2013 CFL draft

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2013 CFL Draft
General information
SportCanadian football
Date(s)May 6
Time12:00 PM ET
LocationToronto
Network(s) TSN
Overview
60 total selections in 7 rounds
First selection Linden Gaydosh
Most selections Montreal Alouettes (9)
Fewest selections Ottawa Redblacks (4)
CIS selections 44
NCAA selections 16
  2012
2014  

The 2013 CFL Draft took place on Monday, May 6, 2013, at 12:00 PM ET on TSN. [1] 60 players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. The Montreal Alouettes had the most selections with nine, followed by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats with eight. Each of the West Division teams had seven picks while Winnipeg had six. The defending Grey Cup champion Toronto Argonauts had five picks and Ottawa chose four players from NCAA schools that would play another year. A total of 16 trades were made involving draft picks from this year, including two made on draft day itself, with 12 being made by the Edmonton Eskimos. Of the 60 draft selections, 44 players were drafted from Canadian Interuniversity Sport institutions, which is the highest number of CIS players taken since the 1987 CFL Draft when 50 of 72 were taken. It is also the highest percentage (73.3%) of CIS players taken since 2009 (38 of 48, 79.1%, were selected then). [2]

Contents

The Ottawa expansion team was scheduled to pick last in the first four rounds of the 2012 CFL Draft, with selections being limited to NCAA redshirt juniors. [3] Due to stadium delays, Ottawa will join the Canadian Football League in 2014, and participated in this year's draft instead. [4] [5] [6] 18 players were classified as redshirt juniors with 12 being selected in this year's draft. [7] The draft also expand to seven rounds this year for the first time since 1996, with the CFL citing stronger Canadian talent as a reason for the expansion. [8]

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 includes Duane Forde, Chris Schultz, Paul LaPolice, Dave Naylor, Stefan Ptaszek, Brian Dobie, and Danny Maciocia who analyzed the teams' needs and picks. [9]

Top prospects

A total of 55 Canadian prospects participated in the 2013 CFL Combine. The official CFL Scouting Bureau rankings are listed below. [10]

NCAA Redshirt Juniors ^
Final
Ranking [11]
December
Ranking [12]
September
Ranking [13]
PlayerPositionCollege
113 Boseko Lokombo^ Linebacker Oregon
241 Stefan Charles Defensive lineman Regina
332 Linden Gaydosh Defensive lineman Calgary
424 Matt Sewell Offensive lineman McMaster
56- Andy Mulumba Defensive lineman Eastern Michigan
61014 Nolan MacMillan^Offensive lineman Iowa
7510 Ben D'Aguilar Defensive end McMaster
8119 Brett Jones Offensive linemanRegina
99- Brent Urban^Defensive lineman Virginia
1014- Mike Edem LinebackerCalgary
11-- Seydou Junior Haidara Wide receiver Laval
1276 Corey Watman Offensive linemanEastern Michigan
1387 Jesse Joseph^Defensive end Connecticut
14-- Connor Williams^Defensive lineman Utah State
15-13 Brander Craighead^Offensive lineman UTEP
-1211 Stephen Alli^Wide receiver Florida
-135 Steven Lumbala Running back Calgary
-158 Kalonji Kashama^Defensive endEastern Michigan
--12 Elie Ngoyi Defensive lineman Bishop's
--15 Yannick Morin-Plante Wide receiverLaval

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

Round one

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionCollege
1 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Linden Gaydosh DT Calgary
2 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Andy Mulumba DE Eastern Michigan
3 Montreal Alouettes (via Edmonton [14] ) Mike Edem LB Calgary
4 Saskatchewan Roughriders Corey Watman OL Eastern Michigan
5Montreal Alouettes Steven Lumbala RB Calgary
6 BC Lions Hunter Steward OL Liberty
7 Calgary Stampeders Brander Craighead OL UTEP
8 Toronto Argonauts Matt Sewell OL McMaster
9 Ottawa Redblacks Nolan MacMillan OL Iowa

