| 2010 CFL Draft | |
| Logoalt: | 2010 CFL draft logo |
| Sport: | Canadian football |
| Date: | May 2 |
| Time: | 12:00 PM ET |
| Location: | Toronto |
| Network: | TSN |
| Overall: | 47 |
| Rounds: | 6 |
| First: | Shomari Williams |
| Fewest: | Edmonton Eskimos (4) Hamilton Tiger-Cats (4) Winnipeg Blue Bombers (4) Saskatchewan Roughriders (4) |
| Most: | Toronto Argonauts (9) BC Lions (9) |
| Cis: | 36 |
| Ncaa: | 11 |
| Prev: | 2009 |
| Next: | 2011 |
The 2010 CFL Draft took place on Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 12:00 PM ET on TSN.[1] 47 players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. After a number of trades, including ones made on draft day, Toronto and BC wound up with the most picks with nine apiece. The defending Grey Cup champions, the Montreal Alouettes, had seven, while the Calgary Stampeders had six. The Edmonton Eskimos, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Saskatchewan Roughriders each had four. Of the 47 draft selections, 36 players were drafted from Canadian Interuniversity Sport institutions.[2]
The Saskatchewan Roughriders also had the option to increase their number of draft picks as part of the three-way trade that was completed with Winnipeg and Hamilton in April, 2009.[3] The Roughriders could have either swapped first round picks with Winnipeg in this year's draft or in the 2011 CFL Draft, or receive two second round picks in 2011 and 2012. This was done due to the uncertainty of the Stefan LeFors trade where the traded draft pick to Edmonton was conditional upon Lefors' performance. It was then confirmed that the Roughriders had chosen to swap first round picks with the Blue Bombers in this year's draft.[4]
Source: CFL Scouting Bureau final rankings.[5]
| Final Ranking | December Ranking[6] | September Ranking[7] | Player | Position | College | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 15 | Shomari Williams | Linebacker | Queen's | |
| 2 | 1 | 6 | John Bender | Offensive guard | Nevada | |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Cory Greenwood | Linebacker | Concordia | |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Danny Watkins | Offensive tackle | Baylor | |
| 5 | 11 | 4 | Joe Eppele | Offensive tackle | Washington State | |
| 6 | 7 | 12 | Rob Maver | Kicker/Punter | Guelph | |
| 7 | 10 | 1 | Brian Bulcke | Defensive lineman | Stanford | |
| 8 | 13 | 13 | Taurean Allen | Defensive back | Wilfrid Laurier | |
| 9 | 12 | – | Eddie Steele | Defensive tackle | Manitoba | |
| 10 | – | – | Shawn Gore | Wide receiver | Bishop's Gaiters | |
| 11 | – | – | Joel Reinders | Offensive lineman | Waterloo Warriors | |
| 12 | 5 | 9 | J'Michael Deane | Offensive lineman | Michigan State | |
| 13 | 8 | 8 | Joash Gesse | Linebacker | Montreal | |
| 14 | – | – | Steven Turner | Wide receiver | Bishop's | |
| 15 | 6 | 14 | Cory Watson | Wide receiver | Concordia | |
| – | 9 | 5 | Akeem Foster | Wide receiver | St. Francis Xavier | |
| – | 14 | 7 | Chima Ihekwoaba | Defensive end | Wilfrid Laurier | |
| – | 15 | 11 | Nasser Jamal | Offensive tackle | Louisiana–Lafayette | |
| – | – | 10 | Chris Rwabukamba | Defensive back | Duke |
| = CFL Division All-Star | = CFL All-Star | = Hall of Famer |
| Pick # | width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;" | CFL Team ! | width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;" | Player ! | width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;" | Position ! | width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;" | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Toronto[9]) | LB | Queen's | |||||
| 2 | Toronto Argonauts (via Saskatchewan via Winnipeg) | Washington State | ||||||
| 3 | Toronto Argonauts (via BC[10]) | LB | Concordia | |||||
| 4 | BC Lions (via Toronto via Saskatchewan via Edmonton[11]) | OT | Baylor | |||||
| – | Forfeit Pick | |||||||
| 5 | Guelph | |||||||
| 6 | Edmonton Eskimos (via Winnipeg[12] via Saskatchewan) | Stanford | ||||||
| 7 | Concordia | |||||||
| Pick # | width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;" | CFL Team ! | width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;" | Player ! | width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;" | Position ! | width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;" | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Toronto via Saskatchewan via Toronto[13]) | Regina | ||||||
