Silas Fagnan picked for the CFL Canadian Quarterback Internship with Calgary Stampeders

Silas Fagnan, a Bonnyville-raised football player, made his way to the Calgary Stampeders rookie camp and main camp, which he attended from May 10 – 23. 

“For two weeks I got to dive in and see what the experience was like and understand what it takes to become a pro, physically, mentally, and the competition level and how much faster the game is,” said Silas Fagnan. 

He was invited to the camp through a CFL program, the Canadian Quarterbacks Internship, a program where they take the top college quarterbacks from around Canada to experience a pro training camp with a CFL team.

Only nine players were selected, Fagnan being one. 

Now back in Bonnyville for the summer, Fagnan is training and looking forward to returning to the field for year three of football in Nova Scotia. 

Fagnan has been playing for the X-Men at St. Francis Xavier in Antigonish, Nova Scotia since 2021 and went on to achieve his conference’s Most Outstanding Player that same year. Fagnan is a two-time Atlantic University Sports all-star since he started his collegiate career.

He has played 13 games and in that span and thrown 239 completions for 3,232 yards and 23 touchdowns. 

Fagnan says that football began for him way before even playing the game by just spending time in the backyard with his siblings and throwing the ball around, while watching them play organized ball themselves. 

He got into the sport himself following the footsteps of his brothers and climbed the levels up to where he is today at StFX. 

But Fagnan will always reflect back to his minor football years with the Bonnyville Voyageurs and the life lessons he was taught through the coaching staff and friends.

“Bonnyville really has a special group of people that care about the kids who are there, who not only want them to perform well at football, but teach kids how to perform in life,” said Fagnan. 

“Some of the life lessons that coaches taught me made me the person that I am and I will forever remember that. I think the reason I stuck it out in minor football for those three years is because of those lessons and the people I was surrounded by.”