Round two

= CFL Division All-Star= CFL All-Star= Hall of Famer
Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionCollege
10Edmonton Eskimos (via Hamilton [16] ) Stefan Charles DT Regina
11Winnipeg Blue Bombers Kristopher Robertson DB Concordia
12BC Lions (via Edmonton [15] ) Seydou Junior Haidara WR Laval
13Calgary Stampeders (via Saskatchewan [7] ) Ben D'Aguilar DE McMaster
14Montreal Alouettes Hosam Shahin DT Rice
15Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Edmonton [16] via BC [15] ) Brent Urban DL Virginia
16Calgary Stampeders Brett Jones OL Regina
17Toronto Argonauts Jermaine Gabriel DB Bishop's
18Ottawa Redblacks Connor Williams DE Utah State

Round three

= CFL Division All-Star= CFL All-Star= Hall of Famer
Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionCollege
19Hamilton Tiger-Cats Carl-Olivier Prime LB Wagner
20Winnipeg Blue Bombers Carl Fitzgerald WR Saint Mary's
21BC Lions (via Edmonton [17] ) Boseko Lokombo LB Oregon
22Toronto Argonauts (via Saskatchewan [19] ) Natey Adjei WR Buffalo
23Montreal Alouettes Jesse Joseph DE Connecticut
24Edmonton Eskimos (via Hamilton [16] via BC) Kyle Norris LB Saint Mary's
25Calgary Stampeders Yannick Morin Plante WR Laval
26Edmonton Eskimos (via Toronto [18] ) Christopher Mercer OL Regina
27Ottawa Redblacks Kalonji Kashama DE Eastern Michigan

Round four

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionCollege
28Calgary Stampeders (via Hamilton [20] ) Charlie Power WR Saskatchewan
29Winnipeg Blue Bombers Michael DiCroce WR McMaster
30Montreal Alouettes (via Edmonton [14] ) Nicolas Boulay LB Sherbrooke
31Edmonton Eskimos (via Saskatchewan [21] ) Jorgen Hus LB Regina
32Montreal Alouettes Michael Klassen DL Calgary
33BC Lions Matt McGarva DB Windsor
34Edmonton Eskimos (via Calgary [23] ) Taylor Servais OL Ottawa
35Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Toronto [22] ) Simon Le Marquand WR Ottawa
36Ottawa Redblacks Tyler Digby TE Robert Morris

Round five

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionCollege
37Hamilton Tiger-Cats Isaac Dell FB Wilfrid Laurier
38Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Winnipeg [24] ) Matt Vonk OL Waterloo
39Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Toronto [19] via Edmonton [18] via Saskatchewan [25] via Edmonton [21] ) Alex Anthony WR Wilfrid Laurier
40Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Toronto [19] via Edmonton [18] via Saskatchewan [25] ) Levi Steinhauer DL Saskatchewan
41Montreal Alouettes Jake Piotrowski OL Guelph
42BC Lions Matthew Albright OL Saint Mary's
43Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Calgary [20] ) Neil King DB Saint Mary's
44Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Toronto [19] ) Spencer Moore TE McMaster

Round six

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionCollege
45Hamilton Tiger-Cats Michael Daly DB McMaster
46Winnipeg Blue Bombers Stephen Alli WR Florida
47Montreal Alouettes (via Edmonton [26] ) Simon Legare OL Montreal
48Calgary Stampeders (via Edmonton [29] via Saskatchewan [27] ) Shane Bergman OL Western
49Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Edmonton [25] via Montreal [28] ) Thomas Spoletini LB Calgary
50BC Lions Matt Walker DB British Columbia
51Edmonton Eskimos (via Calgary [29] ) Elie Ngoyi DE Bishop's
52Toronto Argonauts Michael Di Domenico OL Tarleton State

Round seven

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionCollege
53Hamilton Tiger-Cats Brett Lauther PK Saint Mary's
54Winnipeg Blue Bombers Billy Pavlopoulos PK British Columbia
55Edmonton Eskimos Smith Wright FB Alberta
56Saskatchewan Roughriders Eric Armitage OL Western
57Montreal Alouettes Damone Blackman WR Saint Mary's
58BC Lions Cameron Thorn DL Guelph
59Calgary Stampeders Dumitru Ionita P Concordia
60Toronto Argonauts Paul Spencer LB Concordia

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