2016 CFL draft

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2016 CFL Draft
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General information
Sport Canadian football
Date(s)May 10
Time7:00 PM EDT
LocationToronto
Network(s) TSN2/RDS2
Overview
70 total selections in 8 rounds
First selection Josiah St. John, OT
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Most selections Toronto Argonauts (9)
Ottawa Redblacks (9)
Fewest selections Edmonton Eskimos (6)
CIS selections 53
NCAA selections 17
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2017  

The 2016 CFL Draft took place on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 7:00 PM ET on TSN2 and RDS2. [1] [2] 70 players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. [3] The draft was expanded to eight rounds, which is the most since there were eight rounds in the 1992 CFL Draft. This draft also featured the most draft selections since 1987 when 72 players were drafted.

Contents

The entity which owns both TSN2 and RDS2 showed the first round of the draft on its cable TV platforms with subsequent rounds streamed on TSN GO online. The English language cable channel TSN2 featured host Farhan Lalji and the CFL on TSN panel including Duane Forde, Gary Lawless, Chris Schultz, and Lee Barrette who were chosen to analyze the teams' needs and picks while the French language channel RDS2 featured host Matthieu Proulx alongside analysts, Bruno Heppell, Didier Orméjuste and Pierre Vercheval. [2]

Top prospects

Final
Ranking [4]
December
Ranking [5]
September
Ranking [6]
PlayerPositionSchoolHometown
122 David Onyemata Defensive tackle Manitoba Lagos, Nigeria
211 Tevaun Smith Wide receiver Iowa Toronto, ON
349 Mehdi Abdesmad Defensive end Boston College Montreal, QC
453 Arjen Colquhoun Cornerback Michigan State Windsor, ON
536 Josiah St. John Offensive tackle Oklahoma Toronto, ON
6610 Charles Vaillancourt Offensive lineman Laval Coaticook, QC
7-- Alex Singleton Linebacker Montana State Thousand Oaks, CA
8817 Trent Corney Defensive end Virginia Brockville, ON
91315 Philippe Gagnon Offensive lineman Laval L'Ancienne-Lorette, QC
1018- Brian Jones Wide receiver Acadia Enfield, NS
119- Taylor Loffler Safety British Columbia Kelowna, BC
121211 Juwan Brescacin Wide receiver Northern Illinois Mississauga, ON
1375 Mercer Timmis Running back Calgary Burlington, ON
14117 Dillon Guy Offensive tackle Buffalo Hamilton, ON
151513 Anthony Thompson Safety Southern Illinois Montreal, QC
16-- Michael Couture Offensive lineman Simon Fraser Burnaby, BC
171419 Jason Lauzon-Séguin Offensive tackleLaval Pointe-Claire, QC
18164 Elie Bouka CornerbackCalgary Laval, QC
191712 Llevi Noel Wide receiver Toronto Toronto, ON
201916 Doug Corby Wide receiver Queen's Burlington, ON
-108 Mitchell Winters Defensive lineman Miami (Ohio) Mississauga, ON
-20- Quinn van Gylswyk Placekicker British Columbia Victoria, BC
--14 Michael Langlois Defensive back/linebacker Laval Amos, QC
--18 Brett Blaszko Wide receiverCalgaryBurlington, ON
--20 George Johnson Wide receiver Western London, ON

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

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

Round one

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionSchool
1 Saskatchewan Roughriders Josiah St. John OL Oklahoma
Winnipeg Blue Bombers Forfeit pick [20]
2 Montreal Alouettes Philippe Gagnon OL Laval
3 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via BC [7] ) Brandon Revenberg OL Grand Valley State
4 Toronto Argonauts Brian Jones WR Acadia
5 BC Lions (via Hamilton [7] ) Charles Vaillancourt OL Laval
6 Calgary Stampeders Alex Singleton LB Montana State
7 Ottawa Redblacks Jason Lauzon-Séguin OL Laval
8 Edmonton Eskimos Tevaun Smith WR Iowa

Round two

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionSchool
9Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Edmonton [8] via Saskatchewan [9] ) Trent Corney DL Virginia
10Winnipeg Blue Bombers Michael Couture OL Simon Fraser
11Montreal Alouettes Wayne Moore RB McMaster
12BC Lions Anthony Thompson DB Southern Illinois
13Toronto Argonauts D. J. Sackey OL Toronto
14Hamilton Tiger-Cats Mercer Timmis RB Calgary
15Calgary Stampeders Juwan Brescacin WR Northern Illinois
16Ottawa Redblacks Mikaël Charland DB Concordia
17Edmonton Eskimos Arjen Colquhoun DB Michigan State

