2012 CFL draft

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2012 CFL Draft
General information
SportCanadian football
Date(s)May 3
Time3:00 PM ET
LocationToronto
Network(s) TSN
Overview
45 total selections in 6 rounds
First selection Ben Heenan
Most selections Calgary Stampeders (8)
Fewest selections BC Lions (4)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (4)
CIS selections 24
NCAA selections 21
←  2011
2013  →

The 2012 CFL Draft took place on Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 3:00 PM ET on TSN. [1] 45 players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. The Calgary Stampeders had the most selections with eight, while Hamilton had seven picks. The Toronto Argonauts and Montreal Alouettes each had six and the Edmonton Eskimos and Winnipeg Blue Bombers had five picks. The defending Grey Cup champion BC Lions and the Saskatchewan Roughriders had the fewest selections with just four. A total of three trades involving 11 draft picks in this draft were made on the draft day itself. [2] Of the 45 draft selections, 24 players were drafted from Canadian Interuniversity Sport institutions, which is the lowest percentage of CIS players taken since 2006 (26 of 50, 52%, were selected then). [3] It is also the lowest number of CIS players taken since the 2000 CFL Draft when just 22 out of 46 players were chosen.

Contents

The first two rounds were broadcast live on TSN with CFL Commissioner Mark Cohon announcing each selection. The production was hosted by Rod Black and featured the CFL on TSN panel which included Duane Forde, Chris Schultz, Dave Naylor, Farhan Lalji, Blake Nill, Jeff Cummins, and Stefan Ptaszek who analyzed the teams' needs and picks. [4]

Top prospects

60 of the top Canadian athletes attended the 2012 CFL Evaluation Camp which took place March 2–4 in Toronto. [5] Below is a table with the CFL Scouting Bureau rankings of the top CFL Draft prospects. [6]

Final
Ranking [7] 		January
Ranking [8] 		September
Ranking [9] 		PlayerPositionCollege
12- Tyrone Crawford Defensive end Boise State
211 Ben Heenan Offensive lineman Saskatchewan
342 Shamawd Chambers Wide receiver Wilfrid Laurier
433 Austin Pasztor Offensive lineman Virginia
564 Frédéric Plesius Linebacker Laval
61213 Christo Bilukidi Defensive end Georgia State
77- Ameet Pall Defensive end Wofford
8-- Jabar Westerman Defensive lineman Eastern Michigan
998 Simon Charbonneau-Campeau Wide receiver Sherbrooke
101511 Matt Norman Offensive lineman Western Ontario
11116 Ismaël Bamba Wide receiverSherbrooke
1214- Johnny Aprile Wide receiver Queen's
13-- Justin Capicciotti Defensive lineman Simon Fraser
14-- Keenan MacDougall Defensive back Saskatchewan
1555 Kirby Fabien Offensive lineman Calgary
-87 Bryce McCall Defensive backSaskatchewan
-10- Jason Medeiros Offensive lineman McMaster
-13- Arnaud Gascon-Nadon Defensive endLaval
--9 Tyson Pencer Offensive lineman Washington State
--10 Hasan Hazime Defensive end Akron
--12 Austin Anderson Kicker McGill
--14 Keynan Parker Defensive back Oregon State
--15 Courtney Stephen Defensive back Northern Illinois

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

Round one

Rnd.Pick #CFL teamPlayerPos.CollegeConf.Notes
1 1 Saskatchewan Roughriders Ben Heenan OL Saskatchewan CWUAA
12 BC Lions Jabar Westerman DL Eastern Michigan MAC via Edmonton [2] via Toronto [11]
13 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Tyson Pencer OL Washington State Pac-12 via Hamilton [2]
14 Edmonton Eskimos Austin Pasztor OL Virginia ACC via BC [2] via Montreal [10]
15 Calgary Stampeders Ameet Pall DE Wofford SoCon
16 Edmonton Eskimos Shamawd Chambers WR Wilfrid Laurier OUA
1- Winnipeg Blue Bombers     Forfeit Pick [24]
17 BC Lions Kirby Fabien OL Calgary CWUAA

