TORONTO — A rookie class of 128 first-year players is in the running for the Canadian Football League’s (CFL) Most Outstanding Rookie award.
The recipient will be crowned at the sold-out CFL Awards – one of the marquee events during the 2024 Grey Cup Festival – at Vancouver Convention Centre West on November 14 with hosts Kate Beirness and Milt Stegall from the CFL ON TSN.
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The Most Outstanding Rookie is selected by voting members of the Football Reporters of Canada (FRC) and CFL head coaches.
Players must satisfy all the following criteria to be eligible for Most Outstanding Rookie:
- Named to the active 45-man roster of a CFL member club for a regular season game during the 2024 season
- Never dressed for a CFL member club in the regular season, postseason or championship game in any prior season
- Never dressed for a National Football League member club in the regular season, postseason or championship game in any prior season
Previous Most Outstanding Rookies include:
2024 ROOKIE CLASS
(Name | POS | School/Team)
BC LIONS
EDMONTON ELKS
- Antonio Alfano | DL | Lackawanna
- Nick Anderson | LB | Tulane
- Frédérik Antoine | WR | Laval
- D.K. Bonhomme | LB | South Alabama
- Devodric Bynum | DB | Alabama-Birmingham
- Joel Dublanko | LB | Cincinnati
- Kordell Jackson | DB | Austin Peay
- Zach Mathis | WR | North Dakota State
- Eteva Mauga-Clements | LB | Nebraska
- Olivier Muembi | LB | Queen’s
- Justin Rankin | RB | Northwest Missouri State
- Arkell Smith | WR | Central Missouri
- Noah Taylor | DL | North Carolina
CALGARY STAMPEDERS
SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS
HAMILTON TIGER-CATS
TORONTO ARGONAUTS
OTTAWA REDBLACKS
MONTREAL ALOUETTES