The Canadian Football League’s Scouting Bureau recently released its Fall Edition of prospects for the 2024 CFL Draft, and it’s good news for Bobcats and Bulls fans: as of publication, both Ohio quarterback Kurtis Rourke and Buffalo offensive lineman Gabe Wallace are numbers 1 and 2 on the list.
Their positioning atop the scouting tables is important for a number of reasons; unlike American or internationally-born players, Canadian nationals are eligible for the National Draft, the much bigger and more publicized of the two league drafts (the other being the much smaller Global Draft.) Any other player must enter the league either via the Global Draft (primarily for non-North American players) or the negotiation list process (primarily for American players), where each of the nine teams must declare the names of 10 players with no CFL experience they wish to sign (although the actual lists are typically much larger).