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By Derek Taylor The Riders have added four players in Thursday’s Global Draft. With the 5th-overall pick the 5 Riders took fullback Christopher Ezeala of Germany. He was part of the Baltimore Ravens in 2018-19 through their International Pathways program. Born in Munich, Ezeala’s been playing football in Germany since he was 13. At 5-11, 248 lbs he was converted to fullback and has played both offense and defence during his career. At #14 in the Global Draft the Riders select P Kaare Vedvik of Norway (pronouned “Corey”). Vedvik played high school ball in Kansas before going to...

CFL teams making the most of unique Global Draft process Share Share TORONTO — The road to the draft always proves to be busy for CFL head of football operations Greg Dick and his staff, but the 2021 off-season and the COVID-19 pandemic have offered some new and unique challenges. The same goes for the nine CFL franchises, who have had to navigate this draft process without seeing or talking to players in person. “I think that every team evaluates players differently. But I think they’re going to look at game films from past seasons more closely. Combine...