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2023 CFL draft

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The 2023 CFL National Draft was a selection of National players by Canadian Football League teams that took place on May 2, 2023, at 8:00 pm ET.[1][2] 72 players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA and NAIA.[3][4][5]

2023 CFL Draft
General information
SportCanadian football
Date(s)May 2, 2023
Time8:00 pm EDT
LocationToronto
Network(s)TSN
Overview
72 total selections in 8 rounds
LeagueCFL
Territorial pick(s)2
First selectionDontae Bull, Ottawa Redblacks
Most selections (10)Ottawa Redblacks
Fewest selections (6)Hamilton Tiger-Cats
U Sports selections57
NCAA selections14
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The draft was broadcast live on TSN for the first two rounds with subsequent rounds being streamed online.[2] The TSN production was hosted by Farhan Lalji and featured the CFL on TSN panel, including Duane Forde, Marshall Ferguson, Jim Barker, and Dave Naylor.[2]

Combines edit

For the first time the CFL held an invitational players combine at the University of Waterloo's Feridun Hamdullahpur Field House on March 3, 2023.[6] The main combine took place March 22-26, 2023, at the Commonwealth Stadium Field House in Edmonton, AB.[7]

Top prospects edit

Source: CFL Scouting Bureau rankings.[8]
Final
Ranking 		January
Ranking[9] 		September
Ranking[10] 		Player Position University Hometown
1 5 – Matthew Bergeron Offensive Lineman Syracuse Victoriaville, QC
2 1 1 Chase Brown Running back Illinois London, ON
3 2 3 Sydney Brown Defensive back Illinois London, ON
4 3 9 Tavius Robinson Defensive lineman Mississippi Guelph, ON
5 4 7 Sidy Sow Offensive lineman Eastern Michigan Bromont, QC
6 6 4 Jared Wayne Wide receiver Pittsburgh Peterborough, ON
7 7 2 Dontae Bull Offensive lineman Fresno State Victoria, BC
8 9 10 Jonathan Sutherland Linebacker Penn State Ottawa, ON
9 8 6 Lwal Uguak Defensive lineman Texas Christian Edmonton, AB
10 12 11 Francis Bemiy Defensive lineman Southern Utah Montreal, QC
11 15 – Micheal Brodrique Linebacker Montreal Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, QC
12 – – Cole Tucker Wide receiver Northern Illinois DeKalb, IL
13 10 20 Lake Korte-Moore Defensive lineman British Columbia Ottawa, ON
14 14 13 Clark Barnes Wide receiver Guelph Brampton, ON
15 11 16 Siriman Bagayogo Defensive back Guelph Bois-des-Filion, QC
16 13 – Anthony Bennett Defensive lineman Regina Weston, FL
17 20 – Phillip Grohovac Offensive lineman Western Victoria, BC
18 18 18 Jacob Taylor Linebacker Alberta Beaumont, AB
19 16 – James Peter Linebacker Ottawa Ottawa, ON
20 – – Dayton Black Offensive lineman Saskatchewan Brandon, MB
– 17 19 Reece Martin Defensive lineman Mount Allison Moncton, NB
– 19 – Quintin Seguin Defensive lineman Charleston Southern Windsor, ON
– – 5 Nick Mardner Wide receiver Cincinnati Mississauga, ON
– – 8 Theo Benedet Offensive lineman British Columbia North Vancouver, BC
– – 12 Gabe Wallace Offensive lineman Buffalo Salmon Arm, BC
– – 14 Daniel Johnson Offensive lineman Purdue London, ON
– – 15 Giovanni Manu Offensive lineman British Columbia Pitt Meadows, BC
– – 17 Justin Sambu Defensive lineman Maine Calgary, AB

