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Saskatchewan Roughriders’ Jermarcus Hardrick wins 2025 CFL Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman
3Down Staff - 2025-11-13
Saskatchewan Roughriders’ right tackle Jermarcus Hardrick has officially been named the CFL’s Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman for the 2025 season. The 35-year-old was the leader for a Saskatchewan unit that finished fourth in rushing and tied for the second-fewest sacks allowed. Analytics firm Pro Football Focus rated Hardrick as the top blocker in the league […]
Traded but not forgotten: Riders’ Mario Alford wants Montreal payback in 112th Grey Cup
Pablo Herrera Vergara - 2025-11-13
The 112th Grey Cup means more to some players, especially former Montreal Alouettes turned Saskatchewan Roughriders returner Mario Alford. He arrived in Saskatchewan in July 2022 after being traded from by general manager Danny Maciocia for a conditional sixth-round CFL Draft pick in 2023. Asked about any hard feelings he has towards his former team, […]
New poll shows more Canadians want CFL to differentiate itself from NFL, oppose shortening field
3Down Staff - 2025-11-13
A new poll from the Angus Reid Institute suggests Canadians oppose any move by the CFL to make itself more like the NFL. The survey found among respondents who followed the CFL, 47 percent of people agreed the league should try to differentiate itself from the NFL as much as possible. While that was especially […]
Tyler Snead drew Weston Dressler comparison well before reaching CFL
John Hodge - 2025-11-13
Plenty of people in CFL circles have linked Tyler Snead to retired star Weston Dressler since he joined the Montreal Alouettes, but it turns out he first heard that comparison years ago. The 25-year-old native of Raleigh, N.C. played collegiately at East Carolina University where the cornerbacks coach was Brandon Lynch, who now serves in […]
Advice from Wally Buono key in making Davis Alexander Alouettes’ franchise QB: Danny Maciocia
JC Abbott - 2025-11-13
Montreal Alouettes’ quarterback Davis Alexander has established himself as one of the CFL’s brightest young stars ahead of the 112th Grey Cup, and fans have a Canadian football legend to thank for it. General manager Danny Maciocia made the agonizing decision to make Alexander the Alouettes’ franchise QB this offseason, moving on from veteran Cody […]
CFL unveils partnership to invest in flag football ahead of Olympic Games
3Down Staff - 2025-11-13
The Canadian Football League has unveiled a major investment in flag football. The league is now a founding partner of the senior men’s and senior women’s national flag teams. This will allow for CFL venues, facilities, infrastructure, and relationships to support Football Canada’s continued operation of the program ahead of the 2028 Summer Olympic Games, […]
Saint Mary’s Huskies looking to snap 17-year AUS U Sports national semi-final losing streak
John Hodge - 2025-11-13
No team from Atlantic University Sport (AUS) has won a U Sports national football semi-final game since 2007. With the Saint Mary’s Huskies set to host the Montréal Carabins in the Uteck Bowl on Saturday, they’re fully embracing the underdog role as they look to get back to the Vanier Cup for the first time […]
Winnipeg Blue Bombers add QB Rocco Becht to negotiation list
3Down Staff - 2025-11-13
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have added American quarterback Rocco Becht to their negotiation list. The 21-year-old passer is a redshirt junior at Iowa State University where he has thrown for 8,920 yards, 60 touchdowns, and 27 interceptions over 40 collegiate games. He has also rushed for 471 yards and 19 scores. Becht was named the […]
Ottawa Redblacks add QB Stone Earle to negotiation list
3Down Staff - 2025-11-13
The Ottawa Redblacks have added American quarterback Stone Earle to their negotiation list. The six-foot, 215-pound passer is currently a redshirt senior at Abilene Christian University, an FCS program located in Abilene, Texas, where he’s thrown for 2,235 yards, 16 touchdowns, and nine interceptions over 10 games in 2025. He’s also rushed 102 times for […]
Marc-Antoine Dequoy credits CFL for French-language embrace after 2023 Grey Cup rant
John Hodge - 2025-11-12
The Canadian Football League has embraced the bilingual nature of Canada at this year’s Grey Cup, which hasn’t gone unnoticed by a vocal critic. Marc-Antoine Dequoy, a proud Francophone and native of Montreal, Que., ranted to the media at the Grey Cup in 2023 when he and the Alouettes upset the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to […]