2016 CFL Draft | |
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General information | |
Sport | Canadian football |
Date(s) | May 10 |
Time | 7:00 PM EDT |
Location | Toronto |
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 |
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.
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]
In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.
= CFL Division All-Star | = CFL All-Star | = Hall of Famer |
Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | School |
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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 |
Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | School |
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9 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Edmonton [8] via Saskatchewan [9] ) | Trent Corney | DL | Virginia |
10 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Michael Couture | OL | Simon Fraser |
11 | Montreal Alouettes | Wayne Moore | RB | McMaster |
12 | BC Lions | Anthony Thompson | DB | Southern Illinois |
13 | Toronto Argonauts | D. J. Sackey | OL | Toronto |
14 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Mercer Timmis | RB | Calgary |
15 | Calgary Stampeders | Juwan Brescacin | WR | Northern Illinois |
16 | Ottawa Redblacks | Mikaël Charland | DB | Concordia |
17 | Edmonton Eskimos | Arjen Colquhoun | DB | Michigan State |
Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | School |
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18 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Saskatchewan [10] ) | Mike Jones | WR | Southern |
19 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Taylor Loffler | DB | British Columbia |
20 | Montreal Alouettes | Sean Jamieson | OL | Western Ontario |
21 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via BC [12] ) | Terrell Davis | LB | British Columbia |
22 | Toronto Argonauts | Jamal Campbell | OL | York |
23 | BC Lions (via Hamilton [7] ) | Brett Blaszko | WR | Calgary |
24 | Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Calgary [11] ) | Elie Bouka | DB | Calgary |
25 | Ottawa Redblacks | Mehdi Abdesmad | DL | Boston College |
26 | Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Edmonton [8] ) | Quinn Van Glyswyk | K | British Columbia |
Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | School |
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27 | Toronto Argonauts (via Saskatchewan [14] ) | Declan Cross | RB | McMaster |
28 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Shayne Gauthier | LB | Laval |
29 | Montreal Alouettes | George Johnson | WR | Western Ontario |
30 | BC Lions (via Hamilton [12] via BC [7] ) | Dillon Guy | OL | Buffalo |
31 | Toronto Argonauts | Llevi Noel | WR | Toronto |
32 | BC Lions (via Hamilton [12] ) | Shaquille Johnson | WR | Western Ontario |
33 | Calgary Stampeders | Roman Grozman | OT | Concordia |
34 | Ottawa Redblacks | Kevin Jackson | LB | Sam Houston State |
35 | Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Hamilton [10] via Edmonton [13] ) | David Onyemata | DL | Manitoba |
Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | School |
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36 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Alex Ogbongbemiga | LB | Calgary |
37 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Zachary Intzandt | OL | McMaster |
38 | Calgary Stampeders (via Saskatchewan [11] via Montreal [15] ) | Jean-Philippe Bolduc | DB | Laval |
39 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via BC [16] ) | Felix Faubert-Lussier | WR | Laval |
40 | Toronto Argonauts | Curtis Newton | LB | Guelph |
41 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Elroy Douglas | DB | Missouri Western State |
42 | Calgary Stampeders | Pierre-Luc Caron | LB | Laval |
43 | Ottawa Redblacks | Randy Beardy | OL | Windsor |
44 | Edmonton Eskimos | Josh Woodman | DB | Western Ontario |
Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | School |
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45 | Ottawa Redblacks (via Saskatchewan [18] ) | Kyle Fraser-Audit | OL | Guelph |
46 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Rupert Butcher | DL | Western Ontario |
47 | Montreal Alouettes | A'dre Fraser | WR | Guelph |
48 | BC Lions | Brennan Van Nistelrooy | DB | Alberta |
49 | Toronto Argonauts | Chris Kolankowski | OL | York |
50 | Montreal Alouettes (via Hamilton [17] ) | Emmitt Tims | WR | Saskatchewan |
51 | Calgary Stampeders | Michael Kashak | DL | McMaster |
52 | Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Ottawa [18] ) | Alex McKay | OL | Manitoba |
53 | Edmonton Eskimos | Doug Corby | WR | Queen's |
Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | School |
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54 | Ottawa Redblacks (via Saskatchewan [18] ) | Arto Khatchikian | LB | Concordia |
55 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Alex Vitt | SB | Manitoba |
56 | Montreal Alouettes | Maiko Zepeda | DB | Montreal |
57 | BC Lions | Nathan O'Halloran | FB | Windsor |
58 | Toronto Argonauts | Johnathan Ngeleka Muamba | DB | McMaster |
59 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Mitchell Barnett | LB | British Columbia |
– | Calgary Stampeders | Forfeit pick [21] | ||
60 | Ottawa Redblacks | Jamal Kett | WR | Western Ontario |
61 | Edmonton Eskimos | Doug Parrish | LB | Western Oregon |
Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | School |
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62 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Joshua Stanford | WR | Kansas |
63 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Frank Renaud | LB | Windsor |
64 | Montreal Alouettes | Matthew Toppan | OL | Guelph |
65 | BC Lions | Boyd Richardson | DL | British Columbia |
66 | Toronto Argonauts | Ryan Nieuwesteeg | RB | Guelph |
67 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Matt Uren | WR | Western Ontario |
68 | Calgary Stampeders | Quinn Horton | DL | Simon Fraser |
69 | Ottawa Redblacks | Guillaume Tremblay-Lebel | LB | Laval |
70 | Edmonton Eskimos | DJ Lalama | LB | Manitoba |