2017 CFL draft

2017 CFL Draft
General information
Sport	Canadian football
Date(s)	May 7
Time	7:00 PM EDT
Location	Toronto
Network(s)	TSN/RDS
Overview
71 total selections in 8 rounds
First selection	Faith Ekakitie DL, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Most selections	BC Lions (9) Saskatchewan Roughriders (9)
Fewest selections	Toronto Argonauts (6)
U Sports selections	56
NCAA selections	15
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The 2017 CFL Draft took place on Sunday May 7, 2017 at 7:00 PM ET on TSN and RDS. ^{[1] [2] [3]} 71 players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian universities, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. ^[4]

The draft was broadcast live on TSN for two hours and then subsequent coverage shifted to digital platforms on TSN.ca and TSN GO. The production was hosted by Farhan Lalji and featured the CFL on TSN panel which included Duane Forde, Chris Schultz, Dave Naylor, and Marshall Ferguson. ^[3] Jim Lawson, the CFL's Chairman of the Board of Governors, announced the picks for the first two rounds at the TSN studios. This was announced following the resignation of current CFL Commissioner Jeffrey Orridge. ^[5]

Top prospects

Source: CFL Scouting Bureau rankings. ^[6]

Final Ranking [7]	December Ranking [8]	September Ranking [6]	Player	Position	School	Hometown
1	1	1	Justin Senior	Offensive lineman	Mississippi State	Montreal, QC
2	3	5	Eli Ankou	Defensive lineman	UCLA	Ottawa, ON
3	5	11	Geoff Gray	Offensive lineman	Manitoba	Winnipeg, MB
4	7	4	Daniel Vandervoort	Wide receiver	McMaster	Barrie, ON
5	11	14	Faith Ekakitie	Defensive lineman	Iowa	Brampton, ON
6	8	6	Christophe Mulumba	Linebacker	Maine	Laval, QC
7	2	10	Antony Auclair	Tight end	Laval	Notre-Dame-des-Pins, QC
8	10	15	Mason Woods	Offensive lineman	Idaho	Port Coquitlam, BC
9	12	8	Nathaniel Behar	Wide receiver	Carleton	London, ON
10	15	-	Dariusz Bladek	Offensive lineman	Bethune–Cookman	Kissimmee, FL
11	9	13	Junior Luke	Defensive lineman	Montreal	Montreal, QC
12	6	2	Kwaku Boateng	Defensive lineman	Wilfrid Laurier	Milton, ON
13	13	9	Qadr Spooner	Offensive lineman	McGill	Brossard, QC
14	17	12	Robert Woodson	Defensive back	Calgary	Calgary, AB
15	19	17	Kay Okafor	Defensive lineman	St. Francis Xavier	Enugu, Nigeria
16	-	-	Braden Schram	Offensive lineman	Calgary	Manning, AB
17	-	-	Johnny Augustine	Running back	Guelph	Welland, ON
18	-	-	Fabion Foote	Defensive lineman	McMaster	North York, ON
19	-	-	Dondre Wright	Defensive back	Henderson State	Ajax, ON
20	-	-	Connor McGough	Defensive lineman	Calgary	Medicine Hat, AB
-	14	18	Jean-Simon Roy	Offensive lineman	Laval	Quebec, QC
-	16	-	Jordan Herdman	Linebacker	Simon Fraser	Winnipeg, MB
-	18	16	Nakas Onyeka	Linebacker	Wilfrid Laurier	Brampton, ON
-	20	-	Mitchell Picton	Wide receiver	Regina	Regina, SK
-	4	7	Rashaun Simonise	Wide receiver	Calgary	Vancouver, BC
-	-	3	Akeel Lynch	Running back	Nevada	Toronto, ON
-	-	19	Kwabena Asare	Offensive lineman	Carleton	Brampton, ON
-	-	20	Corey Williams	Linebacker	Toronto	Toronto, ON

Trades

In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.

Round one

• Montreal → BC (PD). Montreal traded this selection to BC for the negotiating rights to Vernon Adams. ^[9]
• Toronto → Winnipeg (PD). Toronto traded this selection, T. J. Heath, and a third-round pick in the 2018 CFL Draft to Winnipeg for Drew Willy. ^[10]
• Winnipeg ←→ Calgary (D). Winnipeg traded the sixth overall selection to Calgary for the eighth overall selection and the 34th overall selection in this year's draft. ^[11]

Round two

• None

Round three

• None

Round four

• Saskatchewan → Calgary (PD). Saskatchewan traded this selection to Calgary for Tevaughn Campbell. ^[12]
• Winnipeg → Montreal (PD). Winnipeg traded this selection to Montreal for Kevin Glenn. ^[10]
• Hamilton → Saskatchewan (PD). Hamilton traded this selection, Linden Gaydosh, Tommy Streeter, and a seventh-round pick in this year's draft to Saskatchewan for Justin Capicciotti and Xavier Fulton. ^[13]
• Montreal → Saskatchewan (PD). Montreal traded this selection and a conditional second-round pick in the 2018 CFL Draft to Saskatchewan for Darian Durant. ^[14]
• Calgary → Winnipeg (D). Calgary traded the 34th overall selection and the eighth overall selection to Winnipeg for the sixth overall selection in this year's draft. ^[11]

