Brock Mogensen to replace Nick Anderson for Edmonton Elks

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The Edmonton Elks will start Brock Mogensen at middle linebacker when they take on the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Thursday night. They released their depth chart on Wednesday.

The native of Farmington, Minn. dressed for 14 regular-season games as a CFL rookie in 2025, making 40 defensive tackles, five special teams tackles, one interception, and one forced fumble. Mogensen was a collegiate standout at the University of South Dakota, where he was named the Missouri Valley Football Conference Defensive Player of the Year in 2023.

Nick Anderson started the team’s first two regular-season games at middle linebacker, recording 12 defensive tackles and one special teams tackle. The 26-year-old, who was named All-CFL and the league’s Most Outstanding Rookie in 2024, didn’t practice this week due to a hamstring injury and has been moved to the six-game injured list.

The Elks have made two other roster changes for Thursday with Carter Kettyle being added to the active roster in place of Francis Bemiy, and Bradley Hladik taking over long-snapping duties from Luke Burton-Krahn.

Kettyle was the team’s third-round pick in the 2026 CFL Draft out of the University of Alberta. The 22-year-old native of Grande Prairie, Alta. caught 101 passes for 1,695 yards and 17 touchdowns over 25 collegiate games with the Golden Bears, earning a first-team U Sports All-Canadian selection in 2025. He will dress in a depth role behind Kaion Julien-Grant.

Hladik spent the first two games of the regular-season on Edmonton’s practice roster. Burton-Krahn has been moved to the six-game injured list with an Achilles injury.

Others still on Edmonton’s six-game injured list include offensive linemen Brett Boyko and Coulter Woodmansey, defensive linemen Brandon Barlow, Silas Hubert, and Darien Newell, linebacker Eteva Mauga-Clements, and defensive backs Royce Metchie and Benjamin Sangmuah.

Joe Robustelli, a free-agent addition at receiver, remains on the one-game injured list. He was a non-participant in practice this week due to a hamstring injury.

The Edmonton Elks (2-0) will visit the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1-1) at Princess Auto Stadium on Thursday, June 25 with kickoff scheduled for 8:30 p.m. EDT. The Elks are coming off an overtime win over the Montreal Alouettes, while the Blue Bombers were on bye.

The weather forecast in Winnipeg calls for a high of 25 degrees and sun. The game will be broadcast on TSN in Canada and CFL+ internationally. Radio listeners can tune in on 880 CHED in Edmonton or 680 CJOB in Winnipeg.

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