2003 CFL draft

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2003 CFL Draft
General information
Sport Canadian football
Date(s)April 30
Time11:00 AM EST [1]
Overview
53 total selections in 6 rounds
League CFL
First selection Steve Morley, OL
Calgary Stampeders
Most selections (11) Calgary Stampeders
Fewest selections (4) BC Lions
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
CIS selections 32
NCAA selections 21
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The 2003 CFL Draft took place on Wednesday, April 30, 2003. 53 players were chosen for Canadian Football League teams from among the eligible CIS football players from Canadian universities, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. [2] Of the 53 draft selections, 32 players were drafted from Canadian Interuniversity Sport institutions. [3]

Contents

Notably, the Calgary Stampeders had the first and second overall picks in the draft, which was only the third time in CFL Draft history that a team had the first two selections in a draft. [4] The Toronto Argonauts were the first to accomplish this via trade in the 1982 CFL Draft and the Ottawa Renegades had done this the year before as they were awarded the first and second overall selections as an expansion team in the 2002 CFL Draft. [4]

Trades

In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft. This is a partial list due to references being limited.

Round one

Round two

Round five

Draft order

Round one

= CFL Division All-Star= CFL All-Star= Hall of Famer
Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionCollege
1 Calgary Stampeders (via Edmonton [6] via Ottawa [5] ) Steve Morley OL Saint Mary's
2Calgary Stampeders Joe McGrath OT Miami
3 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Julian Radlein RB British Columbia
4 Edmonton Eskimos (via Calgary [6] via Toronto [7] ) Emmanuel Casseus LB Michigan
5Calgary Stampeders (via Saskatchewan [8] ) Wes Lysack DB Manitoba
6 BC Lions Paris Jackson WR Utah
7Calgary Stampeders (via Winnipeg [7] ) Marc Calixte LB Tennessee (Martin)
8Edmonton Eskimos Randy Spencer DT Weber State
9 Montreal Alouettes Andrew NoelWR Acadia

Round two

= CFL Division All-Star= CFL All-Star= Hall of Famer
Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionCollege
10Edmonton Eskimos (via Ottawa) Kojo Aidoo FB McMaster
11Calgary Stampeders Taylor Robertson OL Central Florida
12Calgary Stampeders (via Hamilton [9] ) Sandro Sciortino K Boston College
13 Ottawa Renegades (via Toronto) Trevor Kine OT New Mexico State
14Montreal Alouettes (via Saskatchewan) Richard Karikari CB St. Francis Xavier
15BC Lions Javier Glatt LBBritish Columbia
16Ottawa Renegades (via Winnipeg) Louis Hobson DL Stanford
17Ottawa Renegades (via Edmonton) Israel Idonije DEManitoba
18Montreal Alouettes Kerry Carter RBStanford

Round three

= CFL Division All-Star= CFL All-Star= Hall of Famer
Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionCollege
19Ottawa Renegades Patrick Kabongo DT Nebraska
20Edmonton Eskimos (via Calgary) Dounia Whitehouse CB Charleston Southern
21Hamilton Tiger-Cats Kevin Scott LB California PA
22 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Toronto) Todd Krenbrink OL Regina
23 Saskatchewan Roughriders Mike McCullough LBSt. Francis Xavier
24BC Lions Carl Gourgues OL Laval
25Calgary Stampeders (via Winnipeg) Mike Labinjo DLMichigan State
26Edmonton Eskimos Joseph Bonaventura LBSaint Mary's
27Montreal Alouettes Matt Brandt TE Miami (Ohio)

Round four

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionCollege
28 Toronto Argonauts (via Ottawa) Ray Mariuz LBMcMaster
29Calgary Stampeders Hassan Probherbs WR Portland State
30Hamilton Tiger-Cats Agustin Barrenechea LB Calgary
–Toronto ArgonautsForfeit pick
31Saskatchewan Roughriders Jim Merrick OG McGill
32Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Ottawa via BC) Sebastian Roy LB Mount Allison
33Winnipeg Blue Bombers Ian Shelswell DLStanford
34Edmonton Eskimos Larry Ram OL Florida A&M
35Montreal Alouettes Paul Archer OLSaint Mary's

Round five

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionCollege
36Ottawa Renegades Marc Parenteau OGBoston College
37Calgary Stampeders Blake Machan SBCalgary
38Hamilton Tiger-Cats David Kasouf WR Holy Cross
39Toronto Argonauts Derik Fury LBMount Allison
40Saskatchewan Roughriders Mike Thomas WRRegina
41BC Lions Nicholas Hoffman FBMcGill
42Winnipeg Blue Bombers Cory Olynick WRRegina
43Calgary Stampeders (via Edmonton [6] ) Travis Arnold OLManitoba
44Montreal Alouettes Mathieu Bertrand QBLaval

Round six

= CFL Division All-Star= CFL All-Star= Hall of Famer
Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionCollege
45Ottawa Renegades Todd Seely LB Ottawa
46Calgary Stampeders Greg Schafer OTBritish Columbia
47Hamilton Tiger-Cats Erico-Olivier Hakim FBSaint Mary's
48Toronto Argonauts Michael Palmer WR Guelph
49Saskatchewan Roughriders Adrian Olenick OL Saskatchewan
50Montreal Alouettes (via BC) Dave Stala KSaint Mary's
51Montreal Alouettes (via BC via Winnipeg) Michael Botterill LBMcMaster
52Edmonton Eskimos Didier Ormejuste DL Toledo
53Montreal Alouettes Ed Becker K Wilfrid Laurier

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