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Teams

UBC Thunderbirds Alberta Golden Bears Calgary Dinos Saskatchewan Huskies Regina Rams Manitoba Bisons Windsor Lancers Western Mustangs Guelph Gryphons Laurier Golden Hawks Waterloo Warriors McMaster Marauders York Lions Toronto Varsity Blues Queen's Gaels Ottawa Gee-Gees Carleton Ravens Concordia Stingers McGill Redmen Montreal Carabins Laval Rouge et Or Bishop's Gaiters Sherbrooke Vert et Or Mount Allison Mounties Acadia Axemen Saint Mary's Huskies St. Francis Xavier X-Men

U Sports Football

Institution	Team	City	Province	First season	Head coach	Enrollment	Endowment	Football stadium	Capacity	Conference Championships	National Championships
University of British Columbia	Thunderbirds	Vancouver	BC	1923	Blake Nill	49,166	$1.3B	Thunderbird Stadium	3,500	16	4
University of Calgary	Dinos	Calgary	AB	1964	Wayne Harris, Jr.	27,802	$790.6M	McMahon Stadium	35,650	15	4
University of Alberta	Golden Bears	Edmonton	AB	1910	Chris Morris	39,312	$1.0B	Foote Field	3,500	18	3
University of Saskatchewan	Huskies	Saskatoon	SK	1912	Scott Flory	21,168	$214M	Griffiths Stadium	6,171	20	3
University of Regina	Rams	Regina	SK	1999	Mike Gibson	12,270	$25.9M	Mosaic Stadium	33,000	1	0
University of Manitoba	Bisons	Winnipeg	MB	1920	Brian Dobie	28,335	$424M	Investors Group Field	33,422	11	3
University of Windsor	Lancers	Windsor	ON	1968	Joe D'Amore	16,883	$70.9M	South Campus Stadium	2,000	1	0
University of Western Ontario	Mustangs	London	ON	1929	Greg Marshall	35,952	$685M	TD Waterhouse Stadium	10,000	30	6
University of Waterloo	Warriors	Waterloo	ON	1957	Chris Bertoia	31,362	$311.2M	Warrior Field	5,200	2	0
Wilfrid Laurier University	Golden Hawks	Waterloo	ON	1961	Michael Faulds	20,151	$71.6M	University Stadium	6,000	7	2
University of Guelph	Gryphons	Guelph	ON	1950	Kevin MacNeill	27,048	$308.9M	Alumni Stadium	4,100	4	1
McMaster University	Marauders	Hamilton	ON	1901	Greg Knox	29,411	$609M	Ron Joyce Stadium	6,000	7	1
University of Toronto	Varsity Blues	Toronto	ON	1877	Greg Gary	73,185	$1.88B	Varsity Stadium	5,000	25	2
York University	Lions	Toronto	ON	1969	Warren Craney	55,000	$439M	York Stadium	2,500	0	0
Queen's University	Golden Gaels	Kingston	ON	1882	Pat Sheahan	24,582	$1.04B	Richardson Stadium	10,258	23	4
University of Ottawa	Gee-Gees	Ottawa	ON	1881	Jamie Barresi	42,587	$233.9M	Gee-Gees Field	4,152	4	2
Carleton University	Ravens	Ottawa	ON	1945	Steve Sumarah	25,890	$230M	Keith Harris Stadium	3,000	0	0
Concordia University	Stingers	Montreal	QC	1974	Mickey Donovan	38,809	$136.7M	Concordia Stadium	4,000	3	0
Université de Montréal	Carabins	Montreal	QC	2002	Danny Maciocia	55,540	$276.5M	CEPSUM Stadium	5,100	2	1
McGill University	Redmen	Montreal	QC	1898	Ronald Hilaire	39,497	$1.45B	Molson Stadium	25,012	3	1
Université Laval	Rouge et Or	Quebec City	QC	1996	Glen Constantin	37,591	$108.3M	PEPS Stadium	12,257	13	9
Université de Sherbrooke	Vert et Or	Sherbrooke	QC	1971	Mathieu Lecompte	35,000	---	Université de Sherbrooke Stadium	3,359	0	0
Bishop's University	Gaiters	Sherbrooke	QC	1884	Chérif Nicolas	1,817	$32.5M	Coulter Field	2,200	0	0
Mount Allison University	Mounties	Sackville	NB	1955	Scott Brady	2,694	$110M	MacAulay Field	2,500	5	0
Acadia University	Axemen	Wolfville	NS	1957	Jeff Cummins	4,358	$96M	Raymond Field	3,000	12	2
Saint Mary's University	Huskies	Halifax	NS	1956	James Colzie III	7,586	$52.9M	Huskies Stadium	4,000	24	3
Saint Francis Xavier University	X-Men	Antigonish	NS	1954	Gary Waterman	5,158	$100M	Oland Stadium	4,000	11	1

