The National Lacrosse League entry draft is an annual event where the general managers of National Lacrosse League teams choose eligible players for their rosters from US college programs and Canada's junior lacrosse system.
A player is deemed eligible for the draft if he is 21 years of age, or is less than 21 years of age and has used or given up all NCAA or NAIA eligibility.[1]
The 2023 entry draft took place on September 15th, 2023 at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Toronto. 97 players were selected in 6 rounds.[2]
The 2022 entry draft took place on September 10, 2022, at The Carlu in Toronto. 104 players were selected in 6 rounds.[3] [4]
The 2021 entry draft took place on August 28, 2021, virtually with 6 rounds and 90 players selected.[5]
| Team | Player | Position | Club/college | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jonathan Donville | RF | ||||
2 | Ryan Lanchbury | RF | Traded from New York Riptide | |||
3 | Tehoka Nanticoke | RF | Traded from Rochester Knighthawks | |||
4 | Adam Charalambides | LF | ||||
5 | Mike McCannell | LT | ||||
6 | Kyle Waters | RF | ||||
7 | Jake Boudreau | LT | Traded from Colorado Mammoth | |||
8 | Ryan Barnable | LD | Traded from Philadelphia Wings | |||
9 | Patrick Shoemay | RD | Traded from Florida Launch | |||
10 | Justin Inacio | RT | Traded from Buffalo Bandits via Philadelphia Wings | |||
11 | Nathan Grenon | LF | Traded from Toronto Rock via Georgia Swarm | |||
12 | Max Wilson | RD | ||||
13 | Jacob Dunbar | RF | Traded from Saskatchewan Rush via Buffalo Bandits | |||
14 | Thomas Vaesen | LF | Traded from Albany FireWolves | |||
15 | Hunter Lemeuix | LF | Traded from Calgary Roughnecks via Panther City LC | |||
16 | Patrick Kaschalk | LD | Compensatory selection |
The 2020 entry draft took place on September 17, 2020, virtually with 6 rounds and 93 players selected.[6] [7]
| Team | Player | Position | Club/college | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jeff Teat | F | ||||
2 | Reid Bowering | D | Traded from Rochester Knighthawks | |||
3 | Ryan Smith | F | Traded from Vancouver Warriors | |||
4 | Tre Leclaire | F | ||||
5 | Tanner Cook | F | ||||
6 | Robert Hudson | T | Traded from Colorado Mammoth | |||
7 | Marshall Powless | F | Six Nations | Traded from Philadelphia Wings | ||
8 | Jeff Henrick | D | Ohio State University | |||
9 | Brad McCulley | F | ||||
10 | F | Traded from Toronto Rock | ||||
11 | Ethan Riggs | D | ||||
12 | Connor McClelland | D | ||||
13 | Laine Hruska | D | Saskatchewan SWAT | Traded from New England Black Wolves | ||
14 | Harrison Matsuoka | T | Stony Brook University | Traded from Halifax Thunderbirds | ||
15 | Mac O'Keefe | F | ||||
16 | Jackson Suboch | D |
The 2019 entry draft took place on September 17, 2019, at Xfinity Live! in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[8]
| Team | Player | Club/college | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tyson Gibson | Robert Morris University | ||
2 | Ryland Rees | Stony Brook University | ||
3 | Andrew Kew | University of Tampa | ||
4 | Holden Garlent | Canisius College | ||
5 | Clarke Petterson | Cornell University | ||
6 | Warren Jeffrey | University of Vermont | ||
7 | Liam LeClair | Six Nations Jr. A | ||
8 | Haiden Dickson | Coquitlam Adanacs | ||
9 | Justin Robinson | Robert Morris University | ||
10 | Tyson Bomberry | Syracuse University | ||
11 | Kason Tarbell | Cornell University | ||
12 | Brent Noseworthy | University of Michigan | ||
13 | Ryan MacSpadyen | Mercy College | ||
14 | Trevor Smyth | Rochester Institute of Technology | ||
15 | Aaron Forster | New Jersey Institute of Technology | ||
