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Awards and the annual 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