Since teams are only able to have 1 player on their active roster for positions at quarterback, running back, and kicker, you will know that once a team has drafted a quarterback they will not draft a quarterback later in the draft. So if you’re in a draft for your league and 4 teams draft a quarterback in the first round then you can probably wait until very late in the draft to take a quarterback as there is only one other team who will be taking a QB off the board for the rest of the draft. If you are the last team to draft a quarterback then you can wait until the last round to make your selection at quarterback as no one is going to take the player you may be targeting before that point.
A Note on the Receiver Rankings
These are rankings for looking for fantasy football. It is not an attempted ranking of who the best receivers in the CFL system are but of trying to anticipate fantasy football point production. This takes into account things such as the player’s team and surrounding players that will contribute to the overall passing production. The goal in fantasy football is to get receivers with good abilities who will get a lot of targets.
Wide Receiver Rankings
1. Tim White – Hamilton
2023 Stats: 75 receptions for 1,269 yards and 8 touchdowns over 17 games. 249.9 PPR fantasy points, 14.7 points per game.
White has over
1,250 yards receiving in each of the last 2 seasons, making him a consistent top performer. If Bo Levi Mitchell can get back to his quality play that we used to see from him in Calgary then we will be treated to quite a few explosive plays from Tim White this season.2. Reggie Begelton – Calgary
2023 Stats: 86 receptions for 1,119 yards and 5 touchdowns over 15 games. 227.9 PPR fantasy points, 15.2 points per game.
With the recent season-ending injury to Malik Henry, expect Reggie Begelton to be heavily leaned upon by Calgary again this season. Begelton was incredibly reliable at catching passes in traffic last season securing receptions through hits.
2023 Stats: 71 receptions for 1,222 yards and 10 touchdowns over 16 games. 253.2 PPR fantasy points, 15.8 points per game.
Schoen has 2,663 yards and 26 touchdowns over his 2 CFL seasons so far. Last year saw Winnipeg play without Kenny Lawler over the first 6 games. Schoen might have a slight reduction in overall target share with Lawler available in week 1, but we’ve seen Winnipeg have enough passing offense to keep Schoen, Lawler, and Nic Demski productive.
4. Eugene Lewis – Edmonton
2023 Stats: 48 receptions for 844 yards and 3 touchdowns over 12 games. 150.4 PPR fantasy points, 12.5 points per game.
Eugene Lewis ha
d 2,267 yards and 19 touchdowns in Montreal over the 2021 and 2022 seasons. Last year he had 844 yards and 3 touchdowns with Edmonton. He will now be playing with McLeod Bethel-Thompson, who led the CFL in passing yards in 2022 and then led the USFL in 2023. I would say he has a very good chance to break a thousand yards this year. He’s a very strong receiver with speed and great hands.5. Kenny Lawler – Winnipeg
2023 Stats: 50 receptions for 901 yards and 6 touchdowns over 12 games. 176.1 PPR fantasy points, 14.7 points per game.
Lawler missed the first 6 games of the season due to an immigration issue. He was one of the most productive receivers in the league over the 12 regular season games he played. He was one of the top receivers in fantasy points per game.
2023 Stats: 78 receptions for 1,173 yards and 9 touchdowns over 18 games. 249.3 PPR fantasy points, 13.9 points per game.
Hollins was fantastic in his first full season as a starter in the CFL. With Lucky Whitehead and Dominique Rhymes no longer on the team in addition to Keon Hatcher being on the 6-game injured list to open the season, he may see an increase in targets.
7. Shawn Bane Jr. – Saskatchewan
2023 Stats: 93 receptions for 1,104 yards and 4 touchdowns over 18 games. 227.4 PPR fantasy points, 12.6 points per game.
The move to Sas
katchewan saw Bane thrive last season as he broke a thousand yards. If Saskatchewan can keep Trevor Harris healthy this season, he could see an uptick in production yet again.8. DaVaris Daniels – Toronto
2023 Stats: 52 receptions for 1,009 yards and 8 touchdowns over 17 games. 200.9 PPR fantasy points, 11.8 points per game.
With Chad Kelly suspended for at least 9 games, there is some uncertainty about what Toronto’s passing offense will look like. Daniels had 860 yards and 4 touchdowns in 2022 playing with McLeod Bethel-Thompson and saw his production increase to over a thousand yards last year playing with Chad Kelly. Cameron Dukes is the expected starter during Kelly’s suspension.
2023 Stats: 70 receptions for 1,097 yards and 6 touchdowns over 18 games. 215.7 PPR fantasy points, 12 points per game.
Emilus is another player who had an excellent season in their first full season as a starter. The hope for Saskatchewan is to see Trevor Harris stay healthy and thus an increase in the overall passing production.
10. Justin Hardy – Ottawa
2023 Stats: 85 receptions for 1,009 yards and 3 touchdowns over 18 games. 203.9 PPR fantasy points, 11.3 points per game.
