2024 CFL draft explained
The 2024 CFL draft was a selection of National players by Canadian Football League teams that took place on April 30, 2024 at 8:00 pm ET.[1] 74 players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA and NAIA.[2] [3]
Format changes
As per the 2022 collective bargaining agreement, beginning with this year's draft, the two teams that had National players featured in the highest percentage of snaps played in the 2023 CFL season were each awarded an additional second-round pick.[3] Because of this change, there will no longer be second-round territorial selections for the two worst teams from the previous season.[3] [4] [5]
Top prospects
Source: CFL Scouting Bureau rankings.[6]
Final ranking | January ranking[7] | August ranking[8] | Player | Position | University | Hometown |
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1 | 1 | 5 | Isaiah Adams | Offensive lineman | Illinois | Ajax, ON |
2 | 3 | – | Theo Johnson | Tight end | Pennsylvania State | Windsor, ON |
3 | 4 | 12 | Tanner McLachlan | Tight end | Arizona | Lethbridge, AB |
4 | 5 | 4 | Kyle Hergel | Offensive lineman | Boston College | Toronto, ON |
5 | 2 | 3 | Theo Benedet | Offensive lineman | British Columbia | North Vancouver, BC |
6 | – | – | Joel Dublanko | Linebacker | Cincinnati | Aberdeen, WA |
7 | 11 | 6 | Nick Mardner | Wide receiver | Auburn | Oakville, ON |
8 | 9 | 8 | Giovanni Manu | Offensive lineman | British Columbia | Pitt Meadows, BC |
9 | 7 | 10 | Geoffrey Cantin-Arku | Linebacker | Memphis | Lévis, QC |
10 | 20 | – | Kevin Mital | Wide receiver | Laval | Saint-Hubert, QC |
11 | 8 | 11 | Anim Dankwah | Offensive lineman | Howard | Toronto, ON |
12 | 6 | 2 | Gabe Wallace | Offensive lineman | Buffalo | Salmon Arm, BC |
13 | 15 | – | Daniel Okpoko | Defensive lineman | San Diego State | Saskatoon, SK |
14 | 18 | – | Nathaniel Dumoulin-Duguay | Offensive lineman | Laval | Rimouski, QC |
15 | 16 | 13 | Christy Nkanu | Offensive lineman | Washington State | Montreal, QC |
16 | 12 | 7 | Daniel Johnson | Offensive lineman | Purdue | London, ON |
17 | 10 | 14 | Melique Straker | Linebacker | Arkansas State | Brampton, ON |
18 | 13 | 19 | Dhel Duncan-Busby | Wide receiver | Bemidji State | Madison, OH |
19 | – | – | Luke Brubacher | Defensive lineman | Wilfrid Laurier | Listowel, ON |
20 | – | – | Kevens Clercius | Wide receiver | Connecticut | Montreal, QC |
– | 14 | 9 | Justin Sambu | Defensive lineman | Baylor | Calgary, AB |
– | 17 | 16 | Ajou Ajou | Wide receiver | Garden City | Brooks, AB |
– | 19 | 18 | Kail Dava | Defensive lineman | Tennessee Tech | Mississauga, ON |
– | – | 1 | Kurtis Rourke | Quarterback | Ohio | Oakville, ON |
– | – | 15 | Nick Wiebe | Linebacker | Saskatchewan | Okotoks, AB |
– | – | 17 | John Bosse | Offensive lineman | Calgary | Calgary, AB |
– | – | 20 | Eric Schon | Offensive lineman | Holy Cross | Barrie, ON | |
Draft order
Round one
Round two
Round three
Pick # | width=40% style="background:#E5E5E5;" | CFL team ! | width=20% style="background:#E5E5E5;" | Player ! | width=8% style="background:#E5E5E5;" | Position ! | width=20% style="background:#E5E5E5;" | University |
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21 | Edmonton Elks | | LB | Queen's |
22 | Ottawa Redblacks | | DB | Concordia (QC) |
23 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | | WR | Bemidji State |
24 | Toronto Argonauts (via Hamilton via Calgary) | | DL | Waterloo |
25 | Toronto Argonauts (via Hamilton) | | OL | Calgary |
26 | BC Lions | | DB | Laval |
27 | Toronto Argonauts | | DB | Alberta |
28 | Calgary Stampeders (via Winnipeg) | | DL | Saskatchewan |
29 | Montreal Alouettes | | DB | Colgate | |
Round four
Pick # | width=40% style="background:#E5E5E5;" | CFL team ! | width=20% style="background:#E5E5E5;" | Player ! | width=8% style="background:#E5E5E5;" | Position ! | width=20% style="background:#E5E5E5;" | University |
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30 | Edmonton Elks | | OL | Windsor |
31 | Edmonton Elks (via Ottawa) | | K | Laval |
32 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | | LB | Arkansas State |
33 | Calgary Stampeders | | DL | York (ON) |
34 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | | DB | Mount Allison |
35 | Ottawa Redblacks (via BC) | | WR | Prairie View A&M |
