Photo courtesy of Matthew Hamilton

The Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL) is proud to announce the FIRST-Team All-Canadians for the 2025 season.

Offensive Line
Kaiden Kerntopf – Okanagan Sun (second consecutive season)
Caleb Barajas – Regina Thunder (second consecutive All-Canadian)
Thomas Ta’Avili – St. Clair Saints
Johnny Fazio-Raposo – St. Clair Saints
Jack Erlandson – Saskatoon Hilltops 

Receivers
Cameron St. Kitts Park – St. Clair Saints (second consecutive All-Canadian) - he led the OFC in receptions (56), receiving yards (760) and scored nine touchdowns

Marselio Mendez – St. Clair Saints - he hauled in 30 receptions for 611 yards and led the Conference with 11 touchdowns

Zion Brown – Westshore Rebels - he had a CJFL high 1039 receiving yards on 69 receptions and tied a CJFL record with 18 touchdowns

Jarome Penner – Winnipeg Rifles (pictured) - he led the Conference with 794 receiving yards on 40 receptions and tallied three touchdowns.  He averaged 19.9 yards a catch

Running Backs
Peter Boersch – Regina Thunder – he won the Conference rushing title with 1327 yards on 174 carries and four touchdowns averaging 7.4 yards a carry

David Collins – Saskatoon Hilltops – he carried the rock 126 times for 1028 yards and a Conference high 13 touchdowns, averaging 8.2 yards per carry

Quarterback
Matthew Guenette – St. Clair Saints – set a new record for completing 75.9% of his passes for a Conference high 2299 yards and set a new record with 35 touchdowns for a quarterback efficiency of 163.5%.  

Punter
Teagan Good – Quinte Skyhawks – he booted a Conference high 49 punts, averaging 34.6 yards and tallied a pair of singles

Place Kicker
Shawn Green – Regina Thunder – he led the Conference with 83 points.  He booted a Conference high 17 field goals, knocking through 81% of his kicks.

Defensive Line
Jaylin Burnett – St. Clair Saints (second consecutive season) - he had a Conference high 11 sacks to complement his 28 tackles, 18 assisted stops, forced a fumble, recovered three fumbles, one for a touchdown and made 17.5 tackles for a loss

Johnathon Stevens – Saskatoon Hilltops – (second consecutive All-Canadian) he led the Conference with three sacks, had 11 tackles, 18 assisted stops, had a knockdown, forced and recovered a fumble

JaQuintis Summers – Okanagan Sun – recorded 12 sacks, 17 tackles, 9 assists, forced a recovered a fumble 

Jarveon Williams - Okanagan Sun – he collected 11 sacks, 14 tackles, returned a fumble 55-yards for a touchdown, knocked down four passes and forced a fumble

Linebackers
Kyler Banfield – Winnipeg Rifles - led the Conference with 37 tackles and 26 assisted stops.  He added two sacks, four knockdowns, forced two fumbles, and recovered a pair

Andy Ofosuhene – Valley Huskers - he had a Conference high 47 tackles, added 14 assisted stops, 2 sack, 1 interception and 2 knockdowns

Clay Ritschard – London Beefeaters - he had 39 solo tackles, eight assisted stops, four sacks, intercepted a pass, forced a fumble and recovered two other fumbles

Defensive Backs
Raiden Mastin – Valley Huskers (second consecutive All-Canadian) - he tallied three interceptions returning one for a touchdown, two sacks, 38 tackles, five assisted stops, five knockdowns and forced a fumble

Tariq Brown – Okanagan Sun - led the Conference with seven interceptions, returning two for a touchdown, had 19 tackles, 5 assists, added a sack, 3 knockdowns, forced a fumble and recovered one

Brandon Vecchio – St. Clair Saints - he intercepted four passes and returned three of them for touchdowns, knocked down three passes and made six tackles

Cooper Filazek – Regina Thunder - he had three interceptions, six tackles, and two knockdowns

Teagan Good – Quinte Skyhawks - he had another great season intercepting three passes, blocked three kicks, forced and recovered a fumble, had 20 tackles, assisted on five others and had a knockdown

Return Specialist
Marselio Mendez – St. Clair Saints - he returned 22 kicks during the regular season and averaged 24.8 yards with each return.  He also returned two punts for touchdowns adding to his impressive stats.

The CJFL in conjunction with the three Conferences is proud to announce the Players of the Week following the playoff games this past weekend.

Offensive Players of the Week

Ontario Conference
REC Cameron St. Kitts-Park – St. Clair Saints

In a game shortened because of lightning, Cameron St. Kitts-Park was electric for the Saints as they successfully defended their OFC championship.  He hauled in four passes for 132 yards, the longest going for 78 and tallied a pair of touchdown receptions.

BC Conference
QB Liam Kroeger – Okanagan Sun

Arguably he turned in his biggest game of the season to date leading the Sun to back-to-back Cullen Cup championships.  He accounted for four first half touchdowns in the ballgame, two through the air and one on the ground.  He finished the game completing 82% of his passes for 291 yards and the two majors.  With his legs he carried the ball four times for 35 yards.

Prairie Conference
RB David Collins – Saskatoon Hilltops

The Hilltops advanced to the Conference title game and used their run game to get the job done in Sunday’s semifinal.  David Collins was outstanding in the ballgame, rushing for 207 yards on 16 carries and scored two touchdowns. His first was a 56-yard run in the first quarter to make a statement, then his second of the game came with five minutes remaining in the third quarter as he sprinted 55 yards.

Defensive Players of the Game

Ontario Conference
LB Ryan Najim – St. Clair Saints

The veteran linebacker extinguished any hopes of a Hurricane comeback as he intercepted a bobbled pass and returned it to the house for a 19-yard pick six early in the second quarter.  The pick six was only the first of his two interceptions as Najim picked off another errant pass late in the second quarter which he returned 16 yards setting up the Saints offence deep in the Hurricanes' end resulting in a touchdown that put the game out of reach.  In addition to his two interceptions, he also had one tackle for a game high 12 defensive points.

BC Conference
DL JaQuintis Summers – Okanagan Sun

When he wasn’t making a physical tackle, he was collapsing the pocket and flushing out the Rebels ball carrier as JaQuintis Summers dominated the line.  He finished with three sacks and 1.5 tackles leading the Sun defence into the National Semi-Final.

Prairie Conference
DB Nate Gallant – Saskatoon Hilltops

The Hilltops defence bent but didn’t break very often during their semi-final victory on Sunday and defensive back Nate Gallant played a major factor.  He intercepted two passes to stop Rifles’ drives and recorded 4.5 tackles in the win.

Special Teams Players of the Week

Ontario Conference
PK Joe Newton-Grain – St. Clair Saints

In a game that the Saints dominated in all three facets, Newton-Grain held up the Saints' special teams’ end of the bargain as he was simply perfect in the kicking game.  He connected on all three of his field goal attempts with his longest coming from 43 yards out.  He was also perfect on all six of his convert attempts.  In addition, one of his kickoffs went into the end zone for a one-point rouge accounting for 16 total points.

BC Conference
KR Tristan Remus-Arevelo – Westshore Rebels

Field position in the playoffs matters and Tristan Remus-Arevelo did his part to help his club in the Cullen Cup.  He returned five kickoffs averaging 17 yards a return with his longest being 54-yards.

Prairie Conference
PK Shawn Green – Regina Thunder

Of the Thunder’s 49 points scored on Sunday, kicker Shawn Green accounted for 17 of them.  He nailed all three field goal attempts, was perfect on five converts and added three singles on booming kick offs.   He also flipped the field with five punts averaging 34.2 yards.