The final prospect in the series of draft prospects is defensive lineman Daryl Waud who hails from Hamilton, Ontario. He stands at 6’5’’ and weighs 270 pounds and he plays his football for the Western Mustangs. Waud is highly rated having been ranked 5th last September in the CFL scouting bureau rankings before moving up to 3rd overall in December and in the final rankings recently he was ranked 7th which illustrates why a lot of franchises in both CFL and NFL want him. His stats are impressive over the past couple of seasons playing Canadian Football with the Mustangs where he picked up individual accolades as well as leaving a lasting impression. In the 2012-13 season Waud played a total of 9 regular season games, plus 2 play-off games where he won 32 tackles in total (25 of them being by himself), as well as assisting other teammates in 14 tackles. In the 2 play-off games Waud participated in he won 2 solo tackles (3.5 overall) meaning he won more than 1 tackle per game. This record in the total of 11 games he played earned him an OUA first team all-star and CIS first team All-Canadian. Meanwhile in the season just past (2013-14) Waud completed 11 games in total like the previous season (8 regular season, 3 play-offs) where he won 21 tackles, 12 of them solo in the regular season. He also assisted on 18 tackles, while in the play-offs he impressed further winning a total of 9 tackles (7 solo) and provided 4 assists on tackles too. Like 2012-13 he earned OUA first team all-star as well as playing in the CIS East West Bowl. These stats helped him get invited to the CFL combines back in March where he recorded 21 reps in the bench press which was the 2nd highest out of the defensive linemen to take part. While in the 3-cone drill he recorded a time of 7.66 which was the 3rd best for his position. In the past week Waud accepted mini-camp invitations from two big NFL franchises, the New York Giants and Washington where he will be hoping to showcase his skills there over the upcoming weeks. Most likely destination
Like others covered in these blogs it is hard to call where Waud will end up given the intense interest from a number of NFL teams. All the CFL teams will be hoping they get Waud given his strength and tackle record, but the question is which club would be most likely to get him. He could possibly go to Montreal and get paired with Michael Klassen, but this depends if the Alouettes want a defensive lineman as their number 1 pick.
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