36 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Toronto) | | RB | Alberta |
37 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | | LS | Laval |
38 | Montreal Alouettes | | DL | South Dakota | |
Round five
Pick # | width=40% style="background:#E5E5E5;" | CFL team ! | width=20% style="background:#E5E5E5;" | Player ! | width=8% style="background:#E5E5E5;" | Position ! | width=20% style="background:#E5E5E5;" | University |
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39 | Toronto Argonauts (via Edmonton) | | DB | British Columbia |
40 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Ottawa) | | OL | Waterloo |
41 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | | OL | Purdue |
42 | Calgary Stampeders | | WR | Montreal |
43 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | | LB | British Columbia |
44 | BC Lions | | DL | Tennessee Tech |
45 | Toronto Argonauts | | DL | Carleton (ON) |
46 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | | OL | British Columbia |
47 | Montreal Alouettes | | WR | Laval | |
Round six
Pick # | width=40% style="background:#E5E5E5;" | CFL team ! | width=20% style="background:#E5E5E5;" | Player ! | width=8% style="background:#E5E5E5;" | Position ! | width=20% style="background:#E5E5E5;" | University |
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48 | Toronto Argonauts (via Edmonton) | | OL | Howard |
49 | Ottawa Redblacks | | DB | Bishop's |
50 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | | WR | Regina |
51 | Calgary Stampeders | | TE | Arizona |
52 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | | DB | Alberta |
53 | BC Lions | | LB | Maine |
54 | Toronto Argonauts | | DL | Baylor |
55 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | | WR | Manitoba |
56 | Montreal Alouettes | | RB | | |
Round seven
Round eight
Supplemental draft
On May 21, a supplemental draft was held with the Edmonton Elks forfeiting an eight round pick in the 2025 CFL Draft to select Antonio Alfano.[9]
Trades
In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.
Round one
- Hamilton ←→ Toronto (PD). Hamilton traded the fifth overall selection and two third-round picks in this year's draft, a conditional third-round pick in the 2025 CFL Draft, and the negotiation rights to Deontay Burnett to Toronto in exchange for Jordan Williams, the seventh overall selection, a second-round pick, and a fourth-round pick in this year's draft, and a conditional fourth-round pick in the 2025 CFL Draft.[10]
- Winnipeg → Calgary (D). Winnipeg traded this selection and the 28th pick in this year's draft to Calgary in exchange for the 13th and 14th overall selections in this year's draft.[11]
Round two
- Hamilton → Calgary (PD). Hamilton traded this selection, a first-round pick in the 2023 CFL Draft, a third-round pick in the 2023 CFL Draft, and a sixth-round pick in the 2023 CFL Draft to Calgary in exchange for Bo Levi Mitchell, a first-round pick in the 2023 CFL Draft, and a third-round pick in this year's draft.[12]
- Montreal → Edmonton (PD). Montreal traded this selection to Edmonton in exchange for Jesse Gibbon.[13]
- Toronto → Hamilton (PD). Toronto traded a second-round pick in this year's draft, Jordan Williams, the seventh overall selection and a fourth-round pick in this year's draft, and a conditional fourth-round pick in the 2025 CFL Draft to Hamilton in exchange for the fifth overall selection and two third-round picks in this year's draft, a conditional third-round pick in the 2025 CFL Draft, and the negotiation rights to Deontay Burnett.[10]
- Calgary → Winnipeg (D). Calgary traded the 13th and 14th picks in this year's draft to Winnipeg in exchange for the eighth and 28th overall selections in this year's draft.[11]
Round three
- Calgary → Hamilton (PD). Calgary traded this selection, Bo Levi Mitchell, and a first-round pick in the 2023 CFL Draft to Hamilton in exchange for a second-round pick in this year's draft, a first-round pick in the 2023 CFL Draft, a third-round pick in the 2023 CFL Draft, and a sixth-round pick in the 2023 CFL Draft.[12]
- Hamilton → Toronto (PD). Hamilton traded two third-round picks and the fifth overall selection in this year's draft, a conditional third-round pick in the 2025 CFL Draft, and the negotiation rights to Deontay Burnett to Toronto in exchange for Jordan Williams, the seventh overall selection, a second-round pick, and a fourth-round pick in this year's draft, and a conditional fourth-round pick in the 2025 CFL Draft.[10]