| 9 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Edmonton via Winnipeg) | WR | Concordia | |||||
| 10 | BC Lions | WR | Bishop's | |||||
| 11 | Toronto Argonauts (via Edmonton) | K | Saskatchewan | |||||
| 12 | Edmonton Eskimos (via Hamilton[14]) | DB | Saint Mary's | |||||
| 13 | Calgary Stampeders | DB | Wilfrid Laurier | |||||
| 14 | Montreal Alouettes (via Saskatchewan[15]) | DL | Wilfrid Laurier | |||||
| 15 | Montreal Alouettes | LB | North Dakota |
| Pick # | width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;" | CFL Team ! | width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;" | Player ! | width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;" | Position ! | width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;" | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | BC Lions (via Toronto) | LB | Montréal | |||||
| 17 | Calgary Stampeders (via Winnipeg[16]) | OL | Nevada | |||||
| 18 | Toronto Argonauts (via BC) | WR | Simon Fraser | |||||
| 19 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Edmonton) | Laval | ||||||
| 20 | BC Lions (via Toronto via Hamilton[17]) | DB | Montréal | |||||
| 21 | Calgary Stampeders | OL | Michigan State | |||||
| 22 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Winnipeg[18] via Edmonton via Toronto via Saskatchewan) | Manitoba | ||||||
| 23 | Montreal Alouettes | Montréal |
| Pick # | width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;" | CFL Team ! | width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;" | Player ! | width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;" | Position ! | width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;" | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | BC Lions (via Toronto) | WR | Tusculum College | |||||
| 25 | BC Lions (via Toronto via Edmonton[19] via Winnipeg) | WR | St. Francis Xavier | |||||
| 26 | Toronto Argonauts (via BC) | OT | Waterloo | |||||
| 27 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Edmonton) | DB | Duke | |||||
| 28 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Hamilton) | LB | Queen's | |||||
| 29 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Calgary) | RB | Calgary | |||||
| 30 | Toronto Argonauts (via BC via Saskatchewan) | WR | Bishop's | |||||
| 31 | Montreal Alouettes | OL | Guelph |
| Pick # | width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;" | CFL Team ! | width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;" | Player ! | width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;" | Position ! | width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;" | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | Toronto Argonauts | OL | Waterloo | |||||
| 33 | Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Winnipeg) | OL | Saskatchewan | |||||
| 34 | BC Lions | DB | St. Francis Xavier | |||||
| 35 | Edmonton Eskimos | OL | St. Cloud State | |||||
| 36 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | K/P | Saint Mary's | |||||
| 37 | Calgary Stampeders | LB | Saint Mary's | |||||
| 38 | Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Toronto[20] via Saskatchewan[21]) | DL | Buffalo | |||||
| 39 | Montreal Alouettes | LB | Simon Fraser |
| Pick # | width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;" | CFL Team ! | width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;" | Player ! | width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;" | Position ! | width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;" | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Toronto Argonauts | OL | Louisiana–Lafayette | |||||
| 41 | BC Lions (via Winnipeg) | OL | Saint Mary's | |||||
| 42 | BC Lions | WR | Simon Fraser | |||||
| 43 | Edmonton Eskimos | DB | St. Francis Xavier | |||||
| 44 | Toronto Argonauts (via Hamilton) | LB | Western | |||||
| 45 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Calgary) | DL | Western | |||||
| 46 | Calgary Stampeders (via Winnipeg[22] via Saskatchewan) | OL | British Columbia | |||||
| 47 | Montreal Alouettes | LB | Bishop's |