2015 CFL draft

Last updated
2015 CFL Draft
General information
Sport Canadian football
Date(s)May 12
Time8:00 PM EDT
LocationToronto
Network(s) TSN2/RDS2
Overview
62 total selections in 7 rounds
First selection Alex Mateas
Most selections Montreal Alouettes (9)
Fewest selections Edmonton Eskimos (5)
CIS selections 44
NCAA selections 18
  2014
2016  

The 2015 CFL Draft took place on Tuesday, May 12, 2015, at 8:00 PM ET on TSN2 and RDS2. [1] 62 players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. [2]

Contents

For the first time since the 2006 CFL Draft, an NCAA player was drafted first overall, with Alex Mateas from the University of Connecticut being selected with the top pick. [3] Six offensive linemen were drafted in the first round, which broke the previous record of five in the 1987 CFL Draft. [4] A total of 44 CIS football players were selected in the draft with the Calgary Dinos earning the most selected players with seven, including two within the first three picks. 13 trades were made involving 15 draft picks, with all of the trades occurring before the draft.

The first two rounds were broadcast live on TSN with CFL Commissioner Jeffrey Orridge announcing each selection. The production was hosted by Farhan Lalji and featured the CFL on TSN panel which included Duane Forde, Paul LaPolice, Mike Benevides, and Lee Barrette who analyzed the teams' needs and picks. [5]

Top prospects

Source: CFL Scouting Bureau rankings.
Final
ranking [6]
December
ranking [7]
September
ranking [8]
PlayerPositionCollege
1-- Christian Covington Defensive lineman Rice
211 Brett Boyko Offensive lineman UNLV
326 Alex Mateas Offensive lineman UConn
442 Tyler Varga Running back Yale
584 Danny Groulx Offensive lineman Laval
678 Sukh Chungh Offensive lineman Calgary
735 Daryl Waud Defensive lineman Western
8-- Lemar Durant Wide receiver Simon Fraser
953 Nic Demski Wide receiver Manitoba
10614 Sean McEwen Offensive linemanCalgary
111212 Chris Ackie Defensive back Wilfrid Laurier
12911 Addison Richards Wide receiver Regina
13107 Jacob Ruby Offensive lineman Richmond
1417- Byron Archambault Linebacker Montreal
15-18 Tevaughn Campbell Defensive backRegina
16-- Shaquille Murray-Lawrence Running backUNLV
171817 Ese Mrabure-Ajufo Defensive linemanWilfrid Laurier
181919 Jake Harty Wide receiverCalgary
19-- Brandon Bridge Quarterback South Alabama
201115 Nicholas Shortill Linebacker McMaster
-1310 Dillon Guy Offensive lineman Buffalo
-1416 Karl Lavoie Offensive linemanLaval
-1513 Brandon Tennant Defensive linemanLaval
-16- Adam Konar LinebackerCalgary
-20- Ettore Lattanzio Defensive lineman Ottawa
--9 Mehdi Abdesmad Defensive lineman Boston College
--20 Rory Connop Defensive linemanWestern

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 seven

Conditional trades

Forfeitures

Draft order

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Round one

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionCollege
1 Ottawa Redblacks Alex Mateas OL UConn
2 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Sukh Chungh OL Calgary
3 Toronto Argonauts Sean McEwen OL Calgary
4 Montreal Alouettes Chris Ackie DB Wilfrid Laurier
5 BC Lions Ese Mrabure-Ajufo DL Wilfrid Laurier
6 Saskatchewan Roughriders Nic Demski WR Manitoba
7 Edmonton Eskimos Danny Groulx OL Laval
8Montreal Alouettes (via Hamilton [9] ) Jacob Ruby OL Richmond
9 Calgary Stampeders Karl Lavoie OL Laval

