Tennessee Titans draft Canadian receiver Elic Ayomanor

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Apr 26, 2025 2:40 PM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago

Elic Ayomanor is simply a Tennessee Titan.

Tennessee selected the Stanford Cardinal receiver with the 34th prime of the 4th round, No. 136 overall, successful the NFL draught Saturday.

Ayomanor was the archetypal Canadian taken successful this year's draft, extending the streak of astatine slightest 1 Canuck having been selected since 2011.

A grounds 5 Canadians were taken successful the '24 draft.

Indiana backmost Kurtis Rourke, of Oakville, Ont., was besides expected to perceive his sanction called Saturday.

If Rourke is drafted, he'd go the archetypal Canadian backmost selected since 2001 erstwhile Jesse Palmer was taken successful the 4th circular by the New York Giants.

Laurier backmost Taylor Elgersma, the '24 Hec Crighton Trophy winner, was projected arsenic either a late-round prime oregon precedence escaped agent.

The six-foot-two, 210-pound Ayomanor, of Medicine Hat, Alta., had 63 receptions for 831 yards and six touchdowns past play arsenic a redshirt sophomore astatine Stanford earlier declaring for the draft.

Ayomanor registered 62 catches successful 2023 for 1,013 yards and six TDs to gain the Jon Cornish Trophy arsenic the apical Canadian playing American assemblage football.

Ayomanor and Rourke were some invited to the '25 NFL harvester but lone Ayomanor worked retired arsenic Rourke didn't enactment successful on-field activities owed to off-season genu surgery.

But Rourke did be and made himself disposable for squad interviews.