DINOS BEGIN SPRING WITH OUTSTANDING GROUP OF NEW PLAYERS:

With departure of several fifth year players and the possibility of a half dozen players up for the Canadian Football Draft next week, Head Coach Blake Nill expects to have 95 players attend spring camp, 60 of which are returnees.

“This camp gives the coaching staff to see how our returning players have improved and how our new players can adapt to Canada West football,” states Nill.

Some of the key new players are:

Quarterback Boston Rowe who had a solid season at St. Francis High School in Calgary and playing for Team Alberta.  Also added was offensive guard Ryan Sceviour who is regarded as a solid addition from Bowness High School. Sceviour’s parents are both former Dino athletes with his mother having played volleyball and his father a former member of the hockey program.

A pair of running backs from outside of Calgary, are solid athletes. Connor McGough hails from Medicine Hats’ Crescent Heights High School. While Cole Fiedler comes to the program from Catholic Central High in Lethbridge, where he played for former U of C linebacker Mike Nightengale.

Large receiver Rashaun Simonise joins the team after a solid career at Vancouver College, a program that has developed many excellent players over the years that have played in the CIS, NCAA and CFL.

On the defensive side of the football lineman Brett Wade comes to the Dinos from the Regina Prairie Thunder. Wade played for Team Canada at the Junior World Championships.

Linebacker Tyson Lee of the 2012 Provincial 4A Champion Notre Dame Pride heads the group of young linebackers and is joined by Calgary Centennial High grad Iyanu Ojekale.

A familiar name in the secondary is that of Robert Woodson of St. Francis High in Calgary. Rob is the younger brother of former Dinos running back Anthony Woodson who is now with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

During the course of Training Camp daily blogs will be posted at the conclusion of the day with further insight on what has transpired.