Utah WR Alford top pick in CFL draft … The Canadian league held its annual draft of national players where former 6-6 Utah WR Damien Alford was chosen first overall by Calgary. Alford was originally a big-play target at Syracuse, but left the Orange for Utah last year when the new coaching staff arrived. Alford, though, barely played for the Utes this past season and was actually planning on transferring again to Florida Atlanta, but ultimately changed his mind and put his name in for both the CFL and NFL drafts. Interestingly, Stamford WR Elic Ayomanor, who was the top-ranked prospect in the CFL draft, wasn’t selected at all after he was a 4th round pick by Tennessee in last week’s NFL draft. At the same time, Indiana QB Kurtis Rourke, the other top Canadian prospect who was a 7th round pick by San Francisco last week, was selected by Saskatchewan with the 25th pick in the FL draft, while Winnipeg chose Laurier QB Taylor Elgersma, who played in the Senior Bowl, with the CFL’s 18th pick. For the record, here are all the picks in last night’s CFL draft.