16 | Tanner Thomson | Marquette University | ||
17 | Zach Goodrich | Towson University |
The 2018 entry draft took place on September 25, 2018, at Xfinity Live! in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[9]
| Team | Player | Club/college | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Austin Staats | Onondaga Community College | ||
2 | Chris Cloutier | University of North Carolina | ||
3 | Matt Gilray | Bucknell University | ||
4 | Ian MacKay | University of Vermont | ||
5 | Connor Robinson | High Point University | ||
6 | Shane Simpson | University of North Carolina | ||
7 | Brendan Bomberry | Syracuse University | ||
8 | Adam Wiedemann | Belmont Abbey College | ||
9 | James Barclay | Providence College | ||
10 | University of Albany | |||
11 | Connor Kearnan | Canisius College | ||
12 | Eli Salama | Rochester Institute of Technology | ||
13 | Reece Callies | Colorado Mesa University |
The 2017 entry draft took place on September 18, 2017, at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Oakville, Ontario.[10]
| Team | Player | Club/college | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Burnaby Lakers / Hofstra University | |||
2 | Jake Withers | Atlanta Blaze | ||
3 | Zach Currier | Peterborough Lakers | ||
4 | Zed Williams | Rochester Rattlers | ||
5 | Austin Shanks | Brooklin Redmen | ||
6 | Eric Fannell | Oakville Rock | ||
7 | Colton Watkinson | Brooklin Redmen | ||
8 | Anthony Joaquim | Brampton Excelsiors | ||
9 | Tyler Pace | Langley Thunder / University of Denver | ||
10 | JP Kealey | Langley Thunder | ||
11 | Ryan Martel | Langley Thunder |
The 2016 entry draft took place on September 26, 2016, at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Toronto.[11]
| Team | Player | Club/college | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ryan Keenan | Quinnipiac University | ||
2 | Challen Rogers | Stony Brook University | ||
3 | Michael Messenger | Limestone College | ||
4 | Bryan Cole | University of Maryland | ||
5 | Holden Cattoni | Johns Hopkins University | ||
6 | Josh Currier | Virginia Wesleyan College | ||
7 | Kyle Jackson | University of Michigan | ||
8 | Seth Oakes | University of Albany | ||
9 | Zach Herreweyers | Loyola University Maryland | ||
10 | Connor Sellars | Belmont Abbey College |
The 2015 entry draft took place on September 28, 2015, at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Toronto.[12]
| Team | Player | Club/college | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Albany | |||
2 | Graeme Hossack | Lindenwood | ||
3 | Jesse King | Ohio State | ||
4 | Wesley Berg | Denver | ||
5 | Chad Tutton | North Carolina | ||
6 | Randy Staats | Syracuse | ||
7 | Reilly O'Connor | Georgetown | ||
8 | Dan Lintner | Cornell | ||
9 | Brad Gillies | RIT |
The 2014 entry draft took place on September 16, 2014, at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Oakville.[13]
| Team | Player | Club/college | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Drexel Dragons | |||
2 | Jeremy Noble | University of Denver | ||
3 | Miles Thompson | University at Albany | ||
4 | Eli McLaughlin | Coquitlam, British Columbia | ||
5 | Minnesota Swarm | Shane MacDonald | Brampton, Ontario | |
6 | Mark Cockerton | University of Virginia | ||
7 | Colorado Mammoth | Robert Hope | Pfeiffer University | |
8 | New England Black Wolves | Quinn Powless | Six Nations, Ontario | |
9 | Adelphi University |
The 2013 entry draft took place on September 16, 2013, at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Oakville.[13]
| Team | Player | Club/college | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Logan Schuss | Ohio State University | ||