Hardy’s s
econd CFL season was a major success as the ex-Atlanta Falcon broke a thousand yards. With Ottawa bringing in Dominique Rhymes this offseason and drafting Nick Mardner, it’s possible he may see a decrease in targets, but the expectation should still be for him to have another good season.11. Nic Demski – Winnipeg
2023 Stats: 67 receptions for 1,006 yards and 6 touchdowns over 16 games. 203.6 PPR fantasy points, 12.7 points per game.
Demski’s 5th CFL season was his best so far last year. I would expect another strong season for him in Winnipeg’s passing offense, which has a lot of key pieces returning from last year.
2023 Stats: 39 receptions for 536 yards and 5 touchdowns over 13 games. 122.6 PPR fantasy points, 9.43 points per game.
Dunbar Jr. was a thousand-yard receiver in 2022. Last year he had 536 yards and 5 touchdowns last year with Edmonton. Now he returns to Hamilton, where he played in 2021 and 2022. With Terry Godwin not being in Hamilton the door is open for a new top performer on the team.
13. Keon Hatcher – BC
2023 Stats: 78 receptions for 1,226 yards and 6 touchdowns over 16 games. 236.6 PPR fantasy points, 14.8 points per game.
Hatcher is on t
he 6-game injured list to begin the season due to an Achilles injury suffered in the West Final last year and won’t be back midseason at the earliest. If he’s able to play at a similar level that he did last year late in the season it will make a fantasy team dangerous come playoff time. Last year Hatcher dominated playing with Vernon Adams Jr. Last year the timing from Vernon Adams Jr. to Keon Hatcher was great on post and corner routes often delivering him the ball just before he reached the sidelines.14. Marken Michel – Calgary
2023 Stats: 48 receptions for 710 yards and 3 touchdowns over 15 games. 137 PPR fantasy points, 9.1 points per game.
Michel looked good last year, which saw him return to the CFL and start 15 games and rack up 700 yards. He was brought into the team last year the week following Malik Henry’s injury. This season I expect him to have a similar role with the team with Malik Henry unfortunately being recently injured again and being out for the season.
2023 Stats: 65 receptions for 882 yards and 3 touchdowns over 17 games. 171.2 PPR fantasy points, 10.1 points per game.
Jones had a strong season with Saskatchewan, stepping into a bigger role in his second season in the CFL. Jones was in NFL systems from 2016 to 2021 prior to playing for Saskatchewan in 2021. He is an expected starter for Montreal to start the season.
16. Kurleigh Gittens Jr. – Edmonton
2023 Stats: 35 receptions for 416 yards and 1 touchdown over 10 games. 82.6 PPR fantasy points, 8.3 points per game.
Gittens Jr. was
acquired by Edmonton through a trade this offseason. He had a year limited by injuries last year. He played with Bethel-Thompson with Toronto in 2022 and had 1,101 yards and 5 touchdowns.17. Tyson Philpot – Montreal
2023 Stats: 47 receptions for 532 yards and 5 touchdowns over 13 games. 130.2 PPR fantasy points, 10 points per game.
Tyson Philpot developed well over last season and is an expected starter and caught the game-winning touchdown in the Grey Cup. His status as a Canadian makes his starting position more secure in a receiving room with a lot of talented challengers. Canadians Philpot and Kaion Julien-Grant played well for Montreal, but there was only 1 game in which they both played together, so we don’t know exactly what their target share will look like as they are both in the lineup.
2023 Stats: 36 receptions for 495 yards and 0 touchdowns over 9 games. 85.5 PPR fantasy points, 9.5 points per game.
KJG was fantastic last year until an injury shut his season down early and proved to be a difficult player to tackle due to his strength. For much of last season, we saw Cody Fajardo target 2 receivers for most of his targets. Later in the year, the ball was being spread more evenly, which is ultimately better for the passing offense but makes it trickier to predict who might have those explosive fantasy numbers that KJG or Austin Mack had last year before signing with the Atlanta Falcons.
19. Dominique Rhymes – Ottawa
2023 Stats: 35 receptions for 535 yards and 6 touchdowns over 10 games. 124.5 PPR fantasy points, 12.5 points per game.
Dominique Rhyme
s joins the RedBlacks after putting up 2,347 yards over the last 3 seasons with BC. Last season saw him miss 8 games due to injury. I don’t see him as productive in Ottawa given the concerns in pass protection last year, but he is still a great receiver to expect good production from. Ottawa is hoping to see an uptick in their passing game with the signing of Dru Brown at quarterback.20. Jevon Cottoy – BC
2023 Stats: 57 receptions for 807 yards and 4 touchdowns over 18 games. 161.7 PPR fantasy points, 9 points per game.
Last year saw Cottoy take his game to the next level, and he may be relied upon to catch more passes this season with the departure of Rhymes and Whitehead. He was particularly fantastic last season at maximizing short passes by bulldozing over defenders.
