1997 CFL draft

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The 1997 CFL Draft took place on Monday, April 7, 1997. [1] 48 Canadian football players were chosen from 363 eligible Canadian universities as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. [2]

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The Ottawa Rough Riders folded following the 1996 CFL season, but any trades involving the club were still in effect. Since the Rough Riders finished last in the CFL, teams that received selections in trades picked first in those rounds, including the first overall pick. Conversely, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats traded their third round selection to the Rough Riders and that pick was subsequently forfeited. All other Ottawa selections were skipped.

Forfeitures

Round one

= CFL Division All-Star= CFL All-Star= Hall of Famer
Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionSchool
1 Toronto Argonauts (via Ottawa) Chad Folk OL Utah
2 Saskatchewan Roughriders Ben Fairbrother OL Calgary
3 Edmonton Eskimos (via BC) Ian Franklin CB Weber State
4 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Tim Prinsen OG North Dakota
5 Calgary Stampeders (via Winnipeg) Doug Brown DL Simon Fraser
6 Montreal Alouettes Steve Charbonneau DL New Hampshire
7Calgary Stampeders Jason Clemett LBSimon Fraser
8Edmonton Eskimos Mark Farraway DL St. Francis Xavier
9Toronto Argonauts Matthew DuBuc SB Texas Tech

Round two

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionSchool
10BC Lions (via Winnipeg via Saskatchewan) Robert Beveridge OL British Columbia
11Montreal Alouettes (via BC) Jerome Pathon WR Washington
12Hamilton Tiger-Cats Joe Rumolo DL Akron
13Saskatchewan Roughriders (via BC via Winnipeg) Chris Szarka FB Eastern Illinois
14Montreal Alouettes Ryan Coughlin OL McGill
15Calgary Stampeders Jeff Traversy DT Edinboro
16Edmonton Eskimos Patrice Denis LB Western Ontario
17Toronto Argonauts Steve Salter OL Ottawa

Round three

= CFL Division All-Star= CFL All-Star= Hall of Famer
Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionSchool
18Toronto Argonauts (via Winnipeg via Saskatchewan) Aldi Henry CB Michigan State
19BC Lions Paul Stoilen LBSimon Fraser
Ottawa Rough Riders (via Hamilton)Team folded prior to season
20BC Lions (via Winnipeg) John Partchenko OT Michigan
21Montreal Alouettes Bruno Heppell RB Western Michigan
22Calgary Stampeders Frank Rocca OL Eastern Michigan
23Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Edmonton) Marice Henriques S Colorado
24Toronto Argonauts Dave Mudge OTMichigan State

Round four

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionSchool
25BC Lions (via Ottawa) Bret Anderson PSimon Fraser
26Saskatchewan Roughriders Mark Raphael CBOttawa
27BC Lions Martin Miller-Johnston CB Manitoba
28Hamilton Tiger-Cats Mark Nohra RBBritish Columbia
29Montreal Alouettes (via Winnipeg) Derek Krete LBWestern Ontario
30Montreal Alouettes Ryan Carruthers SBCalgary
31Calgary Stampeders Uzo Ubani SB Concordia
32Edmonton Eskimos David Heasman OL Northern Arizona
33Toronto Argonauts Jayson Hansen OLTexas Tech

Round five

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionSchool
34Saskatchewan Roughriders Andre Batson WR York
35BC Lions Jamie MacDonald OT Northern Illinois
36Hamilton Tiger-Cats Luc Normand WRBishop's University
37Winnipeg Blue Bombers Jonathan Swift LB Tennessee-Martin
38Montreal Alouettes Andy Brereton SBWestern Michigan
39Calgary Stampeders Trent Bagnail OL Saskatchewan
40Edmonton Eskimos O.J. Santiago TE Kent State
41Toronto Argonauts Mark Giardetti DE Evangel College

Round six

= CFL Division All-Star= CFL All-Star= Hall of Famer
Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionSchool
42Saskatchewan Roughriders Dan Comiskey OL Windsor
43BC Lions Kelly Lochbaum LBNorthern Arizona
Hamilton Tiger-CatsForfeit Pick [1]
44Winnipeg Blue Bombers Wayne Weathers DEManitoba
45Montreal Alouettes Francis Bellefroid LBBishop's
46Calgary Stampeders Paul Donkersley RB Acadia
47Edmonton Eskimos Chris Hardy QBManitoba
48Toronto Argonauts Kris Kershaw QB Salisbury State


References

  1. 1 2 3 "Linemen in demand in '97 draft". Canadian Football League. Archived from the original on May 7, 1998.
  2. "1997 Canadian Draft". Canadian Football League. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2017-08-23.