2 | Minnesota Swarm | Jason Noble | Cornell University | |
3 | Bellarmine University | |||
4 | Minnesota Swarm | Cameron Flint | University of Denver | |
5 | Drexel University | |||
6 | Tor Reinholdt | Limestone College | ||
7 | Minnesota Swarm | Scott Jones | UMBC | |
8 | Cody Bremner | Cornell University | ||
9 | Ethan O'Connor | Hobart College |
The 2012 entry draft took place on October 1, 2012.[14]
| Team | Player | Club/college | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | University of Denver | |||
2 | Brock Sorenson | Ohio State University | ||
3 | Kiel Matisz | Robert Morris University | ||
4 | Shayne Jackson | Limestone College | ||
5 | Kitchener, Ontario | |||
6 | Brampton, Ontario | |||
7 | Matthew Dinsdale | Coquitlam, BC | ||
8 | Curtis Knight | Whitby, Ontario | ||
9 | Colton Clark | Bellarmine University | ||
10 | RIT |
The 2011 entry draft took place on September 21, 2011.[15]
| Team | Player | Club/college | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Stony Brook University | |||
2 | Stephen Keogh | Syracuse University | ||
3 | Canisius College | |||
4 | Jordan MacIntosh | Rochester Institute of Technology | ||
5 | Rochester Knighthawks | Six Nations, Ontario | ||
6 | Minnesota Swarm | Evan Kirk | Hobart College | |
7 | Coquitlam, British Columbia | |||
8 | Colorado Mammoth | Dan Coates | Canisius College |
The 2010 entry draft took place on September 8, 2010, at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel in Toronto.[16] [17]
| Team | Player | Club/college | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Syracuse University | |||
2 | Dowling College | |||
3 | University of Delaware | |||
4 | Andrew Suitor | R.I.T. | ||
5 | Rochester Knighthawks | Jarrett Davis | Bellarmine University | |
6 | Calgary Roughnecks | Dan MacRae | R.I.T. | |
7 | Boston Blazers | David Brock | University at Albany | |
8 | Calgary Roughnecks | Brandon Ivey | Orangeville, Ontario | |
9 | Travis Irving | New Westminster, British Columbia | ||
10 | Rochester Knighthawks | Ryan McClelland | Colgate University |
The 2009 entry draft took place in Buffalo, New York, on September 9.[18]
| Team | Player | Club/college | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Six Nations Arrows/Syracuse University | |||
2 | Ilija Gajic | New Westminster Salmonbellies/University of Denver | ||
3 | Whitby Warriors/Duke University & Bryant University | |||
4 | Cliff Smith | New Westminster Salmonbellies/University of Denver | ||
5 | Alex Gajic | New Westminster Salmonbellies/University of Denver | ||
6 | Garrett Billings | Burnaby Lakers/University of Virginia | ||
7 | Port Coquitlam Saints/Ohio State University | |||
8 | Cornell University | |||
9 | St. Catharines Athletics/University of Albany | |||
10 | Kyle Clancy | Peterborough Lakers | ||
11 | Stephen Leblanc | Burnaby Lakers/Queen's University | ||
12 | Edmonton Rush | Scott Tinning | Brampton Excelsiors |
The 2008 entry draft took place in Boston, Massachusetts, on September 7.[19]
| Team | Player | Club/college | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Orangeville Northmen/Hobart College | |||
2 | Johns Hopkins University | |||
3 | San Jose Stealth | Victoria Shamrocks Jr.A/Stony Brook University | ||
4 | Jamie Floris | St. Catharines Athletics/Bellarmine University | ||
5 | San Jose Stealth | Johns Hopkins University | ||
6 | New Westminster Salmonbellies Jr.A/Simon Fraser University | |||
7 | Duke University | |||
8 | Kitchener-Waterloo Braves/Robert Morris College | |||
9 | Bellarmine University | |||
10 | Brampton Excelsiors/Dowling College | |||