Round five

• Montreal → Hamilton (PD). Montreal traded this selection, Khalid Wooten, and a sixth-round pick in this year's draft to Hamilton for Cierre Wood, Denzell Perine, a fifth-round pick in this year's draft, and a sixth-round pick in this year's draft. ^[15]
• Hamilton → Montreal (PD). Hamilton traded this selection, Cierre Wood, Denzell Perine, and a sixth-round pick in this year's draft to Montreal for Khalid Wooten, a fifth-round pick in this year's draft, and a sixth-round pick in this year's draft. ^[15]
• Winnipeg → Edmonton (PD). Winnipeg traded a conditional seventh-round selection to Edmonton for Matt Nichols. ^[16] This later became a fifth-round selection after Nichols became Winnipeg's starting quarterback.

Round six

• Toronto → Montreal (PD). Toronto traded this selection and a conditional pick in the 2018 CFL Draft to Montreal for S. J. Green. ^[17]
• Montreal → Hamilton (PD). Montreal traded this selection, Khalid Wooten, and a fifth-round pick in this year's draft to Hamilton for Cierre Wood, Denzell Perine, a fifth-round pick in this year's draft, and a sixth-round pick in this year's draft. ^[15]
• Hamilton → Montreal (PD). Hamilton traded this selection, Cierre Wood, Denzell Perine, and a fifth-round pick in this year's draft to Montreal for Khalid Wooten, a fifth-round pick in this year's draft, and a sixth-round pick in this year's draft. ^[15]

Round seven

• Hamilton → Saskatchewan (PD). Hamilton traded this selection, Linden Gaydosh, Tommy Streeter, and a fourth-round pick in this year's draft to Saskatchewan for Justin Capicciotti and Xavier Fulton. ^[13]
• Edmonton → Hamilton (PD). Edmonton traded a conditional seventh-round selection to Hamilton for Brian Simmons. ^[18] The draft pick was solidified after the condition was met.

Round eight

• None

Conditional trades

• Winnipeg → Hamilton (PD). Winnipeg traded a conditional selection to Hamilton for the negotiation list rights to Tajh Boyd. ^[19] The condition was not met and Winnipeg did not transfer their selection to Hamilton.

Forfeitures

• Saskatchewan forfeits their third-round selection after selecting Kevin Francis in the 2016 Supplemental Draft. ^[20]

Draft order

Round one

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	School
1	Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Toronto [10] )	Faith Ekakitie	DL	Iowa
2	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Cameron Judge	LB	UCLA
3	BC Lions (via Montreal [9] )	Daniel Vandervoort	WR	McMaster
4	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Connor McGough	DL	Calgary
5	Edmonton Eskimos	Nathaniel Behar	WR	Carleton
6	Calgary Stampeders (via Winnipeg [11] )	Randy Colling	DL	Gannon
7	BC Lions	Junior Luke	DL	Montreal
8	Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Calgary [11] )	Geoff Gray	OL	Manitoba
9	Ottawa Redblacks	Evan Johnson	OL	Saskatchewan

Round two

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	School
10	Toronto Argonauts	Mason Woods	OL	Idaho
11	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Dariusz Bladek	OL	Bethune–Cookman
12	Montreal Alouettes	Fabion Foote	DT	McMaster
13	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Braden Schram	OL	Calgary
14	Edmonton Eskimos	Jean-Simon Roy	OL	Laval
15	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Qadr Spooner	OL	McGill
16	BC Lions	Jeremy Zver	OL	Regina
17	Calgary Stampeders	Julan Lynch	WR	Saskatchewan
18	Ottawa Redblacks	Anthony Gosselin	FB	Sherbrooke

Round three

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	School
19	Toronto Argonauts	Evan Foster	DL	Manitoba
–	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Forfeit pick [20]
20	Montreal Alouettes	Dondre Wright	DB	Henderson State
21	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Kay Okafor	DL	St. Francis Xavier
22	Edmonton Eskimos	Chris Mulumba	LB	Maine
23	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Abubakar Conteh	DB	Grambling State
24	BC Lions	Frederic Chagnon	LB	Montreal
25	Calgary Stampeders	Tunde Adeleke	DB	Carleton
26	Ottawa Redblacks	Eli Ankou	DL	UCLA