Draft order edit

Round one edit

Pick # CFL Team Player Position University
1 Ottawa Redblacks Dontae Bull OL Fresno State
2 Edmonton Elks Michael Brodrique LB Montreal
3 Saskatchewan Roughriders Lake Korte-Moore DL British Columbia
4 Calgary Stampeders (via Hamilton[trade 1]) Cole Tucker WR Northern Illinois
5 Montreal Alouettes Jonathan Sutherland LB Penn State
6 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Calgary[trade 1]) Dayton Black OL Saskatchewan
7 Montreal Alouettes (via BC[trade 2]) Lwal Uguak DL Texas Christian
8 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Anthony Bennett DL Regina
9 BC Lions (via Toronto[trade 3]) Francis Bemiy DL Southern Utah

Round two edit

Pick # CFL Team Player Position University
10 Ottawa Redblacks Lucas Cormier DB Mount Allison
– Edmonton Elks Selection forfeited[11]
11 Saskatchewan Roughriders Jaxon Ford DB Regina
12 Ottawa Redblacks (via Edmonton[trade 4] via Hamilton[trade 5]) James Peter LB Ottawa
13 Montreal Alouettes David Dallaire FB Laval
– Calgary Stampeders Selection forfeited[11]
14 BC Lions Siriman Bagayogo DB Guelph
15 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Jake Kelly DB Bishop's
16 Toronto Argonauts Jared Wayne WR Pittsburgh
17T Ottawa Redblacks Daniel Oladejo WR Ottawa
18T Edmonton Elks Jacob Taylor LB Alberta

Round three edit

Pick # CFL Team Player Position University
19 Ottawa Redblacks Aidan John DL St. Mary's
20 Edmonton Elks Phillip Grohovac OL Western Ontario
21 Saskatchewan Roughriders Matt Dean LB York
22 Calgary Stampeders (via Hamilton[trade 1]) Kwadwo Boahen DL Alberta
23 Edmonton Elks (via Montreal[trade 6]) Luke Burton-Krahn DB British Columbia
24 Calgary Stampeders Clark Barnes WR Guelph
25 Ottawa Redblacks (via BC[trade 7]) Josh White LB Regina
26 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Jeremy Murphy WR Concordia (QC)
27 Toronto Argonauts Adam Guillemette LS Holy Cross

Round four edit

Pick # CFL Team Player Position University
28 Edmonton Elks (via Ottawa[trade 8]) Noah Curtis DL Keiser
29 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Edmonton[trade 5] ) Patrick Burke Jr. DB Wilfrid Laurier
30 Saskatchewan Roughriders Thomas Bertrand-Hudon RB Delaware State
31 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Reece Martin DL Mount Allison
32 Montreal Alouettes Grant Theo OL Queen's
33 Calgary Stampeders Alexandre Marcoux OL McGill
34 BC Lions Markcus Jean-Loescher DL St. Mary's
35 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Tanner Schmekel DL Regina
36 Toronto Argonauts Spencer Nichols RB Western Ontario

Round five edit

Pick # CFL Team Player Position University
37 Ottawa Redblacks Daniel Perry WR Saskatchewan
38 Edmonton Elks Bertrand Beaulieu RB Montreal
39 Montreal Alouettes (via Saskatchewan[trade 9]) Jacob Mason FB McMaster
40 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Robert Panabaker DB Western Ontario
41 Montreal Alouettes Shedler Fervius WR St. Mary's
42 Calgary Stampeders Ryan Leder DL McMaster
43 BC Lions Charlie Ringland DB Saskatchewan
44 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Collin Kornelson DL Manitoba
45 Toronto Argonauts Edouard Paradis OL Houston Christian

Round six edit

Pick # CFL Team Player Position University
46 Ottawa Redblacks Quintin Seguin DL Charleston Southern
47 Toronto Argonauts (via Edmonton[trade 10]) Richard Burton WR Queen's
48 Saskatchewan Roughriders Sidy Sow OL Eastern Michigan
49 Calgary Stampeders (via Hamilton[trade 1]) Sebastian Howard TE St. Mary's
50 Edmonton Elks (via Montreal[trade 11]) Spencer Masterson OL Guelph
51 Calgary Stampeders Campbell Fair K Ottawa
52 BC Lions Jassin States-McClean DB St. Mary's
53 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Breton MacDougall DB Windsor
54 Toronto Argonauts Ife Onyemenam LB Wilfrid Laurier