Round three

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionSchool
18Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Saskatchewan [10] ) Mike Jones WR Southern
19Winnipeg Blue Bombers Taylor Loffler DB British Columbia
20Montreal Alouettes Sean Jamieson OL Western Ontario
21Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via BC [12] ) Terrell Davis LB British Columbia
22Toronto Argonauts Jamal Campbell OL York
23BC Lions (via Hamilton [7] ) Brett Blaszko WR Calgary
24Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Calgary [11] ) Elie Bouka DB Calgary
25Ottawa Redblacks Mehdi Abdesmad DL Boston College
26Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Edmonton [8] ) Quinn Van Glyswyk K British Columbia

Round four

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionSchool
27Toronto Argonauts (via Saskatchewan [14] ) Declan Cross RB McMaster
28Winnipeg Blue Bombers Shayne Gauthier LB Laval
29Montreal Alouettes George Johnson WR Western Ontario
30BC Lions (via Hamilton [12] via BC [7] ) Dillon Guy OL Buffalo
31Toronto Argonauts Llevi Noel WR Toronto
32BC Lions (via Hamilton [12] ) Shaquille Johnson WR Western Ontario
33Calgary Stampeders Roman Grozman OT Concordia
34Ottawa Redblacks Kevin Jackson LB Sam Houston State
35Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Hamilton [10] via Edmonton [13] ) David Onyemata DL Manitoba

Round five

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionSchool
36Saskatchewan Roughriders Alex Ogbongbemiga LB Calgary
37Winnipeg Blue Bombers Zachary Intzandt OL McMaster
38Calgary Stampeders (via Saskatchewan [11] via Montreal [15] ) Jean-Philippe Bolduc DB Laval
39Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via BC [16] ) Felix Faubert-Lussier WR Laval
40Toronto Argonauts Curtis Newton LB Guelph
41Hamilton Tiger-Cats Elroy Douglas DB Missouri Western State
42Calgary Stampeders Pierre-Luc Caron LB Laval
43Ottawa Redblacks Randy Beardy OL Windsor
44Edmonton Eskimos Josh Woodman DB Western Ontario

Round six

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionSchool
45Ottawa Redblacks (via Saskatchewan [18] ) Kyle Fraser-Audit OL Guelph
46Winnipeg Blue Bombers Rupert Butcher DL Western Ontario
47Montreal Alouettes A'dre Fraser WR Guelph
48BC Lions Brennan Van Nistelrooy DB Alberta
49Toronto Argonauts Chris Kolankowski OL York
50Montreal Alouettes (via Hamilton [17] ) Emmitt Tims WR Saskatchewan
51Calgary Stampeders Michael Kashak DL McMaster
52Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Ottawa [18] ) Alex McKay OL Manitoba
53Edmonton Eskimos Doug Corby WR Queen's

Round seven

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionSchool
54Ottawa Redblacks (via Saskatchewan [18] ) Arto Khatchikian LB Concordia
55Winnipeg Blue Bombers Alex Vitt SB Manitoba
56Montreal Alouettes Maiko Zepeda DB Montreal
57BC Lions Nathan O'Halloran FB Windsor
58Toronto Argonauts Johnathan Ngeleka Muamba DB McMaster
59Hamilton Tiger-Cats Mitchell Barnett LB British Columbia
Calgary StampedersForfeit pick [21]
60Ottawa Redblacks Jamal Kett WR Western Ontario
61Edmonton Eskimos Doug Parrish LB Western Oregon

Round eight

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionSchool
62Saskatchewan Roughriders Joshua Stanford WR Kansas
63Winnipeg Blue Bombers Frank Renaud LB Windsor
64Montreal Alouettes Matthew Toppan OL Guelph
65BC Lions Boyd Richardson DL British Columbia
66Toronto Argonauts Ryan Nieuwesteeg RB Guelph
67Hamilton Tiger-Cats Matt Uren WR Western Ontario
68Calgary Stampeders Quinn Horton DL Simon Fraser
69Ottawa Redblacks Guillaume Tremblay-Lebel LB Laval
70Edmonton Eskimos DJ Lalama LB Manitoba

References

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