Stampeders select wide receiver Damien Alford with top pick of CFL draft

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The Calgary Stampeders selected receiver Damien Alford archetypal wide successful the CFL draught Tuesday night. Alford, of Montreal, transferred to Utah aft 4 seasons astatine Syracuse, wherever helium had 67 catches for 1,291 yards.

6-foot-5 Montreal walk catcher transferred to Utah successful 2024 aft 4 seasons astatine Syracuse

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Apr 29, 2025 6:35 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago

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Wide receiver Damien Alford, seen playing for the Syracuse Orange successful 2023, was chosen No. 1 wide successful the CFL draught by the Calgary Stampeders connected Tuesday. (Adrian Kraus/The Associated Press)

The Calgary Stampeders selected receiver Damien Alford archetypal wide successful the CFL draught Tuesday night.

Alford, of Montreal, transferred to Utah aft 4 seasons astatine Syracuse, wherever helium had 67 catches for 1,291 yards.

Alford appeared successful 4 games with Utah past play but the six-foot-five, 224-pound receiver has some size and velocity (4.46-second 40-yard dash time).

The enactment was the archetypal of 4 Calgary had successful the archetypal 20 picks of the draft.

Calgary secured the archetypal wide prime aft finishing past successful the CFL standings with a 5-12-1 grounds to miss the playoffs for the archetypal clip since 2004.

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