2001 CFL draft

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2001 CFL Draft
General information
Sport Canadian football
Date(s)April 26
Time11:00 AM EST [1]
Overview
48 total selections in 6 rounds
League CFL
First selection Scott Schultz, DL
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Most selections (8) BC Lions
Calgary Stampeders
Montreal Alouettes
Fewest selections (4) Winnipeg Blue Bombers
CIAU selections26
NCAA selections 18
  2000
2002  

The 2001 CFL Draft took place on Thursday, April 26, 2001. [2] 48 players were chosen for Canadian Football League teams from among the eligible CIAU football players from Canadian universities, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA and the NAIA. [3] Of the 48 draft selections, 26 players were drafted from Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union institutions. [4]

Contents

Round one

= CFL Division All-Star= CFL All-Star= Hall of Famer
Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionSchool
1 Saskatchewan Roughriders Scott Schultz DL North Dakota
2 BC Lions (via Toronto [5] ) Ian Williams LB Memphis
3BC Lions (via Winnipeg [5] ) Lyle Green FB Toledo
4 Toronto Argonauts (via Hamilton [5] ) Angus Reid G Simon Fraser
5 Edmonton Eskimos Randy Chevrier DT McGill
6 Calgary Stampeders Kamau Peterson WR New Hampsphire
7 Montreal Alouettes Luke Fritz OL Eastern Washington
8BC Lions Leif Thorsen G Montana

Round two

= CFL Division All-Star= CFL All-Star= Hall of Famer
Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionSchool
9Saskatchewan Roughriders Jason French WR Murray State
10Calgary Stampeders (via Toronto [5] ) Lawrence Deck DB Fresno State
11Montreal Alouettes (via BC via Winnipeg [5] ) Pat Woodcock WR Syracuse
12Hamilton Tiger-Cats Karim Grant LB Acadia
13Edmonton Eskimos Fabian Burke CBToledo
14Calgary Stampeders Duncan O'Mahony K British Columbia
15Montreal Alouettes Jesse Palmer QB Florida
16BC Lions Jamie Boreham K/S Manitoba

Round three

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionSchool
17Saskatchewan Roughriders Teddy Neptune LB Ottawa
18Montreal Alouettes (via Toronto [5] ) Phil Gibson DLToledo
19Winnipeg Blue Bombers Ben Wearing WRMcGill
20Hamilton Tiger-Cats Randy Bowles TESimon Fraser
21Edmonton Eskimos Glenn Carson OL Saskatchewan
22Calgary Stampeders Farwan Zubedi WR Washington State
23Calgary Stampeders (via Montreal [5] ) Lukas Shaver SOttawa
24BC Lions Scott Robinson WRSimon Fraser

Round four

= CFL Division All-Star= CFL All-Star= Hall of Famer
Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionSchool
25Montreal Alouettes (via Saskatchewan [5] ) Shawn Gifford OT Charleston Southern
26Toronto Argonauts Kevin Eiben S Bucknell
27Winnipeg Blue Bombers Nick Tsatsaronis RBMemphis
28Hamilton Tiger-Cats Ryan Donnelly OL McMaster
29Montreal Alouettes (via Edmonton [5] ) Peter Moore DLSyracuse
30Calgary Stampeders Andrew Carter OL Bishop's
31Montreal Alouettes Steven Maheu WR/QBSimon Fraser
32BC Lions Kelly Bates OLSaskatchewan

Round five

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionSchool
33Saskatchewan Roughriders Mike Di Battista WROttawa
34Toronto Argonauts Andre Talbot WR Wilfrid Laurier
35Winnipeg Blue Bombers Howie Dryden DBManitoba
36Hamilton Tiger-Cats Mike Waszczuk LB Slippery Rock
37Edmonton Eskimos Guillaume Petit DL Alberta
38Calgary Stampeders Jeffrey Simmer LB Regina
39Toronto Argonauts (via Montreal [5] ) Jermaine Romans DBAcadia
40BC LionsDave TuckerLBManitoba

Round six

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionSchool
41Saskatchewan Roughriders Jocelyn Frenette GOttawa
42Toronto Argonauts Matt McKnight S Waterloo
43Winnipeg Blue Bombers Darryl Fabiani DB Western Ontario
44Hamilton Tiger-Cats Will Grant QBAcadia
45Edmonton Eskimos William Wright DBBishop's
46Calgary Stampeders David D'Onofrio LB York
47Montreal Alouettes Phil Côté QBOttawa
48BC Lions Eric Collings OLBritish Columbia

References

  1. "2001 Canadian College Draft call-in number". Canadian Football League. April 23, 2001. Archived from the original on August 28, 2001.
  2. "26 CIAU football players selected in CFL draft". Canadian Football League. April 26, 2001. Archived from the original on June 25, 2001. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  3. "2001 CFL draft". Canadian Football League . Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  4. 2011 Canadian Draft Guide Archived December 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "2001 Canadian College Draft Order". Canadian Football League. April 4, 2001. Archived from the original on June 17, 2002.