Winnipeg Blue Bombers add nine new players in CFL Canadian Draft - BERITAJA

The Bombers charted a caller guidance successful the CFL Canadian Draft—possibly pinch a motion to the upcoming norm changes.

At 4th overall,  the Bombers selected protect extremity Nuer Gatkuoth from Wake Forest. The Edmonton autochthonal played precocious schoolhouse shot successful Toronto and past his elder play southbound of the border.

Listed astatine 6-foot-3, 237 pounds, Gatkuoth has agreed to be mini-camp pinch the Denver Broncos, per 3DownNation. which would would hold his readiness to the Bombers.

Gatkuoth had 39 tackles and six sacks successful his play astatine Wake Forest.

He would beryllium the only Canadian protect extremity connected the Bombers roster. The Bombers took a protect extremity successful the first information successful 2023 (Anthony Bennett, 8th overall) and successful 2019 (Jonathan Kongbo, 5th overall).

In the 2nd round, the Bombers traded up to the 10th prime to prime tight extremity Dante Daniels from North Carolina State. Daniels is listed astatine 6-foot-6, 272 pounds—a size of subordinate that doesn’t mostly beryllium connected CFL offences. He caught 10 passes for 106 yards successful his last 2 seasons of NCAA football.

The Bombers are a squad that has utilized an other violative linemen often. They are chiefly utilized arsenic a blocker, but occasionally arsenic a receiver (as Tui Eli caught a touchdown past season). If Daniels could supply blocking connected the separator and a amended receiving option, that could beryllium very valuable. And pinch the norm alteration coming this play to velocity the crippled up pinch a 35-second play clock, a subordinate who could some artifact and drawback efficaciously will summation successful value.

The Bombers gave up a second-round prime successful 2027 to move up from 13 to prime Daniels.

With their 2nd prime successful the 2nd round, the Bombers chose tackle Kevin Cline from Boston College. Cline is simply a mammoth assemblage astatine 6-foot-7, 320 pounds. He started each 11 games astatine correct tackle past season.

Cline has signed pinch the Miami Dolphins arsenic an undrafted free agent.

In the 3rd round, the Bombers selected linebacker Charles-Elliot Bouliane from Montreal. At 5-foot-10, 229 pounds, he was a valuable typical teamer for the Carabins successful his assemblage career.

The Bombers different selections Tuesday were:

4th information (33rd overall) – DB Ethan Stuart, McMaster University

5th information (42) – LB Brody Clark, York University

6th information (51) – REC Ben Britton, University of Calgary

7th information (60) – REC Joshua Jack, Saint Mary’s University

8th information (69) – K Brady Lidster, University of Windsor

The Bombers will person 2 picks successful Wednesday’s Global Draft, 4th and 13th overall.