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Feature Stories

Journey Back to the CFL Brings Arceneaux to Edmonton

The locker room is just about empty. Practice wrapped up an hour or so ago, and players now have some time after lunch before meetings and film later in the afternoon. In the quiet sits Emmanuel Arceneaux. These tranquil moments provide opportunity to reflect on his new surroundings. It’s been four months since he signed with the Edmonton Elks, two and a half weeks since he arrived at Commonwealth Stadium for training camp, and a few days since his first time wearing Green and Gold, and ...

Elks' Wide Receivers Developing Chemistry in Camp

If you didn’t catch it on TSN, then you’ve probably seen it on social media. These things tend to go viral, after all. It happened during the third quarter of the Edmonton Elks. 30-20 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at IG Field in CFL preseason action last Friday. After Edmonton’s Ka’Ron Ashley hauled in a Nick Arbuckle pass in the corner of the endzone for his first CFL touchdown, fellow Elks receiver Jalin Marshall jump towards Ashley for a celebratory back bump. But Ashley didn’t ...

Ross Shares Amazing Dog Rescue Story From Offseason

The Edmonton Elks 2022 training camp has been running at The Brick Field at Commonwealth Stadium for a week and a half now, giving veterans a chance to catch up with what their teammates were up to in the offseason. Some may have got married, some may have welcomed a child. Some were back in the classroom. But it’s likely no one has a better story to tell than wide receiver Shai Ross. Earlier this month, Ross joined his good friend Brady Oliveira, running back with the Winnipeg Blue ...

WR Ashley's First Trip to Canada Could Last a While

The call came on Sunday. On Monday, he got his passport expedited. He arrived on Wednesday, and was signed by Thursday. And now that he’s spent a few days in Canada, Ka’Ron Ashley hopes to stay a lot longer. “It’s my first time out of the United States, so it’s definitely a blessing,” says the 23-year-old Floridian. “Soaking it all up, soaking it all in.” The last week has been a whirlwind for Ashley since he received invite to Edmonton Elks training camp at The Brick Field at Commonwealth ...

Positive Dynamic Between Elks Veteran and Rookie QBs

The veteran-rookie quarterback dynamic is proving harmonious thus far at the Edmonton Elks training camp, which is now entering its second week at The Brick Field at Commonwealth Stadium. Take, for example, the relationship between Nick Arbuckle, Edmonton’s most experienced pivot, and Tre Ford, the QB taken eighth overall in the 2022 CFL Draft. “All my questions are going to Nick Arbuckle,” says Ford, the University of Waterloo product who became the first quarterback to be selected in ...

Speedy USC Product Davis Looks to Crack Elks Roster

In their classic song about choosing fight over flight, Runnin’, The Pharcyde rap that you “can’t keep running away”. Being they were a bit before his time, 25-year-old Dominic Davis likely never listened to the legendary hip-hop group from his hometown of Los Angeles, Calif. And that’s probably a good thing, because even though Runnin’ is a positive message about standing up for oneself, everywhere Davis has gotten has come from running. Away from linemen, away from defensive backs, away ...

Ford and Robichaud Represent Canadian QB Evolution

The Canadian Quarterback Internship Program, a joint venture between U Sports and the Canadian Football League, debuted in 2010 and become mandatory in 2012, requiring each CFL team to include a Canadian university pivot at its training camp. At the time, it was nearing 20 years since a Canadian had last started CFL game under centre. In fact, from 1997 through 2009, there was not one instance of a Canadian QB on an CFL team’s active roster. By providing opportunity for participants to ...

Huskies RB Alex Gayle Chasing CFL Dream with Elks

Alex Gayle remembers it well. He was in Kindergarten or Grade 1 when the hulking lineman with the grizzly beard talked to his class at Sherwood elementary school in west Edmonton. Gayle, all of 5 or 6 years old, asked the friendly giant in the Green and Gold gear, how do you become a football player? “He explained the Draft, and was like, ‘Yeah, you’ve got to be the best on your team here, and you’ve got to go to this event, and then you’ve got to be the best there, and they select a ...

Punter Crough Giving CFL One More Shot At Age 41

Canadian Football League punters are almost always in the 40s. Average yards per punt, that is. Scott Crough also hopes CFL punters can be in their 40s. Age demographic, that is. The 41-year-old punter from Down Under is in training camp with the Elks at The Brick Field at Commonwealth Stadium. While he has never played a down in the CFL, Crough hopes to make the cut in Edmonton. Final roster decisions will come after the CFL pre-season concludes with the Elks hosting the Calgary Stampeders ...

Gaglianone Looks to Become CFL's First Brazilian Player

In a nation where the sport is religion, Rafael Gaglianone grew up playing football day after day, month after month, year after year, imaging himself reaching the highest levels of the game. Today, Gaglianone is looking to make the cut with the most storied franchise in a football league that is woven into the fabric of its nation. It sounds like a childhood dream come true. Except, of course, we’re not talking about the same kind of football, nor the same nation. And that’s what makes ...

Plenty of Enthusiasm as Elks Open Main Training Camp

The Edmonton Elks opened main camp at The Brick Field at Commonwealth Stadium on Sunday as veterans and rookies, returnees and newcomers took the field together for the first time in 2022. There was Green and Gold everywhere you looked, with around 100 players going through a three-hour practice led by head coach and general manager Chris Jones and his staff. And even if they were a little gassed after going through their first reps in months, the fatigue was no match for their ...

Freeman's Unlikely Journey Leads to Shot With Elks

It’s no easy task to go from rookie camp late addition to earning a spot on the Edmonton Elks roster, but after what Fulani Freeman has come through, this is practically child’s play to the proud father of four. Nearly a week ago, Edmonton announced it had signed the American defensive lineman. Two days later, the Philadelphia, Pa., product was on the gridiron at The Brick Field at Commonwealth Stadium for Day 1 of Elks rookie camp. Now, Freeman is looking forward to his shot at Elks main ...

Road to the Grey Cup Begins at Rookie Camp

The drive for the Grey Cup begins on Wednesday, when the Edmonton Elks open their rookie camp at The Brick Field at Clarke Stadium. Around 60 players will take part in the three-day camp, which runs through Friday, before main training camp gets underway on Sunday. “We have a good group of guys, a dynamic group, a young group,” says Elks assistant general manager Geroy Simon. “It’s going to be exciting to see them finally on the field.” All 10 players selected by the Elks in last week’s CFL ...