2014 CFL draft

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2014 CFL Draft
General information
Sport Canadian football
Date(s)May 13
Time7:00 PM EDT
LocationToronto
Network(s) TSN
Overview
65 total selections in 7 rounds
First selection Pierre Lavertu
Most selections Ottawa Redblacks (9)
Calgary Stampeders (9)
Fewest selections Edmonton Eskimos (5)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (5)
CIS selections 59
NCAA selections 6
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2015  

The 2014 CFL Draft took place on Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at 7:00 PM ET on TSN. 65 players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. [1] A total of 19 trades were made involving draft picks from this year, including six made on draft day itself, with five involving picks from the first round. [2]

Contents

The Ottawa Redblacks were scheduled to pick first in each round of the 2013 CFL Draft, and were supposed to have two bonus picks at the end of the draft. [3] Due to stadium delays, Ottawa will join the Canadian Football League in 2014, and those stipulations will be applied to this year's draft instead. [4] [5] After the CFL announced that drafts would be expanding to seven rounds, it was stated that this draft would have 63 selections, implying that Ottawa would no longer receive the two bonus picks at the end of the draft. [1] However, after the 2014 draft order was released on February 23, 2014, it was revealed that Ottawa would, indeed, receive two selections at the end of the draft, increasing the total number of draftable players to 65. [6]

Beginning with the 2014 draft, non-import CIS players will be eligible to be selected in the draft three years after completing their first season of eligibility. This eliminates any rookies who sat out or redshirted for their first playing year and would be eligible to return to university. Prior to this change, players were eligible to be selected after their fourth year of post-secondary education. Additionally, for non-import players playing in the NCAA or NAIA, they are now eligible to be selected after completing their senior year. This change eliminates the possibility of NCAA or NAIA students returning to college after being drafted. [7] This change had a significant impact as it was the highest percentage of CIS/CIAU players drafted (90.8%) since 1972 when only Canadian institutions were included in the draft. Additionally, the 59 CIS players drafted was the most since the 1978 CFL Draft when 74 of 90 players drafted came from CIS programs. Finally, only one drafted player, Tchissakid Player, was from a U.S. school (Northwestern State). The other five non-CIS draftees were all from Simon Fraser, the only NCAA member in Canada.

The first round was broadcast live on TSN with CFL Commissioner Mark Cohon announcing the first selection. The production was hosted by Rod Black and featured the CFL on TSN panel which included Duane Forde, Chris Schultz, Paul LaPolice, Farhan Lalji, and Lee Barrette who analyzed the teams' needs and picks. [8] However, the broadcast was not without controversy as viewers initially needed to be subscribed to Bell Satellite TV or Rogers TV in order to view online. TSN later recognized the mistake and made the draft viewable to everyone online. [9]

Top prospects

Source: CFL Scouting Bureau rankings. [10]
Final
Ranking [11]
January
Ranking [12]
September
Ranking [10]
PlayerPositionCollege
111 Laurent Duvernay-Tardif Offensive lineman McGill
233 David Foucault Offensive lineman Montreal
324 Pierre Lavertu Offensive lineman Laval
4-- Quinn Smith Defensive lineman Concordia
542 Devon Bailey Wide receiver St. Francis Xavier
66- Evan Gill Defensive lineman Manitoba
715- Dylan Ainsworth Defensive lineman Western
89- Anthony Coombs Running back Manitoba
9515 Matthias Goossen Offensive lineman Simon Fraser
1088 Andrew Lue Linebacker Queen's
11135 Adam Thibault Defensive back Laval
121112 Casey Chin Linebacker Simon Fraser
13-- David Ménard Defensive lineman Montreal
14-- Antoine Pruneau Defensive back Montreal
1576 Beau Landry Linebacker Western
-107 Max Caron Linebacker Concordia
-129 Sam Sabourin Linebacker Queen's
-1410 Derek Wiggan Defensive lineman Queen's
--11 Kris Bastien Wide receiver Concordia
--13 Kit Hillis Wide receiver Saskatchewan
--14 Josh Burns Defensive back Windsor

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

Draft order

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

Round one

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionCollege
1 Calgary Stampeders (via Ottawa [14] ) Pierre Lavertu OL Laval
2 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Matthias Goossen OL Simon Fraser
3 Toronto Argonauts (via Edmonton [15] ) Anthony Coombs RB Manitoba
4Ottawa Redblacks (via Montreal [2] ) Antoine Pruneau DB Montreal
5Montreal Alouettes (via Ottawa [2] via BC [16] ) David Foucault OL Montreal
6Edmonton Eskimos (via Toronto [15] ) Devon Bailey WR St. Francis Xavier
7Calgary Stampeders Quinn Smith DL Concordia
8 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Saskatchewan [2] via Hamilton [13] ) Beau Landry LB Western Ontario
9Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Saskatchewan [13] ) Evan Gill DL Manitoba

