TORONTO – The Canadian Football League Scouting Bureau has named Western Mustangs players Alex Taylor and David Brown as two of the top 20 prospects available for the 2018 CFL Canadian Draft. Taylor is listed at number 16 on the December rankings, while Brown comes in at number 20.
 
The CFL's Scouting Bureau is comprised of CFL scouts, player personnel directors, and general mangers from the league's nine teams.
 
A three-time U SPORTS All-Canadian and OUA All-Star, Taylor has established himself as one of the top running backs in Canadian university football over his four seasons with the Mustangs. The Winnipeg native has the second most rushing yards in Western history with 3,106 yards rushing in 26 regular season games on only 377 attempts, good for an average of 8.2 yards per carry with 26 touchdowns. He's also added 668 yards rushing and three touchdowns in nine playoff games, including racking up 150 yards on 26 carries in the Mustangs recent 39-17 win over Laval in the Vanier Cup.
 
Brown is a two-time OUA All-Star and earned U SPORTS All-Canadian honours for the first time this season after serving as part of one of the most dominant offensive line units in the nation. The fourth year Science student helped Western finish the regular season as the top scoring team in the nation with an average of 48.3 points per game, before going on to put up an astounding 261 points across only four playoff contests.
 
The December rankings are the second set of rankings this season, with Taylor also appearing on the Bureau's first listing in September.