Round two

Pick #CFL teamPlayerPositionCollege
10Ottawa Redblacks Jake Harty WR Calgary
11Winnipeg Blue Bombers Addison Richards WR Regina
12Toronto Argonauts Daryl Waud DL Western
13Montreal Alouettes Nick Shortill LB McMaster
14BC Lions Brett Boyko OL UNLV
15Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Saskatchewan [10] ) Brendan Morgan DB Queen's
16Edmonton Eskimos David Beard OL Alberta
17Hamilton Tiger-Cats Byron Archambault LB Montreal
18Calgary Stampeders Lemar Durant WR Simon Fraser

Round three

Pick #CFL teamPlayerPositionCollege
19Calgary Stampeders (via Ottawa [11] ) Tyler Varga RB Yale
20Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Winnipeg [13] ) Jonathan Langa LB Saint Mary's
21Toronto Argonauts Cameron Walker DL Guelph
22Calgary Stampeders (via Montreal [15] ) Tevaughn Campbell DB Regina
23BC Lions Shaquille Murray-Lawrence RB UNLV
24Montreal Alouettes (via Hamilton [9] via Saskatchewan [12] ) James Bodanis OL Michigan State
25Edmonton Eskimos Adam Konar LB Calgary
26Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Winnipeg, [10] via Hamilton Tiger-Cats [13] ) Rory Connop DL Western
27Calgary Stampeders William Langlais FB Sherbrooke

Round four

Pick #CFL teamPlayerPositionCollege
28Ottawa Redblacks Tanner Doll LS Calgary
29Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Winnipeg [17] ) Ron Omara LB St. Francis Xavier
30Toronto Argonauts Matt Norzil WR Laval
31Montreal Alouettes Brandon Bridge QB South Alabama
32BC Lions Adrian Clarke LB Bishop's
33Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Saskatchewan [16] ) Christophe Normand RB Laval
34Edmonton Eskimos Andrew Johnson WR Fort Lewis
35Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Hamilton [12] ) Matt Rea FB Michigan State
36Montreal Alouettes (via Calgary [15] ) Alex Charette WR Guelph

Round five

Pick #CFL teamPlayerPositionCollege
37Ottawa Redblacks Jefferson Court FB Utah State
38Winnipeg Blue Bombers Ettore Lattanzio DL Ottawa
39Toronto Argonauts Dillon Campbell RB Wilfrid Laurier
40Montreal Alouettes Mikhail Davidson WR Montreal
41BC Lions Campbell Allison OL Eastern Michigan
42Saskatchewan Roughriders Kwame Adjei DB Mount Allison
Edmonton EskimosForfeit pick [24]
43BC Lions (via Hamilton [18] ) Christian Covington DL Rice
44Calgary Stampeders Dexter Janke DB Saskatchewan

Round six

Pick #CFL teamPlayerPositionCollege
45Ottawa Redblacks Kienan LaFrance RB Manitoba
46Winnipeg Blue Bombers Justin Warden LB Bishop's
47Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Toronto [20] ) Tyler Langlais DL Calgary
48Montreal Alouettes Quinn Lawlor DL Brigham Young
49BC Lions Joshua Brinkworth DB Pacific (OR)
50Saskatchewan Roughriders Melvin Abankwah RB Saint Mary's
51Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Edmonton [19] ) Everett Ellefsen DB McNeese State
52Hamilton Tiger-Cats Daniel English WR British Columbia
53Calgary Stampeders Aaron Picton OL Regina

Round seven

Pick #CFL teamPlayerPositionCollege
54Ottawa Redblacks Alexandre Leganiere OL Montreal
55Toronto Argonauts (via Winnipeg [21] ) Kevin Bradfield WR Toronto
56Toronto Argonauts Dan MacDonald LS Guelph
57Montreal Alouettes Anthony Coady DB Montreal
58BC Lions Maxx Forde DE Idaho
59Saskatchewan Roughriders Brandon Tennant DL Laval
60Edmonton Eskimos Blair Smith LB Angelo State
61Hamilton Tiger-Cats Preston Huggins LB Western
62Calgary Stampeders Andrew Buckley QB Calgary

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