CFL Draft 2017
The CFL Draft 2017 is the 68th selection process for new players ( Draft ) in the Canadian Football for the season 2017 of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The draft will take place on May 7, 2017. In Canada , TSN broadcast the draft. Five players were banned from the draft for doping violations prior to the draft.
Selected players
| round | No. | team | player | position | college | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Faith Ekakitie | Defensive lineman | Iowa | Received draft rights from the Toronto Argonauts |
| 1 | 2 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Cameron Judge | Linebacker | UCLA | |
| 1 | 3 | BC Lions | Daniel Vandervoort | Wide receiver | McMaster | Received draft rights from the Montreal Alouettes |
| 1 | 4th | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Conor McGough | Defensive lineman | Calgary | |
| 1 | 5 | Edmonton Eskimos | Nathaniel Behar | Wide receiver | Carleton | |
| 1 | 6th | Calgary Stampeders | Randy Colling | Defensive lineman | Gannon | Received draft rights from the Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| 1 | 7th | BC Lions | Junior Luke | Defensive lineman | Montreal | |
| 1 | 8th | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Geoff Gray | Offensive lineman | Manitoba | Received draft rights from the Calgary Stampeders |
| 1 | 9 | Ottawa Redblacks | Evan Johnson | Offensive lineman | Saskatchewan | |
| 2 | 10 | Toronto Argonauts | Mason Woods | Offensive lineman | Idaho | |
| 2 | 11 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Dariusz Bladek | Offensive lineman | Bethune-Cookman | |
| 2 | 12 | Montreal Alouettes | Fabion Foote | Defensive tackle | McMaster | |
| 2 | 13 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Braden Schram | Offensive lineman | Calgary | |
| 2 | 14th | Edmonton Eskimos | Jean-Simon Roy | Offensive lineman | Laval | |
| 2 | 15th | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Qadr Spooner | Offensive lineman | McGill | |
| 2 | 16 | BC Lions | Jeremy Zver | Offensive lineman | Regina | |
| 2 | 17th | Calgary Stampeders | Julan Lynch | Wide receiver | Saskatchewan | |
| 2 | 18th | Ottawa Redblacks | Anthony Gosselin | Fullback | Sherbrooke | |
| 3 | 19th | Toronto Argonauts | Evan Foster | Defensive lineman | Manitoba | |
| 3 | - | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Draft right lost through election in the 2016 Supplemental Draft | |||
| 3 | 20th | Montreal Alouettes | Dondre Wright | Defensive back | Henderson State | |
| 3 | 21st | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Kay Okafor | Defensive lineman | St. Francis Xavier | |
| 3 | 22nd | Edmonton Eskimos | Chris Mulumba | Linebacker | Maine | |
| 3 | 23 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Abubakar Conteh | Defensive back | Grambling State | |
| 3 | 24 | BC Lions | Frederic Chagnon | Linebacker | Montreal | |
| 3 | 25th | Calgary Stampeders | Tunde Adeleke | Defensive back | Carleton | |
| 3 | 26th | Ottawa Redblacks | Eli Ankou | Defensive lineman | UCLA | |
| 4th | 27 | Toronto Argonauts | Robert Woodson | Defensive back | Calgary | |
| 4th | 28 | Calgary Stampeders | Ante Milanovic-Liter | Running back | Simon Fraser | Received draft rights from the Saskatchewan Roughriders |
| 4th | 29 | Montreal Alouettes | Alexander Morrison | Wide receiver | British Columbia | |
| 4th | 30th | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Antony Auclair | Tight end | Laval | Received draft law from the Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| 4th | 31 | Edmonton Eskimos | Jordan Hoover | Defensive back | Waterloo | |
| 4th | 32 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Eddie Meredith | Offensive lineman | Western Ontario | Received draft rights from Winnipeg Blue Bombers via Montreal Alouettes |
| 4th | 33 | BC Lions | Nathaniel Hamlin | Defensive back | Carleton | |
| 4th | 34 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Felix Menard-Briere | Kicker | Montreal | Received draft rights from the Calgary Stampeders |
| 4th | 35 | Ottawa Redblacks | Louis-Philippe Bourassa | Running back | Montreal | |
| 5 | 36 | Toronto Argonauts | Nakas Onyeka | Linebacker | Wilfrid Laurier | |
