Save Remove Download Share Subscribe Photos / Galleries / Videos November 13, 2018 The Nelson Lords’ high school football team in Burlington, Ontario celebrate their teammate’s selection into the Nissan Kickoff Project, with Courtney Stephen of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – The Nissan Kickoff Project announced today the final selection of 70 high school football players to the Nissan All-Canadian TITAN team, who will travel to Edmonton for the 106th Grey Cup festivities. For many, this trip is the sporting event of a lifetime, as the athletes selected will have a chance to play an exhibition game, a day before their Canadian Football League (CFL) idols compete for the Grey Cup championship title. The players selected represent Canada's future football leaders and were chosen by a celebrity judging panel that included Randy Ambrosie, commissioner, CFL; Bryan Baeumler, television host, HGTV; Shannon Chinn, executive board member, Football Canada; Luc Mullinder, colour commentator, Saskatchewan Roughriders; and Geroy Simon, CFL hall of famer and director, Canadian football scouting, BC Lions. Nominated by their peers, coaches, parents and friends, the student-athletes listed below demonstrate exemplary TITAN values, on and off the football field: toughness, innovation, tenacity, ambition and notability. "Nissan set out this year to reach every high school football athlete and community across Canada, to find the best and the brightest youth football players in the country. We believe that sport nurtures the development of outstanding TITAN values, so the Nissan Kickoff Project aims to reward and encourage those characteristics in young people," said Steve Rhind, director of marketing, Nissan Canada Inc. "We hope the 70 players selected inspire a future generation of young athletes in grassroots football and we are thrilled to be hosting them at the 106th Grey Cup." Brantt Burnstein from Burlington, Ontario, was one of the first ten TITANs selected into the Nissan Kickoff Project. As it entered its fifth season this year, the Nissan Kickoff Project wanted to build on the impact the program had seen since 2013. The goal of 2018 was to focus on the individual athletes, rewarding and celebrating those who's on the field impact was as strong as their presence in their classrooms and communities. By presenting the TITAN athletes alongside the best professional football players in Canada, Nissan hopes that the players selected will return to their communities as ambassadors for grassroots football in Canada and motivated to continue championing the TITAN values in their everyday lives. As the official vehicle of the CFL and the Grey Cup for over a decade, the league's players have provided encouragement, mentorship and friendship to hundreds of aspiring athletes. Since the inception of the program five years ago, the Nissan Kickoff Project has benefitted 78 high schools from coast-to-coast, reaching more than 4,300 students. The Nissan Kickoff Project All-Canadian TITAN team 2018: Player Name High School Hometown Alberta Dawson Broda Millwoods Christian School Edmonton Josh Campbell Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School Red Deer Nikolas Fourlas Henry Wise Wood High School Calgary Tristin Gross R.F. Staples Secondary School Barrhead Derek Kucharski Austin O' Brien Catholic High School Edmonton Kaleb McGladdery Peace Wapiti Academy Grande Prairie Bryden O'Flaherty Bishop O'Byrne High School Calgary Cole Priestley Cold Lake High School Cold Lake Ty Thompson Ross Sheppard High School Edmonton Aidan Walker R.F. Staples Secondary School Westlock Brayden Walz Bishop O'Byrne High School Calgary Josh Yee Forest Lawn High School Calgary British Columbia Nick Butler Sardis Secondary Chilliwack Steen Rasmussen John Barsby Community School Nanaimo Jaden Severy Terry Fox Secondary School Coquitlam Prince Edward Island Joseph Bertram Bluefield High School Cornwall Tyler Newson Bluefield High School Hunter River Manitoba Nick Birch West Kildonan Collegiate Winnipeg Connor Browett Crocus Plains Regional Secondary School Brandon Owen Brown St. John's-Ravenscourt School Winnipeg Kaitlin Cummings Garden City Collegiate Winnipeg Dylan Hess Kelvin High School Winnipeg Sam Hezwkiah River East Collegiate Winnipeg Nathaniel King-Wilson Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute Winnipeg Brandon Martens Virden Collegiate Institute Virden Evan Nachtigall École secondaire Neelin High School Brandon Ethan Schnerch Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute Winnipeg Colbi Turnbull Major Pratt School Binscarth Asher Wood St. John's High School Winnipeg New Brunswick Spencer Dean Leo Hayes High School Fredericton Dominic Hall Leo Hayes High School Fredericton David-Daniel Pendleton Moncton High School Moncton William Russel Kennebecasis Valley High School Quispamsis Nova Scotia Donovan Kersey Northeast Kings Education Centre Centreville Logan Potter Northeast Kings Education Centre Centreville Daniel Velocci Dartmouth High School Dartmouth Ontario Danny Bosett North Park Collegiate Brantford Ben Burke M.M. Robinson High School Burlington Andrew Burrows M.M. Robinson High School Burlington Brantt Burnstein Nelson High School Burlington Craig Coleman Parkside Collegiate Institute St. Thomas Cameron Creechan Ursuline College Chatham Sam Cross Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute Guelph Adam Dekraker East Elgin Secondary School Aylmer Mitchell Demers Saint Francis Catholic Secondary School St. Catherines Nicholas Fairweather St. Matthew High School Orléans Erik Haines Valley Heights Secondary School Walsingham Talon Horst St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School Tottenham Jesse King Westdale Secondary School Hamilton Cameron Male Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School Burlington Jacob Martino Garth Webb Secondary School Oakville Mason McGriskin West Ferris Secondary School North Bay Donovan Moore St. Ignatius High School Thunder Bay Caleb Pype Valley Heights Secondary School Port Rowan Jaykob Ryll Fort Frances High School Fort Frances Dylan Szczur St. John's College Brantford Jakob Tomas St. James Catholic High School Guelph Lucas Varga Nelson High School Burlington Québec Souleymane Camara Collège Charles-Lemoyne Sainte-Catherine Samuel Gamelin Collège Charles-Lemoyne Sainte-Catherine Tristan Marois Collège Charles-Lemoyne Sainte-Catherine Saskatchewan Eric Choquette Churchill Community High School La Ronge Crozier Holmes Central Collegiate Moose Jaw Tyson Krushelniski Bishop James Mahoney High School Saskatoon Carson Matt Martin Collegiate Regina Taggart Rowell Luther College High School Regina Stephen Smith North Valley High School Abernethy Aidan Sommacal St. Joseph High School Saskatoon CJ Vincent Central Collegiate Moose Jaw Matthew Wist Bethlehem Catholic High School Saskatoon To read more about the program or the 70 TITANs selected, visit the Nissan Kickoff Project website at www.nissankickoffproject.ca/en/meet-the-titans/. 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