Round four

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	School
27	Toronto Argonauts	Robert Woodson	DB	Calgary
28	Calgary Stampeders (via Saskatchewan [12] )	Ante Milanovic-Litre	RB	Simon Fraser
29	Montreal Alouettes	Alexander Morrison	WR	British Columbia
30	Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Hamilton [13] )	Antony Auclair	TE	Laval
31	Edmonton Eskimos	Jordan Hoover	DB	Waterloo
32	Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Montreal [14] via Winnipeg [10] )	Eddie Meredith	OL	Western
33	BC Lions	Nate Hamlin	DB	Carleton
34	Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Calgary [11] )	Felix Menard-Briere	K	Montreal
35	Ottawa Redblacks	Louis-Philippe Bourassa	RB	Montreal

Round five

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	School
36	Toronto Argonauts	Nakas Onyeka	LB	Wilfrid Laurier
37	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Mitchell Picton	WR	Regina
38	Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Montreal [15] )	Justin Vaughn	DL	Fordham
39	Montreal Alouettes (via Hamilton [15] )	Zach Annen	OL	Carleton
40	Edmonton Eskimos	Justin Senior	OL	Mississippi State
41	Edmonton Eskimos (via Winnipeg [16] )	Kwaku Boateng	DL	Wilfid Laurier
42	BC Lions	Edward Godin	DL	Laval
43	Calgary Stampeders	Felix Gacusana Jr.	OL	Simon Fraser
44	Ottawa Redblacks	Mathieu Dupuis	DL	Montreal

Round six

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	School
45	Montreal Alouettes (via Toronto [17] )	Malcolm Carter	WR	Carleton
46	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Danny Sprukulis	OL	Toronto
47	Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Montreal [15] )	Jacob Scarfone	WR	Guelph
48	Montreal Alouettes (via Hamilton [15] )	Denzel Radford	WR	Calgary
49	Edmonton Eskimos	Kwabena Asare	OL	Carleton
50	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Ian Marouf	DL	Guelph
51	BC Lions	Dakota Brush	WR	Mount Allison
52	Calgary Stampeders	Alexandre Gagnon	DL	Sherbrooke
53	Ottawa Redblacks	Austen Hartley	WR	Calgary

Round seven

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	School
54	Toronto Argonauts	Justin Herdman	LB	Simon Fraser
55	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Alexandre Chevrier	LB	Sherbrooke
56	Montreal Alouettes	Ty Cranston	DB	Ottawa
57	Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Hamilton [10] )	Emmanuel Adusei	DT	Carleton
58	Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Edmonton [18] )	Brett Golding	OL	Wilfrid Laurier
59	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Brendon Thera-Plamondon	WR	Calgary
60	BC Lions	Jordan Herdman	LB	Simon Fraser
61	Calgary Stampeders	Adam Laurensse	DB	Calgary
62	Ottawa Redblacks	Ed Ilnicki	RB	Alberta

Round eight

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	School
63	Toronto Argonauts	Matthew Carson	DL	Calgary
64	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Marc Claudé	OL	Montreal
65	Montreal Alouettes	Oumar Toure	TE	Sherbrooke
66	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Sean Thomas-Erlington	RB	Montreal
67	Edmonton Eskimos	Mark Mackie	DL	McMaster
68	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Tylor Henry	WR	Alberta
69	BC Lions	Mitchell Hillis	WR	Saskatchewan
70	Calgary Stampeders	Richard Sindani	WR	Regina
71	Ottawa Redblacks	Jordan Filippelli	OL	Calgary

References

1. Marquee moments highlight 2017 CFL schedule in Canada's 150th year
2. 2017 CFL draft underway May 7th
3. CFL.ca (May 5, 2017). "2017 CFL draft resources". CFL.ca.
4. "CFL Draft expanded to seven rounds". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
5. Outgoing CFL commissioner Orridge will not be involved in draft
6. Senior headlines Central Scouting Bureau September Rankings, Canadian Football League, September 15, 2016, retrieved September 15, 2016.
7. Senior tops final CFL Scouting Bureau Ranking, Canadian Football League, April 13, 2017, retrieved April 14, 2017.
8. Auclair skyrockets December CFL Scouting Bureau September Rankings, Canadian Football League, December 8, 2016, retrieved December 8, 2016.
9. Alouettes officially sign Vernon Adams
10. Blue Bombers ship Willy to Argos; acquire Glenn in trade with Als
11. Round 1 Recap: Surprises, star receivers headline eventful first 9 picks
12. Riders acquire DB Tevaughn Campbell in trade with Stamps
13. Capicciotti, Gaydosh switch sides as Riders and Ticats deal
14. Alouettes acquire rights to Riders QB Darian Durant
15. Ticats, Als swap picks in late rounds of Sunday's draft
16. "Bound for Bomberland: Esks trade Nichols for pick". Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
17. Double Blue acquire SB SJ Green in trade with Als
18. "Esks acquire veteran OL Simmons in trade with 'Cats". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
19. "Bombers sign QB Tajh Boyd to practice roster". Archived from the original on 2015-09-17. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
20. Justin Dunk (24 May 2016). "Riders grab receiver Kevin Francis in CFL Supplemental Draft". CFL.ca.