11 | Minnesota Swarm | Kevin Buchanan | Ohio State University | |
12 | Portland LumberJax | Tim Campeau | Coquitlam Adanacs Jr.A/Notre Dame de Namur University | |
13 | Minnesota Swarm | Joe Cinosky | University of Maryland |
The 2007 entry draft took place on September 1, 2007, at the Pepsi Center in Denver.[17]
| Team | Player | Club/college | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | University of Delaware | |||
2 | University of Albany | |||
3 | Six Nations Arrows/Onondaga Community College | |||
4 | Burnaby Lakers Jr.A | |||
5 | St. Catharines Athletics/University of Albany | |||
6 | Port Coquitlam Saints | |||
7 | San Jose Stealth | Bellarmine University | ||
8 | Matt MacLeod | Orangeville Northmen | ||
9 | Justin Norbraten | Bellarmine University | ||
10 | Peter McFeteridge | Burnaby Lakers Jr.A | ||
11 | Boston Blazers | Matt Lyons | Orangeville Northmen | |
12 | Kevin Ross | Canisius College | ||
13 | New York Titans | Cornell University | ||
14 | Rochester Knighthawks | Andrew Potter | St. Catharines Athletics |
The 2006 entry draft took place on September 13, 2006, at the Madison Square Garden in New York City.[17]
The 2005 entry draft took place on August 29, 2005, at Rexall Place in Edmonton.[17]
| Team | Player | Club/college | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Orangeville Northmen/Georgetown University | |||
2 | Peterborough Lakers/Bellarmine University | |||
3 | St. Catharines Athletics/Cornell University | |||
4 | Philadelphia Wings | Orillia Rama Kings&St. Catharines Athletics/University of Delaware | ||
5 | Matt Brown | University of Denver | ||
6 | St. Catharines Athletics/Canisius College | |||
7 | Peterborough Lakers/Canisius College | |||
8 | San Jose Stealth | Orillia Rama Kings/University of Massachusetts Amherst | ||
9 | Philadelphia Wings | Chad Thompson | N/A | |
10 | Brampton Excelsiors | |||
11 | San Jose Stealth | Ed Brown | Middlebury College |
| Team | Player | Club/college | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Buffalo Bandits | Delby Powless | Six Nations Arrows/Rutgers University | |
2 | Vancouver Ravens | Rory Glaves | St. Catharines Athletics/University of Hartford | |
3 | San Jose Stealth | Ryan Boyle | Princeton University | |
4 | Arizona Sting | Darren Halls | Orangeville Northmen | |
5 | Philadelphia Wings | Rob VanBeek | Coquitlam Adanacs Jr.A/Saint Vincent College | |
6 | Minnesota Swarm | Ryder Bateman | Victoria Shamrocks Jr.A/Whittier College | |
7 | Vancouver Ravens | Chris McKay | Victoria Shamrocks Jr.A | |
8 | Rochester Knighthawks | Mike Morrison | Brooklin Redmen | |
9 | Calgary Roughnecks | Matt Morehouse | Surrey/BCLA |
The 2003 entry draft took place on October 25, 2003, at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel in Toronto.[17]
| Team | Player | Club/college | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mark Miyashita | Canisius College | ||
2 | Duke University | |||
3 | Butler University | |||
4 | Vancouver Ravens | St. Catharines Athletics&Burnaby Lakers Jr.A/University of Massachusetts Amherst | ||
5 | Peterborough Lakers | |||
6 | University of Virginia | |||
7 | Victoria/BCLA | |||
8 | Josh Bergey | Salisbury University | ||
9 | Philadelphia Wings | St. Catharines Athletics/University of Vermont | ||
10 | San Jose Stealth | Kelly Hall | Whittier College | |
11 | Kyle Nuefeld | St. Catharines Athletics | ||
12 | Vancouver Ravens | Kevin Olson | Burnaby/BCLA |
The 2002 entry draft took place on September 17, 2002, at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto.[17]