| 5 | 37 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Mitchell Picton | Wide receiver | Regina | |
| 5 | 38 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Justin Vaughn | Defensive lineman | Fordham | Received draft rights from the Montreal Alouettes |
| 5 | 39 | Montreal Alouettes | Zach Annen | Offensive lineman | Carleton | Received draft law from the Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| 5 | 40 | Edmonton Eskimos | Justin Sr. | Offensive lineman | Mississippi State | |
| 5 | 41 | Edmonton Eskimos | Kwaku Boateng | Defensive lineman | Wilfrid Laurier | Received draft rights from the Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| 5 | 42 | BC Lions | Edward Godin | Defensive lineman | Laval | |
| 5 | 43 | Calgary Stampeders | Felix Gacusana Jr. | Offensive lineman | Simon Fraser | |
| 5 | 44 | Ottawa Redblacks | Mathieu Dupuis | Defensive lineman | Montreal | |
| 6th | 45 | Montreal Alouettes | Malcolm Carter | Wide receiver | Carleton | Received draft rights from the Toronto Argonauts |
| 6th | 46 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Danny Sprukulis | Offensive lineman | Toronto | |
| 6th | 47 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Jacob Scarfone | Wide receiver | Guelph | Received draft rights from the Montreal Alouettes |
| 6th | 48 | Montreal Alouettes | Denzel Radford | Wide receiver | Calgary | Received draft law from the Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| 6th | 49 | Edmonton Eskimos | Kwabena Asare | Offensive lineman | Carleton | |
| 6th | 50 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Ian Marouf | Defensive lineman | Guelph | |
| 6th | 51 | BC Lions | Dakota Brush | Wide receiver | Mount Allison | |
| 6th | 52 | Calgary Stampeders | Alexandre Gagnon | Defensive lineman | Sherbrooke | |
| 6th | 53 | Ottawa Redblacks | Austen Hartley | Wide receiver | Calgary | |
| 7th | 54 | Toronto Argonauts | Justin Herdman | Linebacker | Simon Fraser | |
| 7th | 55 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Alexandre Chevrier | Linebacker | Sherbrooke | |
| 7th | 56 | Montreal Alouettes | Ty Cranston | Defensive back | Ottawa | |
| 7th | 57 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Emmanuel Adusei | Defensive tackle | Carleton | Received draft law from the Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| 7th | 58 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Brett Golding | Offensive lineman | Wilfrid Laurier | Received draft rights from the Edmonton Eskimos |
| 7th | 59 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Brendon Thera-Plamondon | Wide receiver | Calgary | |
| 7th | 60 | BC Lions | Jordan Herdman | Linebacker | Simon Fraser | |
| 7th | 61 | Calgary Stampeders | Adam Laurensse | Defensive back | Calgary | |
| 7th | 62 | Ottawa Redblacks | Ed Ilnicki | Running back | Alberta | |
| 8th | 63 | Toronto Argonauts | Matthew Carson | Defensive lineman | Calgary | |
| 8th | 64 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Marc Claudé | Offensive lineman | Montreal | |
| 8th | 65 | Montreal Alouettes | Oumar Touré | Tight end | Sherbrooke | |
| 8th | 66 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Sean Thomas-Erlington | Running back | Montreal | |
| 8th | 67 | Edmonton Eskimos | Mark Mackie | Defensive lineman | McMaster | |
| 8th | 68 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Tylor Henry | Wide receiver | Alberta | |
| 8th | 69 | BC Lions | Mitchell Hillis | Wide receiver | Saskatchewan | |
| 8th | 70 | Calgary Stampeders | Richard Sindani | Wide receiver | Regina | |
| 8th | 71 | Ottawa Redblacks | Jordan Filippelli | Offensive lineman | Calgary | |
Individual evidence
- ↑ TSN TO DELIVER LIVE COVERAGE OF THE 2017 CFL DRAFT ON MAY 7. Retrieved May 7, 2017 .
- ^ Five CFL prospects ineligible for 2017 draft due to anti-doping violations. Retrieved May 7, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n PRIMER: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE 2017 CFL DRAFT. Retrieved May 7, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c ROUND 1 RECAP: SURPRISES, STAR RECEIVERS HEADLINE EVENTFUL FIRST 9 PICKS. Retrieved January 20, 2018 .