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Top CFL prospect Arjen Colquhoun is mostly focused on the NFL, for now
One of the perennial issues around the CFL draft is figuring out how much interest the NFL has in prospects, and how much interest they have in trying to make that league. This has become much better since the rule change ahead of the 2014 draft that removed NCAA redshirt freshmen from eligibility after their junior year, making it so the CFL and NFL are now generally drafting players in the same year, and moving the CFL draft further after the NFL draft (to give undrafted guys time to sign in the NFL) has also helped, but there are still some challenges for the CFL in evaluating players who have interest from NFL teams. It certainly helps when those players are willing to talk about the interest they've received from the NFL and how that compares to their desire to play in the CFL, though, as Michigan State cornerback Arjen Colquhoun (ranked fifth on the CFL's December prospects list, and third on its September list) did this week, telling 247 Sports' Mike Wilson he's focused on the NFL for now:
“I want to play against the best,” he said. “I wanna be in the show.”
Colquhoun, who had 45 tackles and two interceptions as a senior, has those NFL hopes at the forefront of his mind and heard from the Cowboys, Browns, Falcons and Chiefs after pro day. But the CFL calls for each team to have at least 21 Canadian natives on a roster and as a “non-import,” Colquhoun is eligible for the CFL Draft in May and likely would be a high choice after a solid senior season.
But before he fully explores that option, he plans on trying to see what possibilities the NFL could provide for him. He's training in Florida at FitSpeed with Shilique Calhoun and Darien Harris to get ready for the chance to perform in front of NFL scouts, dropping seven pounds and preparing.
Colquhoun's a fascinating talent who we've been covering here since his high school days, as he was one of a growing wave of Canadian high school talent heading to the NCAA back in 2010. He had an excellent career at Michigan State, playing mostly special teams at first and working his way up to a starting role this past year, and was a key part of the Spartans' 12-2 season, which included a Big Ten championship and a College Football Playoff berth. He's widely regarded as the top talent at defensive back in this CFL draft, but may not actually go first amongst DBs if the NFL picks him up first. Like many of the CFL's top prospects who played in the NCAA, he didn't attend this year's CFL Combine, but he impressed at Michigan State's pro day Wednesday, as Justin Dunk writes at 3 Down Nation:
The best Canadian cover prospect on either side of the border performed for pro scouts at Michigan State’s Pro Day on Wednesday, March 16. Arjen Colquhoun worked out for NFL and CFL personnel men in East Lansing, Michigan.
...53 talent evaluators with at least one from every NFL team packed the Duffy Daugherty Football Building on MSU’s campus to watch all the pro hopefuls. Colquhoun checked in at six-foot-one, 189 lbs., put up a 37-inch vertical jump, 10-foot, 1-inch broad jump, 4.16-second shuttle and ran a 4.55-second 40-yard dash.
Representatives from five CFL teams made the trip to see the Canadian defensive back live: Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg and Saskatchewan.
“He could come in and be a starter at corner in our league,” one CFL scout says.
Those are pretty impressive results, and they compare favourably to what we saw at the CFL Combine. Colquhoun's vertical jump would have been the best at the national combine (UBC DB Nicholas Termansen recorded a 39.5 inch jump at the Edmonton regional combine), and his 40 time would have been third-best at the national combine behind Queen's receiver Doug Corby's 4.505 and Calgary receiver Brett Blazko's 4.547 (Western receiver Shaquille Johnson ran a 4.391 at the Toronto regional combine, but a 4.56 at the national one). Colquhoun's shuttle run would have tied Concordia DB Mikael Charland for second-best overall at the national combine (or tied Charland for fourth-best after the inclusion of regional results), and his broad jump would have been fourth-best amongst DBs. So, when you combine his NCAA career, his workout results and scouts' evaluations, he definitely seems like a guy who could play well at the CFL level. Colquhoun's comments make it clear he's more interested in the NFL for now, though (understandablem given the much higher salaries in that league), so the question is if that league will snap him up first.
