![]() Alford with the Calgary Stampeders in 2025 | |
No. 80 – Calgary Stampeders | |
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Position | Wide receiver |
Roster status | Active |
CFL status | National |
Personal information | |
Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | April 6, 2001
Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
Weight | 224 lb (102 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Dalbé-Viau Secondary McArthur High |
College | Syracuse (2020–2023) Utah (2024) |
CFL draft | 2025: 1st round, 1st overall pick |
Career history | |
2025–present | Calgary Stampeders |
Stats at CFL.ca |
Damien Austin Alford (born April 6, 2001) is a Canadian professional football wide receiver for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was the first overall pick in the 2025 CFL draft.
Alford played college football for the Syracuse Orange from 2020 to 2023. [1] He played in 42 games where he had 67 catches for 1,291 yards and seven touchdowns. [1] [2] He then transferred to the University of Utah in 2024 where he played in four games for the Utes, but did not record any statistics. [2] He announced that he would transfer to Florida Atlantic. [3]
In the final Canadian Football League's Amateur Scouting Bureau rankings for players eligible for the 2025 CFL draft, Alford was listed as the seventh-best player available. [4] He was then drafted first overall by the Calgary Stampeders in the draft and signed with the team on May 6, 2025. [5] [6] After spending the first game of the 2025 season on the injured list, he made his professional debut on June 14, 2025, against the Toronto Argonauts, where he had one catch for 31 yards. [7]