Bombers GM wasn’t willing to gamble on waiting to take Gray in second round
Kyle Walters took a flyer on Geoff Gray in the CFL draft Sunday night with economics and patience in mind.
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers GM selected Gray in the first round, eighth overall, despite the Manitoba Bisons offensive lineman having signed with the NFL’s Green Bay Packers. The move was somewhat surprising as three other top CFL prospects who garnered NFL interest were taken long after the six-foot-six, 315-pound Gray was.
Mississippi State offensive lineman Justin Senior of Montreal was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks before UCLA defensive lineman Eli Ankou of Ottawa, Gray and Laval tight end Antony Auclair of Notre-Dame-des-Pins, Que., signed as free agents with Houston, Green Bay and Tampa Bay, respectively.
Ankou went in the third round of the CFL draft to Ottawa, Auclair was selected in the fourth round by Saskatchewan while Edmonton took Senior in the fifth.