SASKATOON, Sask. – On Tuesday night (Apr. 28), the University of Saskatchewan (USask) Huskie Football team saw two more student-athletes earn their ticket to the professional ranks after
Charlie Parks and
Jack Warrack were selected by the Ottawa REDBLACKS and Calgary Stampeders in the 2026 CFL Canadian Draft. Following the selection of the duo, the Huskie Football program now boasts a total of 86 players who have been selected in the draft.
Huskies Seected in the 2026 CFL Canadian Draft
Charlie Parks was the first USask student-athlete to hear his name called on draft night, with the 6-foot-4, 240lb defensive lineman going 31st overall in the fourth round to the Ottawa REDBLACKS. Parks experienced something of a breakout season in 2025. The Regina native was named the Canada West Outstanding Lineman of the Year and earned All-Canadian status for the first time in his green & white career. An arts & science major who just completed his fourth season of eligibility with the Dogs, he finished the 2025 season with a conference-high 5.0 sacks and 6.0 tackles for a loss while adding 23.0 tackles, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery.
Parks was one of just three U SPORTS defensive lineman present at this year's CFL combine where he impressed in front of league brass. Running the fastest 40-yard dash among defensive lineman with a time of 4.87, Parks also produced the second-fastest 3-cone time at 7.35 and fourth-best broad jump at 9' 9 1/8".
He becomes the 14th defensive lineman drafted in the modern era of the CFL Draft, and just the second since the Huskies saw two linemen selected in the 2022 draft.
Coming off the board next for the Huskies was
Jack Warrack who was selected 71st in the eighth by the Calgary Stampeders. A 6-foot-5, 290 lb offensive lineman, Warrack has been a mainstay of the USask offensive line since joining the program. In his freshman campaign the Strathmore, Alberta product started all 12 games at right tackle before being named the Canada West Rookie of the Year. Following his rookie season, Warrack moved to left tackle where is has failed to miss a start for three seasons and earned conference All-Star status in 2024.
Warrack's selection marks the sixth time in the past eight editions of the draft where a Huskie offensive lineman has been selected. He also becomes the 23rd offensive lineman to be drafted in the modern era of the CFL draft.
Later this week, the next generation of future CFL draftees will resume their pursuit of the pros as Huskie Football returns to the field at Griffiths for the 2026 edition of Spring Camp, set to be kicked off with the annual Dogs' Breakfast Thursday (Apr. 30) morning.