| Team | Player | Club/college | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Orangeville Northmen/Mercyhurst College | |||
2 | Jon Harasym | University of Maryland | ||
3 | St. Catharines Athletics | |||
4 | Columbus Landsharks | Limestone College | ||
5 | Limestone College | |||
6 | Peter Veltman | Orangeville Northmen | ||
7 | Columbus Landsharks | St. Catharines Athletics | ||
8 | Josh Coffman | Syracuse University | ||
9 | New York Saints | Orangeville Northmen | ||
10 | Toronto Rock | Brian Croswell | Peterborough Lakers | |
11 | Peter Benedict | Onondaga Community College | ||
12 | Columbus Landsharks | Georgetown University | ||
13 | Toronto Rock | John McLellan | Toronto Beaches |
The 2001 entry draft took place on August 25, 2001, at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo.[17]
| Team | Player | Club/college | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | New York Saints | Gavin Prout | Loyola College | |
2 | Calgary Roughnecks | Blaine Manning | Radford University | |
3 | New Jersey Storm | Scott Stewart | Drexel Dragons | |
4 | Columbus Landsharks | Derek Suddons | University of Hartford | |
5 | Columbus Landsharks | Ryan Cousins | ||
6 | Columbus Landsharks | Spencer Martin | Coquitlam | |
7 | Albany Attack | Brian Kazarian | Orangeville Northmen | |
8 | Vancouver Ravens | Geoff Snider | Burnaby Lakers | |
9 | Columbus Landsharks | Bill Greer | ||
10 | Vancouver Ravens | Kevin Hanson | Burnaby Lakers | |
11 | Rochester Knighthawks | Teddy Jenner | Mercyhurst College | |
12 | Toronto Rock | Sandy Chapman | Brampton Excelsiors | |
13 | Ottawa Rebel | Andrew Guindon | Burnaby Lakers |
The 2000 entry draft took place on September 21, 2000, at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto.[17]
| Team | Player | Club/college | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Columbus Landsharks | Tracey Kelusky | University of Hartford | |
2 | Buffalo Bandits | Ryan Powell | Syracuse University | |
3 | New York Saints | Ben Prepchuk | Burnaby Lakers Jr.A | |
4 | Philadelphia Wings | Jeff Ratcliffe | University of Maryland, Baltimore County/ Port Coquitlam Saints | |
5 | Columbus Landsharks | Marshall Abrams | Syracuse University | |
6 | Ottawa Rebel | Jake Lawson | Maple Ridge Burrards WLA | |
7 | New York Saints | A.J. Haugen | Johns Hopkins University | |
8 | Rochester Knighthawks | Lindsay Plunkett | Burnaby Lakers Jr.A | |
9 | Toronto Rock | Jamie Taylor |
The 1999 entry draft took place on September 21, 1999, at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo.[17]
| Team | Player | Club/college | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rochester Knighthawks | John Grant, Jr. | Peterborough Lakers/University of Delaware | |
2 | New York Saints | Gord Nash | ||
3 | New York Saints | Mark Frye | Loyola College | |
4 | Toronto Rock | John Olson | Burnaby Lakers Jr.A | |
5 | Philadelphia Wings | Greg McCavera | Georgetown University | |
6 | Albany Attack | Scott Stewart | ||
7 | Philadelphia Wings | Gewas Schindler | Loyola College | |
8 | Toronto Rock | Kevin Langdale | Rochester Institute of Technology | |
9 | Rochester Knighthawks | Ben Hunt | Rochester Institute of Technology |
The 1998 entry draft took place on September 14, 1998, at the ESL Sports Centre in Rochester.[17]
| Team | Player | Club/college | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Syracuse University | |||
2 | Burnaby Lakers WLA | |||
3 | Toronto Rock | Rory Graham | Burnaby Lakers WLA | |
4 | University of Virginia | |||
5 | Rochester Knighthawks | St. Andrews Presbyterian College | ||
6 | Loyola College | |||
7 | New Westminster Salmonbellies Jr.A |
See main article: 1997 NLL Draft.