Round two

= CFL Division All-Star= CFL All-Star= Hall of Famer
Rnd.Pick #CFL teamPlayerPos.CollegeConf.Notes
28 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Courtney Stephen DB Northern Illinois MAC via Winnipeg [2] via Saskatchewan [12]
29 Toronto Argonauts Cleyon Laing DL Iowa State Big 12
210 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Frédéric Plesius LB Laval RSEQ
211 Montreal Alouettes Patrick Lavoie RB Laval RSEQ
212 Saskatchewan Roughriders Samuel Hurl LB Calgary CWUAA via Calgary [2]
2- Edmonton Eskimos     Forfeit Pick [25]
213 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Carson Rockhill OL Calgary CWUAA via Winnipeg [2]
214 Edmonton Eskimos Justin Capicciotti DL Simon Fraser GNAC via BC [2]

Round three

Rnd.Pick #CFL teamPlayerPos.CollegeConf.Notes
315 Calgary Stampeders Keenan MacDougall DB Saskatchewan CWUAA via Saskatchewan [2]
316 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Johnny Aprile WR Queen's OUA via Toronto [14]
317 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Arnaud Gascon-Nadon DE Laval RSEQ
318 Montreal Alouettes Bo Adebayo DL Western Kentucky Sun Belt
319 Calgary Stampeders Billy Peach OL Jacksonville Pioneer
320 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Michael Atkinson DL Boise State MW via BC [13] via Edmonton [2]
321 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Christo Bilukidi DE Georgia State Ind. (FCS)
322 BC Lions Matt Norman OL Western Ontario OUA

Round four

Rnd.Pick #CFL teamPlayerPos.CollegeConf.Notes
423 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Rene Stephan LB Harding GAC via Saskatchewan [2]
424 Toronto Argonauts Herve Tonye-Tonye LB Northern Colorado Big Sky
425 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Simon Charbonneau-Campeau WR Sherbrooke RSEQ
426 Montreal Alouettes Lance Milton DB British Columbia CWUAA
427 Calgary Stampeders Bradley Erdos OL Simon Fraser GNAC
428 Toronto Argonauts Quincy Hurst WR Manitoba CWUAA via Edmonton [16]
429 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Jake Thomas DL Acadia AUS
430 Calgary Stampeders Adam Berger DB Simon Fraser GNAC via BC [15]

Round five

Rnd.Pick #CFL teamPlayerPos.CollegeConf.Notes
531 Calgary Stampeders Mike Filer OL Mount Allison AUS via Winnipeg [18] via Saskatchewan [17]
532 Toronto Argonauts Luke Willson TE Rice C-USA
533 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Bo Palmer RB Simon Fraser GNAC
534 Montreal Alouettes Bryn Roy LB Texas A&M–Commerce LSC
535 Saskatchewan Roughriders Kevin Régimbald-Gagné LB Sherbrooke RSEQ via Calgary [2]
536 Edmonton Eskimos Hasan Hazime DE Akron N/A
537 BC Lions Jordan Verdone LB Calgary CWUAA via Winnipeg [19]
538 Edmonton Eskimos Ryan King LB Saint Mary's AUS via BC

Round six

Rnd.Pick #CFL teamPlayerPos.CollegeConf.Notes
639 Saskatchewan Roughriders Ismaël Bamba WR Sherbrooke RSEQ
640 Toronto Argonauts Aaron Crawford LB Saint Mary's AUS
641 Toronto Argonauts Shea Pierre DB Windsor N/Avia Hamilton [21]
642 Montreal Alouettes Keynan Parker DB Oregon State Pac-12
643 Calgary Stampeders Jordan Spence DL Eastern Oregon N/A
644 Montreal Alouettes Ryan White OL Bishop's N/Avia Edmonton [22]
645 Calgary Stampeders Wilkerson Desouza LB Toronto N/Avia Winnipeg [23]
6- BC Lions     Forfeit Pick [26]

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