Laurier defensive lineman Boateng performs well at CFL combine in Regina
He came to the CFL combine as the top-ranked prospect and Kwaku Boateng lived up to that billing.
The Wilfrid Laurier defensive end showed his athleticism in the individual drills before proving his pass-rush prowess in the one-on-one matchups Saturday in Regina. Boateng was ranked sixth on the CFL Scouting Bureau’s top-20 prospects list for the 2017 draft but with the top five players absent, Boateng was the highest-profile player at the two-day session.
“I felt like being so high was only a curse because you can only go down from there,” he said. “It definitely put a lot of pressure on me.”
It was hard to tell as the six-foot-one, 233-pound Boateng posted a 33.5-inch vertical and 40-yard dash time of 4.901 seconds. He only had 15 reps in the bench press but in one-on-one matchups he showed impressive pass-rush moves while also performing well in special-teams drills.