| Team | Player | Club/college | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Loyola College | |||
2 | Brendan Glass | University of Massachusetts Amherst | ||
3 | ||||
4 | Jim Rankin | Orangeville Northmen | ||
5 | Peterborough Lakers | |||
6 | Orangeville Northmen | |||
7 | Casey Zaph | Peterborough Lakers | ||
8 | Buffalo Bandits | Marty O’Brien |
| Team | Player | Club/college | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tim Langton | Towson State University | ||
2 | University of Maryland | |||
3 | Six Nations Arrows | |||
4 | Chris Panos | Hofstra University | ||
5 | Greg Traynor | University of Virginia | ||
6 | Mike Murray | Orangeville Northmen |
| Team | Player | Club/college | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | New York Saints | Brian Piccola | Johns Hopkins University | |
2 | Philadelphia Wings | Matt Dwan | Loyola College | |
3 | Buffalo Bandits | Jason Luke | St. Catharines Athletics | |
4 | Boston Blazers | Keith Flanigan | Springfield College | |
5 | Rochester Knighthawks | Derek Collins | Scarborough Saints | |
6 | Philadelphia Wings | Peter Jacobs | Johns Hopkins University |
| Team | Player | Club/college | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Cam Bomberry | St. Catharines Athletics/Six Nations Arrows/Nazareth College | ||
2 | University of North Carolina | |||
3 | Robert Felt | Springfield College | ||
4 | Princeton University | |||
5 | Rodd Squire | Six Nations Arrows | ||
6 | Scott Reinhardt | Princeton University |
| Team | Player | Club/college | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | John Webster | University of North Carolina | ||
2 | Andy Towers | Brown University | ||
3 | Greg Van Sickle | N/A | ||
4 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | |||
5 | Philadelphia Wings | Princeton University | ||
6 | Gil Nieuwendyk | N/A |
| Team | Player | Club/college | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Pittsburgh Bulls | Jim Buczek | University of North Carolina | |
2 | Boston Blazers | Dave Donovan | Duke University | |
3 | Baltimore Thunder | Jim Blanding | Loyola College | |
4 | New York Saints | Steve Huff | University of North Carolina | |
5 | Detroit Turbos | Bill Callan | N/A | |
6 | Buffalo Bandits | Tom Marechek | Syracuse University |
| Team | Player | Club/college | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Buffalo Bandits | Darris Kilgour | St. Catharines Athletics/Nazareth College | |
2 | Boston Blazers | Neil Ringers | Ohio Wesleyan | |
3 | Pittsburgh Bulls | Phil Willard | University of Maryland | |
4 | Philadelphia Wings | Rob Shek | Towson State University | |
5 | New York Saints | Andy Kraus | University of Virginia | |
6 | Baltimore Thunder | Tony Millon | Towson State University | |
7 | Detroit Turbos | John Hamilton | University of Victoria |
| Team | Player | Club/college | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Esquimalt Legion Jr.A/Syracuse University | |||
2 | Tim Hormes | Washington | ||
3 | Brian Kroneberger | Loyola College | ||
4 | Jon Reese | Yale University | ||
5 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | |||
6 | Detroit Turbos | Esquimalt Legion Jr.A/Syracuse University |
| Team | Player | Club/college | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Pittsburgh Bulls | Brendan Kelly | Johns Hopkins University | |
2 | New England Blazers | Toby Boucher | Ohio Wesleyan | |
3 | Baltimore Thunder | Bart Aldridge | University of Delaware | |
4 | Detroit Turbos | Mark Tummillo | University of North Carolina | |
5 | New York Saints | Gordon Purdie | Adelphi University | |
6 | Philadelphia Wings | Chris Flynn | University of Pennsylvania |
| Team | Player | Club/college | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | New England Blazers | David Desko | Syracuse University | |
2 | Detroit Turbos | Ron Martinello | Syracuse University | |
3 | Baltimore Thunder | Tom McClelland | Loyola College | |
4 | Philadelphia Wings | Andy Wilson | Loyola College | |
5 | New York Saints | Tim Goldstein | Cornell University |