- Winnipeg → Calgary (D). Winnipeg traded this selection and the eighth pick in this year's draft to Calgary in exchange for the 13th and 14th overall selections in this year's draft.[11]
Round four
- BC → Hamilton (PD). BC traded a fourth-round selection to Hamilton in exchange for Dane Evans.[14] The draft pick could have been escalated if undisclosed conditions were met.[14]
- Hamilton → BC (PD). Hamilton traded the fourth-round selection originally acquired in the Dane Evans trade above back to BC in exchange for Jonathan Kongbo.[15]
- Ottawa → Edmonton (PD). Ottawa traded this selection to Edmonton in exchange for Kevin Francis.[16]
- BC → Ottawa (PD). BC traded a conditional fourth-round selection and a third-round pick in the 2023 CFL Draft to Ottawa in exchange for Terry Williams.[17] This condition was fulfilled, as per the official draft order.[5]
- Toronto → Hamilton (PD). Toronto traded a fourth-round pick in this year's draft, Jordan Williams, the seventh overall selection and a second-round pick in this year's draft, and a conditional fourth-round pick in the 2025 CFL Draft to Hamilton in exchange for the fifth overall selection and two third-round picks in this year's draft, a conditional third-round pick in the 2025 CFL Draft, and the negotiation rights to Deontay Burnett.[10]
Round five
- Edmonton → Toronto (PD). Edmonton traded a fifth-round selection and the negotiation rights to Xavier Gipson to Toronto in exchange Sam Acheampong.[18]
- Ottawa → Winnipeg (PD). Ottawa traded a fifth-round selection to Winnipeg in exchange for the negotiation rights of Dru Brown.[19]
Round six
- Edmonton → Toronto (PD). Edmonton traded a sixth-round selection to Toronto in exchange Theren Churchill.[20] The selection would be upgraded to a fifth-round pick if Churchill is named to the Elks' active roster for at least nine games during the 2023 season.[20]
Round seven
Conditional trades
- Montreal → Calgary (PD). Montreal traded a conditional second-round selection to Calgary in exchange for the playing rights to Laurent Duvernay-Tardif.[22] The condition will be fulfilled if Duvernay-Tardif signs with the Alouettes.
See also
References
Trade referencesGeneral references
Notes and References
- Web site: CFL Combine in Winnipeg and April 30 drafts highlight 2024 offseason . . January 31, 2024.
- Web site: Canadian Football League expands draft to eight rounds . . May 4, 2016.
- Web site: Details of the CFL's new CBA: salary cap increases, ratio changes, and guaranteed contracts . 3DownNation . May 26, 2022.
- Web site: CFL Draft to feature territorial picks . . April 17, 2019.
- Web site: Draft tracker . . January 25, 2024.
- Web site: Isaiah Adams holds top spot in spring CFL Scouting Bureau rankings . . April 17, 2024.
- Web site: Isaiah Adams headlines CFL Scouting Bureau's winter rankings . . January 25, 2024.
- Web site: Kurtis Rourke tops fall edition of CFL Scouting Bureau . . August 24, 2023.
- News: Elks Select DL Antonio Alfano in Supplemental Draft. Canadian Football League. May 5, 2022.
- Web site: Ticats acquire national LB Jordan Williams in trade with Argos . . January 29, 2024.
- Web site: Stamps tab eight in 2024 draft . . April 30, 2024.
- Web site: Hammer Time: Ticats come to terms with Bo Levi Mitchell . . January 24, 2023.
- Web site: Als acquire OL Jesse Gibbon in trade w/ Elks . . January 24, 2023.
- News: Tiger-Cats acquire draft pick from Lions in exchange for Evans . . February 23, 2023.
- News: Tiger-Cats acquire national defensive lineman Kongbo from BC . . June 5, 2023.
- Web site: Redblacks acquire LB Kevin Francis from Elks . . July 4, 2023.
- News: Redblacks acquire draft picks from Lions for WR/KR Terry Williams . . September 4, 2022.
- News: Transactions Elks acquire Acheampong from Argos . . July 8, 2023.
- News: Ottawa Acquires Rights to QB Dru Brown from Bombers . . January 18, 2024.
- News: Transaction Elks acquire Churchill from Argos . . May 14, 2023.
- Web site: Transactions Alks acquire Kurleigh Gittens Jr (WR), draft pick from Argos . . January 15, 2024.
- News: Als acquire the rights to OL Laurent Duvernay-Tardif . . July 14, 2022.