2011 CFL draft

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2011 CFL Draft
General information
SportCanadian football
Date(s)May 8
Time12:30 PM ET
LocationToronto
Network(s) TSN
Overview
47 total selections in 6 rounds
First selection Henoc Muamba
Most selections Toronto Argonauts (7)
Montreal Alouettes (7)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (7)
Fewest selections Edmonton Eskimos (4)
CIS selections 34
NCAA selections 13
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The 2011 CFL Draft took place on Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 12:30 PM ET on TSN. [1] 47 players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. The Toronto Argonauts, Montreal Alouettes and Hamilton Tiger-Cats had the most draft selections with a total of seven apiece. Next came the Calgary Stampeders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers who each had six selections. The BC Lions and Saskatchewan Roughriders both picked five times. The Edmonton Eskimos had the fewest picks, with only four. [2] A total of five trades involving 14 draft picks were made on the draft day itself. [3] Of the 47 draft selections, 34 players were drafted from Canadian Interuniversity Sport institutions. [4]

Contents

Top prospects

Source: CFL Scouting Bureau final rankings. [5]
Final
Ranking [6]
December
Ranking [7]
September
Ranking [8]
PlayerPositionSchool
122 Scott Mitchell Offensive lineman Rice
233 Anthony Parker Wide receiver Calgary
31011 Henoc Muamba Linebacker St. Francis Xavier
411 Philip Blake Offensive lineman Baylor
559 Tyler Holmes Offensive lineman Tulsa
648 Vaughn Martin Defensive lineman Western Ontario
777 Nathan Coehoorn Wide receiverCalgary
81110 Hugh O'Neill Punter/Kicker Alberta
9 Marco Iannuzzi Wide receiver Harvard
1064 Moe Petrus Offensive lineman Connecticut
1186 Matt O'Donnell Offensive lineman Queen's
12 Junior Turner Defensive lineman Bishop's
1313 Anthony Barrette Offensive lineman Concordia
141414 Matt Walter Running back Calgary
15 Paul Swiston Offensive linemanCalgary
95 Renaldo Sagesse Defensive lineman Michigan
1215 Pascal Baillargeon Offensive lineman Laval
15 Jade Etienne Wide receiver Saskatchewan
12 Gregory Alexandre Defensive lineman Montréal
13 Michael Carter Defensive back Maryland

Trades

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

Round one

Round two

Round three

Round four

Round five

Round six

Forfeitures

Draft order

= CFL Division All-Star= CFL All-Star= Hall of Famer

Round one

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionSchool
1 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Henoc Muamba LB St. Francis Xavier
2 Edmonton Eskimos Scott Mitchell OL Rice
3 Calgary Stampeders (via BC [9] ) Anthony Parker WR Calgary
4Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Toronto [10] ) Jade Etienne WR Saskatchewan
5Edmonton Eskimos (via Hamilton [11] ) Nathan Coehoorn WRCalgary
6BC Lions (via Calgary [9] ) Marco Iannuzzi WR Harvard
7Toronto Argonauts (via Saskatchewan [12] ) Tyler Holmes OL Tulsa
8 Montreal Alouettes Brody McKnight K/P Montana

Round two

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionSchool
9Calgary Stampeders (via Winnipeg [13] ) Junior Turner DL Bishop's
10Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Edmonton [11] ) Moe Petrus OL Connecticut
11BC Lions (via Calgary [9] via BC [14] ) Hugh O'Neill K/P Alberta
12Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Toronto [12] ) Craig Butler DB Western Ontario
13Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Edmonton [11] via Hamilton [15] ) Maurice Forbes DL Concordia
14Edmonton Eskimos (via Calgary [11] ) Hugo Lopez DB Toronto
15Saskatchewan Roughriders Matt O'Donnell OL Queen's
16Montreal Alouettes Anthony Barrette OLConcordia

Round three

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionSchool
17Winnipeg Blue Bombers Brendan Dunn DL/OLWestern Ontario
18Toronto Argonauts (via Hamilton [16] via Edmonton [15] ) Djems Kouame WR Montréal
19BC Lions Michael Carter DB Maryland
20Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Saskatchewan [18] via Toronto [17] ) Marc-Antoine Fortin DL Laval
21Hamilton Tiger-Cats Pascal Baillargeon OLLaval
Calgary StampedersForfeit Pick [28]
22Toronto Argonauts (via Saskatchewan [19] ) Zander Robinson DLWestern Ontario
23Montreal Alouettes Philip Blake OL Baylor

Round four

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionSchool
24Winnipeg Blue Bombers Paul Swiston OLCalgary
25Montreal Alouettes (via Toronto [21] via Edmonton) Renaldo Sagesse DL Michigan
26Calgary Stampeders (via BC [9] ) Akwasi Antwi DL Mount Allison
27Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Toronto [12] ) Alexander Krausnick-Groh OLCalgary
28Toronto Argonauts (via Hamilton [22] ) Jedd Gardner WR Guelph
29Calgary Stampeders Brad Sinopoli QB Ottawa
30Saskatchewan Roughriders Christopher Milo K/PLaval
31Montreal Alouettes Reed Alexander OLCalgary

Round five

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionSchool
32Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Edmonton [24] via Winnipeg [23] ) Carl Volny RB Central Michigan
33Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Edmonton [15] ) Patrick Jean-Mary LB Howard
34Calgary Stampeders (via BC [9] ) Matt Walter RBCalgary
35Toronto Argonauts Gregory Alexandre DLMontréal
36Hamilton Tiger-Cats Tyrell Francisco TE Weber State
37BC Lions (via Calgary [9] ) Yannick Sage OL Sherbrooke
38Toronto Argonauts (via Saskatchewan [17] ) Julian Feoli-Gudino WRLaval
39Montreal Alouettes Vaughn Martin DLWestern Ontario

Round six

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionSchool
40Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Winnipeg [25] ) Kyle Exume RBBishop's
41Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Edmonton [24] ) Liam Mahoney WRConcordia
42BC Lions Chris Hodgson DL Saint Mary's
43Toronto Argonauts Michael Knill OL Wilfrid Laurier
44Hamilton Tiger-CatsJadon WagnerLB BYU
45Calgary Stampeders Jared Manchulenko TEConcordia
46Edmonton Eskimos (via Saskatchewan [27] ) Youssy Pierre WRMontréal
47Montreal Alouettes Blaine Ruttan LB Carson-Newman

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