Round seven edit

Pick # CFL Team Player Position University
55 Ottawa Redblacks Alexander Fedchun DL St. Francis Xavier
56 Edmonton Elks Bruno Legace DE Montreal
57 Saskatchewan Roughriders Evan Floren OL Queen's
58 Ottawa Redblacks (via Edmonton[trade 12] via Hamilton[trade 13]) Amlicar Polk RB Ottawa
59 Montreal Alouettes Chase Brown RB Illinois
60 Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Calgary[trade 14]) Nick Thomas LB Manitoba
61 BC Lions Jack Hinsperger LB Waterloo
62 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Jonathan Rosery RB Alberta
63 Toronto Argonauts Brendan Murphy DB Western Ontario

Round eight edit

Pick # CFL Team Player Position University
64 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Edmonton[trade 15] via Ottawa[trade 12]) Josh Hyer DL Calgary
65 Edmonton Elks Derek Best RB Western Ontario
66 Saskatchewan Roughriders Tavius Robinson DL Mississippi
67 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Caleb Morin WR Saskatchewan
68 Montreal Alouettes Maxym Lavallee DB Laval
69 Calgary Stampeders Lucas Robertson FB British Columbia
70 BC Lions Troy Kowal OL Minot State
71 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Max Charbonneau LB Ottawa
72 Toronto Argonauts Anthony Vandal OL Sherbrooke

Trades edit

In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.

Round one edit

  • Hamilton ←→ Calgary (PD). Hamilton traded this selection, a third-round pick in this draft, a sixth-round pick in this draft, and a second-round pick in the 2024 CFL Draft to Calgary in exchange for Bo Levi Mitchell, a first-round pick in this draft, and a third-round pick in the 2024 CFL Draft.[trade 1]
  • BC → Montreal (PD). BC traded this selection to Montreal in exchange for Vernon Adams.[trade 2]
  • Toronto → BC (PD). Toronto traded this selection to BC in exchange for Jordan Williams.[trade 3]

Round two edit

  • Hamilton → Edmonton (PD). Hamilton traded this selection and Jesse Gibbon to Edmonton in exchange for David Beard and a conditional fourth-round pick in this year's draft.[trade 5]
  • Edmonton → Ottawa (PD). Edmonton traded the 12th overall selection to Ottawa in exchange for the rights to Woodly Appolon.[trade 4]

Round three edit

Round four edit

  • Ottawa → Edmonton (PD). Ottawa traded this selection to Edmonton in exchange for Nick Arbuckle.[trade 8]
  • Edmonton → Hamilton (PD). Edmonton traded a conditional fourth-round selection and David Beard to Hamilton in exchange for Jesse Gibbon and a second-round pick in this year's draft.[trade 5] The condition was confirmed to be fulfilled upon the release of the draft order by the league.[5]

Round five edit

  • Saskatchewan → Montreal (PD). Saskatchewan traded this selection to Montreal in exchange for Mario Alford.[trade 9] This selection was originally a sixth-round pick, but was upgraded after Alford played in at least nine games for the Roughriders.[5][trade 16]

Round six edit

Round seven edit

  • Calgary → Saskatchewan (PD). Calgary traded this selection and a third-round selection in the 2023 CFL Global Draft to Saskatchewan in exchange for James Smith.[trade 14] This selection can be upgraded to a fifth-round selection depending on the number of games played by Smith for the Stampeders.[12]
  • Hamilton → Edmonton (PD). Hamilton traded this selection to Edmonton in exchange for Colin Kelly.[trade 13]
  • Edmonton → Ottawa (PD). Edmonton traded this selection to Ottawa in exchange for Llevi Noel and an eighth-round pick in this year's draft.[trade 12]

Round eight edit

  • Ottawa → Edmonton (PD). Ottawa traded this selection and Llevi Noel to Edmonton in exchange for a seventh-round pick in this year's draft.[trade 12]
  • Edmonton → Hamilton (PD). Edmonton traded this selection to Hamilton in exchange for Jon Ryan.[trade 15]

Conditional trades edit

  • Montreal → Calgary (PD). Montreal traded a conditional second-round selection to Calgary in exchange for the playing rights to Laurent Duvernay-Tardif.[trade 17] The condition would've been fulfilled if Duvernay-Tardif signed with the Alouettes before the draft, but he did not.