Round two

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionCollege
10Montreal Alouettes (via Ottawa [2] ) Andrew Lue DB Queen's
11Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Hamilton [2] via Saskatchewan [13] via Winnipeg [18] ) Dylan Ainsworth DL Western Ontario
12BC Lions (via Edmonton [17] ) Tchissakid Player OL Northwestern State
13Ottawa Redblacks (via Montreal [2] ) Scott MacDonell WR Queen's
14BC Lions Pascal Lochard FB Laval
15Edmonton Eskimos (via Toronto [15] ) Aaron Milton RB Toronto
16Calgary Stampeders Max Caron LB Concordia
17Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Saskatchewan [2] via Hamilton [2] ) Jesse Briggs LB McGill
18Saskatchewan Roughriders Alex Pierzchalski WR Toronto

Round three

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionCollege
19Calgary Stampeders (via Ottawa [26] ) Laurent Duvernay-Tardif OL McGill
20Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Winnipeg [2] ) Johnny Mark K Calgary
21Toronto Argonauts (via Edmonton [15] ) Jaskaran Dhillon OL British Columbia
22Montreal Alouettes Jeffrey Finley DL Guelph
23Ottawa Redblacks (via Calgary [26] via BC [22] ) Nigel Romick DL Saint Mary's
24Calgary Stampeders (via Winnipeg [25] via Toronto [24] ) Adam Thibault DB Laval
25Calgary Stampeders Joe Circelli OL Western Ontario
26Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Winnipeg [2] via Calgary [25] via Hamilton [19] ) Kristopher Bastien WR Concordia
27BC Lions (via Saskatchewan [21] ) Casey Chin LB Simon Fraser

Round four

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionCollege
28Ottawa Redblacks Aaron Wheaton OL Toronto
29Winnipeg Blue Bombers Derek Jones DB Simon Fraser
30Edmonton Eskimos Raye Hartmann DB St. Francis Xavier
31Montreal Alouettes James Tuck DL York
32BC Lions David Menard DL Montreal
33Toronto Argonauts Thomas Miles LB Manitoba
34Calgary Stampeders Derek Wiggan DL Queen's
35Montreal Alouettes (via Hamilton [27] ) Andrew Smith WR Manitoba
36Toronto Argonauts (via Saskatchewan [28] ) Alexandre Dupuis FB Montreal

Round five

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionCollege
37Ottawa Redblacks Hugo Desmarais OL Laval
38Toronto Argonauts (via Winnipeg [24] ) Eric Black DB Saint Mary's
39Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Edmonton [29] ) Matt Webster DB Queen's
40Calgary Stampeders (via Montreal [30] ) Tyler Crapigna K McMaster
41BC Lions Alexander Fox WR Bishop's
42Toronto Argonauts Evan Pszczonak WR Windsor
43Montreal Alouettes (via Calgary [30] ) Nick Boyd K/P Manitoba
44Hamilton Tiger-Cats Christopher Johnson LB Toronto
45Saskatchewan Roughriders Kyle Paterson OL Regina

Round six

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionCollege
46Ottawa Redblacks Stephon Miller DL Windsor
47Winnipeg Blue Bombers Quinn Everett DL Mount Allison
48Edmonton Eskimos Zach Medeiros K/P Montreal
49Montreal Alouettes Jean-Christophe Beaulieu FB Sherbrooke
50BC Lions Dylan Roper DL Simon Fraser
51Toronto Argonauts Tore Corrado WR Simon Fraser
52Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Calgary [19] ) Mathieu Girard DL Montreal
53Hamilton Tiger-Cats Stephen Mawa DL British Columbia
54Saskatchewan Roughriders Travis Bent LB Concordia

Round seven

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionCollege
55Ottawa Redblacks Vincent Desloges DL Laval
56Winnipeg Blue Bombers Aram Eisho LB McMaster
57Edmonton Eskimos Michael Dadzie DL Regina
58Montreal Alouettes Mackenzie Sarro WR/FB Calgary
59BC Lions Guillaume Bourassa RB Laval
60Toronto Argonauts Kirby Fletcher DL Acadia
61Calgary Stampeders Brian Marshall WR Western Ontario
62Hamilton Tiger-Cats Martin Pesek DL Acadia
63Saskatchewan Roughriders Terry Hart OL St. Francis Xavier
64Ottawa Redblacks Alexandre Bernard LB McGill
65Ottawa Redblacks Kevin Malcolm LS McMaster

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