CFL: 2nd season

Stamps: 2nd season

Games played through 2022

Regular season: 7

Playoffs: 0

Grey Cup: 0

Grey Cup wins: 0

Acquired

Selected in the second round (14th overall) of the 2022 CFL draft and signed on May 9, 2022.

2022

(Calgary) Schakel played seven regular-season games as a rookie, playing on special teams and also serving as a reserve linebacker. He had one defensive tackle. After starting the season on the six-game injury list, Schakel made his CFL debut in Week 10 against the BC Lions.

Notable

First game: Aug. 13, 2022, vs BC

First defensive tackle: Sept. 10, 2022, at Edmonton

College

Schakel played four seasons (2017-19, 2021) at Alberta and tallied 145 tackles, 6.5 sacks, five forced fumbles and one interception. In 2021 for the Golden Bears, he received the President’s Trophy as the Canada West Outstanding Defensive Player after making 51.5 tackles in six games for a U Sports-best 8.6 tackles per game and adding eight tackles for loss, four sacks and three forced fumbles. Schakel is a two-time academic all-Canadian and a winner of Canada West’s Russ Jackson Student-Athlete Community Service Award.

Personal

Schakel attended Bev Facey Community High School in Sherwood Park, Alta., where he was teammates with 2021 Stampeders draft pick Chuba Hubbard.