2023 CFL global draft

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2023 CFL Global Draft
General information
Sport Canadian football
Date(s)May 2, 2023
Time11:00 am EDT
LocationToronto
Overview
18 total selections in 2 rounds
League CFL
First selectionBlessman Ta’ala, Ottawa Redblacks
NCAA selections 15
  2022
2024  

The 2023 CFL Global Draft was a selection of non-Canadian and non-American players by Canadian Football League (CFL) teams that took place on May 2, 2023. [1] It was the third CFL Draft that pooled all of the global players together after previously having separate drafts for Mexican players and European players in 2019. [2]

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Draft format

This year's draft featured two rounds with a total of 18 selections. [3] This was reduced from three rounds in 2022 and from four rounds in 2021. [4] This year's global draft was also the first to be based solely on the waiver priority order (reverse standings from the previous year) and the first to have the same order in each round (as opposed to a snake order draft). [3]

Draft order

Round one

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionUniversity/Club TeamNationality
1 Ottawa Redblacks Blessman Ta’ala DL Hawaii Flag of American Samoa.svg American Samoa
2 Edmonton Elks Dean Faithfull K Colorado State-Pueblo Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
3 Saskatchewan Roughriders Adam Korsak P Rutgers Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
4 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Penei Pavihi LB Hawaii Flag of American Samoa.svg American Samoa
5 Montreal Alouettes Simon Lars Sandberg DL Oregon State Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
6 Calgary Stampeders Isaac Moore OL Temple Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
7 BC Lions Jevoni Robinson WR Barry Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica
8 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Jamieson Sheahan P California Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
9 Toronto Argonauts Alfredo Gachuz Lozada K ITESM CEM Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico

Round two

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionUniversity/Club TeamNationality
10Ottawa Redblacks Lucas Lavin OL Chattanooga Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
11Edmonton Elks Kilian Zierer OL Auburn Flag of Germany.svg Germany
12Saskatchewan Roughriders Habakkuk Baldonado DL Pittsburgh Flag of Italy.svg Italy
13Hamilton Tiger-Cats Lou Hedley P Miami (FL) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
14Montreal Alouettes Rhys Byrns P Louisiana-Lafayette Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
15Calgary Stampeders Lino Schröter LB Cologne Crocodiles Flag of Germany.svg Germany
16BC Lions Junior Aho DL Southern Methodist Flag of France.svg France
17Winnipeg Blue Bombers Karl Schmitz P Jacksonville Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda
18Toronto Argonauts Emmanuel Falola LB Bristol Aztecs Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain

Trades

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

Round three

Note: These trades were made prior to the league revealing the number of rounds for this draft.

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References

Trade references

  1. "Stamps acquire P James Smith in trade with Riders". Canadian Football League. June 5, 2022.
  2. "Riders acquire Global P Jimmy Smith in trade with Calgary". Canadian Football League. Jul 4, 2022.

General references