Some other football league might have their draft in the next few days, but who cares about that? The new CFL website now includes the past 3 CFL drafts (2033-2035) with player ratings (initial compared to current). It's interesting to see the booms/busts after a couple of years. For example:

2033 - year of the center
2-1 C Jeff Hansen (now 95/95, quite better than 2-2 pick LB Sammie Gilmore who is 12/12)
6-22 C Raymond Spurgeon (now rated 62/64 in his first season as a starter)

2034 had some highly rated skill position players in later rounds:
2-16 TE R.J. Alston (59/73)
2-29 WR Leon Bailey (50/59)
2-32 TE Phillip Hines (59/59)
3-3 WR Lionel McGregor (48/48)
3-20 FS Austin Robertson (53/53)
4-26 WR Cornell Ramo (43/43)
5-16 CB Deion Heath (52/52)
6-11 TE Ed Allen (45/53)

And then there are the busts:
2033:
1-17 LB Peter Walker (25/35)
1-24 CB Quentin Bell (34/34)
2-22 DE Arnold Lane (1/2)
2-28 NT Hugh Kempe (retired)

2034:
1-18 SS Vincent McGee (25/38)

2035:
1-10 LB Trevor McSheffrey (7/28)

For me, my favorite pick has to be RB David Browning who I got at 4-28 in 2034. He may only be rated 39/39, but he was rookie of the year last season and is averaging 4.9 yards per carry so far this year.

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I'd say Peter Walker wasn't so much a bust as he was injured severely and had a huge rating drop.

What? no love for Jeremy Meyers (52/52) or Ed Vest (61/62)??? Both late 2nd round picks.

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JJ Smitty's Record
Atlantic Division Champions - 2007, 2008, 2010, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2028, 2035, 2037, 2039, 2044, 2046, 2047
Eastern Conference Champions - 2008, 2039, 2047
CFL Champions - 2008, 2039, 2047

Thanks for bringing up Sammie Gilmore... I had just started sleeping better after that bust!!!

Regardless, great info to have on the website.

Thanks,
Rick

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