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Cities and Dates CFL Teams Are Holding Open Tryouts

It’s scouting season in the CFL. In addition to attending numerous pro days across the country, it is common for CFL teams to hold open tryouts in various cities throughout the United States as they aim to discover new talent.

Currently, 6 out of the 9 CFL teams have a series of open tryouts scheduled. The 3 teams that do not have open tryouts scheduled are the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Toronto Argonauts, and the Ottawa Red Blacks. Every team in the West Division is holding open tryouts, while Montreal is the only East Division team to be doing so.

Atlanta, Georgia, and the Dallas, Texas area are the most popular stops this year as both locations have 5 CFL teams holding open tryouts in these locations.

Some teams are not working out certain position groups such as Montreal is not working out any kickers, punters, or snappers at these tryouts. Currently, in Montreal, there are 2 punters and a kicker on the roster with a global status and 1 kicker who has a national designation. It seems safe to assume they are not looking to use an American roster designation on the kicking or punting position.

BC Tryouts

Las Vegas, NV: Saturday, February 4th

Fort Worth, TX: Saturday, April 15th

Atlanta, GA: Sunday, April 16th

Seattle, WA: Sunday, April 30th

Calgary Tryouts:

Miami, FL area: April 1

Charlotte, NC, area: April 1

Orlando, FL area: April 2

Atlanta, GA: April 2

Edmonton Tryouts:

Richardson, TX: Saturday, April 8

Baltimore, MD: Saturday,  April 15

Beverly Hills, MI: Saturday, April 22

Pasadena, CA: Saturday, April 29

Montreal Alouettes Tryouts:

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL: Sunday, April 16th

RICHARDSON (DALLAS), TX: Saturday, April 22nd

CHARLOTTE, NC: Sunday, April 23rd

HOUSTON, TX: Saturday, May 6th

ATLANTA, GA: Sunday, May 7th

Saskatchewan Tryouts:

CINCINNATI, OH: Sunday, April 2nd

LOS ANGELES, CA: Saturday, April 8th

DALLAS, TX: Sunday, April 16th

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL: Sunday, April 23rd

ATLANTA, GA: Saturday, May 6th

Winnipeg Tryouts:

Tampa, Florida area: Saturday, March 25th 

Tulsa, Oklahoma: Saturday, April 1st

Dallas, Texas: Sunday, April 2nd

Atlanta, Georgia: Saturday, April 29th

CFL Offseason Key Dates:

March 22-26: CFL Combine

May 2: CFL Draft, Global Draft

May 10: Rookie Camp opens

May 13: Rosters reduced to 85

May 14: Training Camp opens

May 16 Rosters reduced to 75

June 3: Training Camp Ends

Preseason Schedule:

Week 1:

Monday, May 22, 4 PM ET: Edmonton @ Calgary

Week 2:

Friday, May 26, 7:30 PM ET: Montreal @ Ottawa

Saturday, May 27, 4 PM ET: Winnipeg @ Edmonton

Saturday, May 27, 4 PM ET: Toronto @ Hamilton

Saturday, May 27, 7 PM ET: British Columbia @ Saskatchewan

Week 3:

Thursday, June 1, 7:30 PM ET: Ottawa @ Toronto

Thursday, June 1, 10:30 PM ET: Calgary @ British Columbia

Friday, June 2, 7:30 PM ET: Hamilton @ Montreal

Friday, June 2, 8:30 PM ET: Saskatchewan @ Winnipeg


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Jonathan Clink joined CFL News Hub in early April of 2023. His primary responsibilities are covering the BC Lions and Montreal Alouettes. He self awarded himself the CFL Rookie Journalist of the Year in 2023 following the 2023 CFL season. He also proclaims himself to be a "really cool guy". He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and lived a large portion of his childhood in Northwest Ontario. He currently lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan and misses being being able to have 4 months of skating every winter. Clink has written over 240 articles for CFL News Hub. He was the publication's boots on the ground at the 2023 Grey Cup in Hamilton. Clink has always had an obsession for sport and has a background in other sports as well having played hockey all his life and soccer, basketball, and lacrosse in high school. As a young child he used to log his hockey statistics after every game which is either an indication that he was destined for the role or perhaps and indication that he is rather strange.
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