| 2022 CFL Global Draft | |
| Logosize: | 250px |
| Sport: | Canadian football |
| Location: | Toronto |
| Date: | May 3, 2022 |
| Time: | 12:00 pm EDT |
| Overall: | 27 |
| Rounds: | 3 |
| League: | CFL |
| First: | Kingsley Jonathan, DE, Montreal Alouettes |
| U Sports: | 2 |
| Ncaa: | 17 |
| Prev: | 2021 |
| Next: | 2023 |
The 2022 CFL Global Draft was a selection of non-Canadian and non-American players by Canadian Football League (CFL) teams that took place on May 3, 2022. It was the second CFL Draft that pools all of the global players together after previously having separate drafts for Mexican players and European players in 2019.[1] [2] 27 players were chosen from among eligible players following the CFL Combine in March.[2] Similar to the previous year's draft, this was a snake draft with the even-numbered rounds being the reverse order of the odd-numbered rounds.[3]
The draft was streamed on CFL.ca and was hosted by Marshall Ferguson and the CFL's Head of Football Operations, Greg Dick.[4]
The order of the draft was determined by a weighted lottery system and be based upon the waiver priority (reverse standings from 2021), as opposed to the random lottery order from the 2021 CFL Global Draft.[5] The weighted lottery was determined based on the waiver priority order below:
| Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Edmonton Elks | ||
| 2 | 8 | Ottawa Redblacks | ||
| 3 | 3 | BC Lions | ||
| 4 | 1 | Montreal Alouettes | ||
| 5 | 7 | Calgary Stampeders | ||
| 6 | 4 | Toronto Argonauts | ||
| 7 | 5 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | ||
| 8 | 9 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | ||
| 9 | 6 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| Pick # | width=25% style="background:#E5E5E5;" | CFL Team ! | width=20% style="background:#E5E5E5;" | Player ! | Position | width=20% style="background:#E5E5E5;" | University/Club Team ! | width=20% style="background:#E5E5E5;" | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Nigeria | ||||||||
| 2 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Edmonton) |  Australia | |||||||
| 3 | Latvia | ||||||||
| 4 | Australia | ||||||||
| 5 |  Sweden | ||||||||
| 6 | Australia | ||||||||
| 7 | Utah |  Great Britain | |||||||
| 8 |  Mexico | ||||||||
| 9 | Edmonton Elks (via Hamilton) | Australia |
| Pick # | width=25% style="background:#E5E5E5;" | CFL Team ! | width=20% style="background:#E5E5E5;" | Player ! | Position | width=20% style="background:#E5E5E5;" | University/Club Team ! | width=20% style="background:#E5E5E5;" | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Australia | |||||||
| 11 | Ottawa Redblacks |  France | |||||||
| 12 | Calgary Stampeders |  Brazil | |||||||
| 13 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Laval | France | ||||||
| 14 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Switzerland | |||||||
| 15 | Toronto Argonauts | Great Britain | |||||||
| 16 | BC Lions | Germany | |||||||
| 17 | Edmonton Elks | Brazil | |||||||
| 18 | Montreal Alouettes |  Netherlands |
| Pick # | width=25% style="background:#E5E5E5;" | CFL Team ! | width=20% style="background:#E5E5E5;" | Player ! | Position | width=20% style="background:#E5E5E5;" | University/Club Team ! | width=20% style="background:#E5E5E5;" | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Montreal Alouettes | Australia | |||||||
| 20 | Edmonton Elks |  Belgium | |||||||
| 21 | BC Lions | Germany | |||||||
| 22 | Toronto Argonauts | Brazil | |||||||
| 23 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | France | |||||||
| 24 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Australia | |||||||
| 25 | Calgary Stampeders | Australia | |||||||
| 26 | Ottawa Redblacks | Mexico | |||||||
| 27 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Latvia |
In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.
Trade references
General references