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Friday, July 3, 2009 11:07 AM

And the award goes to . . .

David Naylor

I need a name for the fictitious awards I’m handing out for the schools that produce the most CFL players, on both sides of the border.

Any suggestions?

Now, on with the results, based on the 46-man rosters for Week 1 of the CFL season, not counting injured lists or practice rosters.

I need a name for the fictitious awards I’m handing-out for the schools that produce the most CFL players, on both sides of the border.

Any suggestions?

Now, on with the results, based on the 46-man rosters for Week 1 of the CFL season, not counting injured lists or practice rosters.

In the U.S. category, the winner is ….? Well, we have a tie between the Universities of Nebraska and Connecticut, each of which count a half-dozen CFL players on 2009 season-opening rosters.

In third place, we have a seven-way tie. That’s right, a seven-way tie between the following schools:

Boston College

Auburn

New Hampshire

Louisville

Kentucky

Utah State

Brigham Young

Interesting that the no. 1 NFL-producing school in the U.S. in recent years, the University of Miami, counts only three CFL players this season.

Now, onto the domestic award, for the top CFL-producing school in Canada. The winner is …. ? McMaster with nine.

The rest of the Canadian list includes a five-way tie for second place with each of the following schools producing seven players:

Regina

Simon Fraser

Laval

Manitoba

Queen’s

Followed by UBC with six, and Calgary with five.

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David Naylor has been a Globe and Mail sportswriter since 2000. A graduate of Carleton University’s journalism program, he interned at The Globe in 1991 before spending the next eight years covering news and sports in print, radio and television for various media outlets, including the CBC, The Score, NPR, The Village Voice and The Globe and Mail.

He has covered CFL football in Toronto, Ottawa and Saskatchewan and has reported on 12 Grey Cup Games. He has also covered eight Super Bowls, 12 years of Stanley Cup playoffs, an NCAA basketball tournament, the Olympics and Paralympic Games.

In addition to his duties with The Globe, David is a regular contributor on TSN, appearing as a panelist on The Reporters with Dave Hodge and as TSN’s CFL Insider on Sportscentre and game-day broadcasts. He is also frequently heard as a commentator on sports for CBC Radio.

David is the co-author of the best-selling book, McCown’s Law, The 100 Greatest Hockey Arguments.