There’s been a lot of twists and turns in the saga of quarterback Taylor Elgersma and the start of his football career, but for now, he will be a Winnipeg Blue Bomber. Elgersma, a U Sports product from Canada, got a shot with the Green Bay Packers, despite being a top CFL prospect, last offseason. Elgersma was let go by the Packers at the cutdown deadline and did not re-sign with the team’s practice squad, but he did receive several visits with other teams during the 2025 season.
This offseason, he
signed with the UFL’s Birmingham Stallions and even practiced with the team leading up to their season, but he ultimately ended up back up north. He also threw at the 2026 scouting combine as an extra arm during the event, likely a last-chance opportunity to show his skills to NFL teams before deciding between the UFL and CFL.
According to 3DownNation, Elgersma’s rookie contract with the CFL will take him through the 2028 season. Elgersma was taken 18th overall, a second-round pick, by the Bombers in 2025, with the hopes that he would eventually end back up in Canada. The Canadian scouting service ranked Elgersma as the 14th overall prospect in the 2025 CFL crop, behind just one other quarterback, Kurtis Rouke. Rouke was picked 25th, behind Elgersma, in part because he was drafted in the seventh round by the San Francisco 49ers that year. Rouke has yet to sign with a CFL team.
3DownNation also has stated that Elgerma’s work visa was an issue with him playing at the UFL level. To play in the league, he would have had to be an unpaid player
Now, the question is how quickly Elgersma will get on the field. At the moment, Winnipeg has Zach Collaros, Terry Wilson, Bryce Perkins, Payton Thorne and Chase Artopoeus under contract at the position. Canadian quarterbacks playing the position in the CFL are viewed as “ratio breakers,” as there are rules about how many non-Canadians can be on the field at one time. Generally, Americans play quarterback up north, so the fact that Elgersma can credibly line up under center could allow the Bombers to play another American elsewhere on the offense.
The Bombers also hold the rights to 11 other quarterbacks, according to their negotiation list, including the likes of Haynes King, Diego Pavia and Mark Gronowski, who are quarterbacks in the upcoming NFL draft class.