Awards and the annual All-Canadian Team

Main article: U Sports Football All-Canadian Team

There are post-season awards for on-the-field excellence. The players deemed to be the best at each position are named to the annual All-Canadian Football Team as first or second team players.

Additionally there are a number of individual awards for categories like "best defensive player".

U Sports football players in the professional leagues

Opening Day of the 2014 CFL season saw a record 192 CIS football players on rosters around the League.

As of 2016, the CIS (which changed its name to U Sports in 2016) had produced 33 players who have earned a spot on an NFL roster (including three who did not play a regular season game; players listed in chronological order by entry year in NFL):

1945 Joe Krol, Western Ontario, K/RB.
1947 Les Lear, Manitoba, OG/OT.
1960 Bill Crawford, UBC, OG.
1965 Jim Young, Queen's, RB/R.
1976 Brian Fryer, Alberta, R.
1979 Ken Clark, Saint Mary's, P.
1986 Mike Schad, Queen's, OG.
1987 Brian Belway, Calgary, DE.
1987 Dave Sparenberg, Western Ontario, OG.
1987 Brant Bengen, UBC and Idaho, WR.
1988 Dean Dorsey, Toronto, K.
1992 Tyrone Williams, Western Ontario, WR.
1995 Tim Tindale, Western Ontario, RB.
1995 Mark Montreuil, Concordia, CB.
1995 Mark Hatfield, Bishop's, OL.
1996 Grayson Shillingford, UBC, SB.
1998 Jerome Pathon, Acadia & U. of Washington, R.

2001 Randy Chevrier, McGill, LS/DE.
2000 J. P. Darche, McGill, LS/LB.
2003 Israel Idonije, Manitoba, DL.
2004 Steve Morley, Saint Mary's, OG/OT.
2006 Daniel Federkeil, Calgary, DE.
2006 Jon Ryan, Regina, K.
2008 Samuel Giguère, Sherbrooke, WR
2009 Vaughn Martin, Western Ontario, DL.
2010 Cory Greenwood, Concordia, LB
2010 Joel Reinders, Waterloo, OT
2011 Matt O'Donnell, Queen's OT
2012 Akiem Hicks, Regina, DT
2013 Stefan Charles, Regina, DT
2014 Henoc Muamba, St.FX, LB
2014 David Foucault, Montreal, OL
2014 Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, McGill, OL
2016 David Onyemata, Manitoba, DL

NFL Draft

In the 2009 NFL draft, the San Diego Chargers selected defensive lineman Vaughn Martin from Western Ontario in the fourth round. Martin became the first CIS underclassman to be selected in the NFL draft.

In the 2012 NFL Draft, the New Orleans Saints selected defensive lineman Akiem Hicks from Regina in the third round, 89th overall.

In the 2014 NFL Draft, the Kansas City Chiefs selected offensive lineman Laurent Duvernay-Tardif from McGill in the sixth round, 200th overall.

In the 2016 NFL Draft, the New Orleans Saints selected defensive lineman David Onyemata from Manitoba in the fourth round, 120th overall.

CFL Draft

The following is a list of recent numbers from the CFL Draft, which is an annual eight-round event with a current maximum of 63 players drafted. The high-water mark of 59 players from the CIS drafted was recorded in the 2014 CFL Draft, which was the most since 1978.

53 CIS players drafted in the 2016 draft
44 CIS players drafted in the 2015 draft
59 CIS players drafted in the 2014 draft
44 CIS players drafted in the 2013 draft
24 CIS players drafted in the 2012 draft
34 CIS players drafted in the 2011 draft
36 CIS players drafted in the 2010 draft
38 CIS players drafted in the 2009 draft
33 CIS players drafted in the 2008 draft
31 CIS players drafted in the 2007 draft
26 CIS players drafted in the 2006 draft