Graduating Mountie football star Daniel Bell says there were a lot of emotions at play when he saw his name appear as the 34th pick of the 2024 CFL draft, the fourth pick of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

Bell is the third CFL draftee to come out of the Mount Allison Mounties football program in just two years. He heads to Hamilton for training camp this month along with his Mountie colleague, Reece Martin, who was drafted by the Tiger-Cats last year, but ended up returning to play another year for the Mounties.

Bell and Martin’s teammate, and Sackville native Lucas Cormier was drafted last year to the Ottawa RedBlacks, and made the team’s opening day roster in 2023.

Mounties head coach Peter Fraser and director of athletics Jacques Bellefleur dropped by CHMA studios last week to talk about Bell’s hard work, and the impact that the Mounties recent success in the CFL draft can have for the football program.

CHMA started off asking Coach Fraser how big of a deal it is to get drafted into the Canadian Football League.

CHMA also spoke to Daniel Bell from his home in Saint John, to hear about what comes next for the defensive back:

 

Mount Allison Athletics compiled a list of the Mounties history with the CFL draft, available online here.