unhappy about the injury to Begleton. I was impressed with his play until he got DDT'd into the turf. Hope he can recover.

[OzSome]

Originally Posted by transplant99

Really doubt that BLM sees any more than the 1st quarter. Just not worth risking his health and the coaching staff needs to see the others a lot more to make the right decision on back up.

DD says Bo will start then play at least play over a quarter to get him prepared for the regular season. Then the 3 qbs will split the rest. Messam will be the same way so he can prepare for the season.

Stamps have so many good players fighting for spot on this training camp and I hate to see them get cut on Monday or this coming week.

QB: 2 spots are up for grab.
RB: backup import RB between Green and Williams.
REC: looks like Kohlert will be SCC's replacement but there are only a few open import spot. The import receiver who's going to make the team will have to show he can return punts and kickoff as well. Parker and Durant are a shoo-in for Canadian spot and duking it out for starting WR position.
OL: Stamps might employ at least 2 import OLinemen this season and Ucambre Williams might have an edge for one because of his versatility. He'll play C today and he played on both guard and tackle position last season. Him and Wilson might be a good asset the way our OL gets injured a lot.
DL: I think the import DE and DT spots are good already with Hughes, Law and Davis for DE. Johnson and Hall as DT. It is going to be tough for an import DL to unseat these 5. With Turner still out on injury and Quinn Smith moving to an OL position, Randy Colling and Wiggan will easily take their spot.
LB: I think there are at least a couple of import position spot to open the season. Love is gone to Saskatchewan and Mayo might not be ready to start the season.
DB: lots of competitions on both import and Canadian spots. Wall is still out and might not be ready for the season opener. Berger left so there is an open position for his replacement. I like Marvin Ross so far and Canadian Tunde Adeleke.

I think if a newcomers will make it, they'll be playing mostly on special teams.

[Da_Chief]

Originally Posted by OzSome

DD says Bo will start then play at least play over a quarter to get him prepared for the regular season. Then the 3 qbs will split the rest. Messam will be the same way so he can prepare for the season.

Stamps have so many good players fighting for spot on this training camp and I hate to see them get cut on Monday or this coming week.

QB: 2 spots are up for grab.
RB: backup import RB between Green and Williams.
REC: looks like Kohlert will be SCC's replacement but there are only a few open import spot. The import receiver who's going to make the team will have to show he can return punts and kickoff as well. Parker and Durant are a shoo-in for Canadian spot and duking it out for starting WR position.
OL: Stamps might employ at least 2 import OLinemen this season and Ucambre Williams might have an edge for one because of his versatility. He'll play C today and he played on both guard and tackle position last season. Him and Wilson might be a good asset the way our OL gets injured a lot.
DL: I think the import DE and DT spots are good already with Hughes, Law and Davis for DE. Johnson and Hall as DT. It is going to be tough for an import DL to unseat these 5. With Turner still out on injury and Quinn Smith moving to an OL position, Randy Colling and Wiggan will easily take their spot.
LB: I think there are at least a couple of import position spot to open the season. Love is gone to Saskatchewan and Mayo might not be ready to start the season.
DB: lots of competitions on both import and Canadian spots. Wall is still out and might not be ready for the season opener. Berger left so there is an open position for his replacement. I like Marvin Ross so far and Canadian Tunde Adeleke.

I think if a newcomers will make it, they'll be playing mostly on special teams.

QB - Don't see them going away from Buckley just yet. One spot open b/w Gale and Stanizi. If they like them enough, might keep the 4th guy on PR.

RB - Both Green and Williams have been really good in training camp and both played well against BC. Right now both should make the team. Might bump of an import receiver to keep them both. Need Messam replacement to start training this year and it could be one of these two.

National Rec - Kohlert is likely getting, had a case of dropsies. They usually carry 8 receivers on the active roster. 4 imports, 4 Canadians. 3 Canadians are a lock in Parker, Durant, Brescacin; 4th is likely one of the guys drafted in Lynch or Sandidni. I'm not sure their school eligibility so one of them might go back to school and the other making the team.

Import Rec - Marquay, Daniels and Jorden are a lock. Begelton looked good but he's gone for awhile. Nixon dropped couple so he needs to step up this game. Boykin is another returnee that has an inside track but needs to produce. Cruz has had a good showing so far. This is where dual threat Terry Williams can steal a roster or PR spot from one of these guys. Battle is between Michel, Cruz, Nixon, Boykins for that 4th WR. 1-2 likely end up on the PR.

OL - Injuries, UFA, retirements have hurt this group so likely will see 4 import OL on the final. It doesn't look good for Randy Richards to not be playing a tuneup game with the rest of the 1st group offence. Lavertu is injured again so none of the Canadian OL should worry about their spot. If I was to guess right now Williams, Renfrew, McQueen, McClain will make the team and 2 of them will start.

DL - Hardest group to crack. Hughes, Law, Hall, Micah, Davis are all quality Americans. Ibeh and Vaughters impressed against BC. Jeff Rose and Mike Luc have also looked good. Then there's a bunch of Canadians in Wiggans, Cooling, Kashak, Gagnon and Klassen. I don't think any of the returnees will lose their jobs but couple good ones will be cut. No idea who.

LB - Singelton and Mayo are starting. SAM is a battle b/w Odiase/Richardson/Bush. Bush is 33 with lotsa NFL experience but he can't possibly have many years left in the tank. The other two are young and were with the team all last year and have gotten rave reviews last 2 weeks. Thurman looked exceptional against BC, hes making the team. Maleki Harris is making the team. Beau Landry, Riley Jones and Dexter Jenke are all Canadians, likely backing up Singelton and playing the teams.

S - Bell is starting with Rwabakamba backing him up. They didn't even bring in competition for him.

HB - Looks like Evans is moving from the corner to halfback. Smith and Wall the tandem last year. Looks like Wall is hurt and therefor Evans and Smith will start the season there till Wall comes back. Ross brothers (not actual brothers) were both good against BC and should win backup spots here.

CB - Tommie Campbell will be the starter. Evans will likely move out there when Wall comes back. For now Burnett is trying to win a spot here. Levels played well against BC.

Secondary as whole - They'll keep 10 or so guys; Campbell, Evans, Smith, Wall, Ross, Ross, Bell, Levels, Rwabakamba, Thibault, Laurensse.

[OzSome]

Good and bad start for the Stamps today. Roy Finch went all the way on the punt return. Offense scored a TD already with Bo using both Daniels and Jorden on long passes with Messam looking good in rushing. Defense is looking good so far.

The bad news: Cordarro Law got hurt early in the game. Hoping it is not serious.

[OzSome]

Not seeing anything on QB Mitchell Gale so far. Spoke too soon. He just threw up a couple of good completed passes. 2nd one was called offensive PI, which I don't agree. The defender pushed Brescacin first and it doesn't look like Brescacin's push hit the defender.

DB Joel Ross got burned once already but I am sure he'll adjust.

DB Odiasse also got burned but it was nulified because of Edmonton's illegal procedure.

WR Jamal Nixon dropped a pass but Gale threw the ball behind him and Nixon had to adjust. Both Daniels and Jordan dropped some passes.