Forfeitures edit

  • Edmonton forfeited their second round pick after selecting J-Min Pelley in the 2022 Supplemental Draft.[11]
  • Calgary forfeited their second round pick after selecting T. J. Rayam in the 2022 Supplemental Draft.[11]

References edit

Trade references

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Hammer Time: Ticats come to terms with Bo Levi Mitchell". Calgary Stampeders. January 24, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Lions trade for Vernon Adams Jr". Canadian Football League. August 31, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Argos acquire Jordan Williams in trade with Lions". Canadian Football League. February 9, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Elks acquire right to LB Woodly Appolon from Redblacks". Canadian Football League. February 27, 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d "Ticats acquire OL David Beard in trade w/ Elks". Canadian Football League. September 2, 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Elks acquire Ellis, draft pick from Als in exchange for Costigan, Lyon". Canadian Football League. August 31, 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Redblacks acquire draft picks from Lions for WR/KR Terry Williams". Ottawa Redblacks. September 4, 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Redblacks acquire Arbuckle in trade with Elks". cfl.ca. Canadian Football League. July 11, 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Rider acquire WR/RET Mario Alford in trade with Als". Canadian Football League. July 3, 2022.
  10. ^ a b "Elks pick up a pair from Argos in trade". Canadian Football League. June 5, 2022.
  11. ^ a b "Alouettes trade for running back Walter Fletcher". Canadian Football League. June 14, 2022.
  12. ^ a b c d "Elks acquire WR Llevi Noel in trade with Redblacks". Canadian Football League. July 25, 2022.
  13. ^ a b "Ticats acquire OL Colin Kelly from Elks". Canadian Football League. June 26, 2022.
  14. ^ a b "Stamps acquire P James Smith in trade with Riders". Canadian Football League. June 5, 2022.
  15. ^ a b "Elks acquire P Jon Ryan in trade with Tiger-Cats". Canadian Football League. July 26, 2022.
  16. ^ "Trade: Alouettes send returner Mario Alford to Roughriders". Montreal Alouettes. July 3, 2022.
  17. ^ "Als acquire the rights to OL Laurent Duvernay-Tardif". Canadian Football League. July 14, 2022.

General references

  1. ^ "Revamped CFL Combine season, CFL Draft highlight '23 off-season". Canadian Football League. January 19, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Where to watch: 2023 CFL draft broadcast info". Canadian Football League. April 21, 2023.
  3. ^ "Canadian Football League expands draft to eight rounds". Canadian Football League. May 4, 2016.
  4. ^ "CFL Draft to feature territorial picks". Canadian Football League. April 17, 2019.
  5. ^ a b c "CFL Draft Tracker". Canadian Football League. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
  6. ^ "CFL Invitational Combine Presented by New Era Heads to Waterloo". oursportscentral.com. February 23, 2023.
  7. ^ "EXPANDED CFL COMBINE PRESENTED BY NEW ERA HEADING TO EDMONTON IN 2023". press.cfl.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  8. ^ "Matthew Bergeron takes Top Spot in Spring Scouting Bureau Rankings". Canadian Football League. April 21, 2023.
  9. ^ "Chase Brown Retains Top Spot In Winter Scouting Bureau Rankings". Canadian Football League. January 26, 2023.
  10. ^ "Chase Brown headlines Scouting Bureau's fall edition". Canadian Football League. September 8, 2022.
  11. ^ a b c d "Elks take DL J-Min Pelley, Stamps take T. J. Rayam in Supplemental Draft". Canadian Football League. May 5, 2022.
  12. ^ "Riders agree to deal with Calgary Stampeders". Saskatchewan Roughriders. June 5, 2022.
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