By Thomas Corhern, TTU Sports Information

TORONTO – Kail Dava has made an impact with the Tennessee Tech football team in his time in the United States and that's been noticed in his homeland as the graduate defensive lineman was announced on Thursday as a fall Top 20 draft prospect by the Canadian Football League's Scouting Bureau.

The bureau, as well as player personnel directors and general managers from the league's nine teams, releases its rankings in the fall, winter and spring before the league draft.

Dava, a native of Mississauga, Ontario, and Clarkson Secondary School, stands at 6-3 and 290 pounds, and is set to enter his fifth season with the Golden Eagles. After his freshman campaign, where he recorded 17 tackles and four sacks, he was named a FCS Freshman All-American by Phil Steele.com.

Last season, Dava was a second-team All-Ohio Valley Conference selection as he ended the year with 24 total tackles, including 5.5 TFLs for 25 yards and 1.5 sacks for 15 yards. He also had two QB hurries and recovered a fumble.

Dava was listed on the Big South/OVC Preseason Watch List at the joint leagues' media day in July.

The initial CFL list includes 10 offensive linemen, three linebackers, three wide receivers, two defensive linemen, one quarterback and one tight end. Fifteen players on the list are NCAA players with 11 from Football Bowl Subdivision schools.

All 20 players listed are Canadian natives.

Dava and the Tennessee Tech football team take to the field one week from Thursday as they take on Furman on August 31. The game is set for a 6 p.m. Central kickoff from Paladin Stadium in Greenville, S.C. A limited number of tickets for that game are available here.

Season tickets for Tech football are on sale now – call (931) 372-3940, visit the Hooper Eblen Center ticket office or visit TTUsports.com to order.

Photo | Thomas Corhern, TTU Sports Information