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2023 CFL draft

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The 2023 CFL national draft was a selection of national players by Canadian Football League teams that took place on May 2, 2023, at 8:00 pm ET.[1][2] 72 players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA and NAIA.[3][4][5]

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The draft was broadcast live on TSN for the first two rounds with subsequent rounds being streamed online.[2] The TSN production was hosted by Farhan Lalji and featured the CFL on TSN panel, including Duane Forde, Marshall Ferguson, Jim Barker, and Dave Naylor.[2]

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Combines

For the first time the CFL held an invitational players combine at the University of Waterloo's Feridun Hamdullahpur Field House on March 3, 2023.[6] The main combine took place March 22-26, 2023, at the Commonwealth Stadium Field House in Edmonton, AB.[7]

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Source: CFL Scouting Bureau rankings.[8]
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Draft order

Round one

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Round four

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Round five

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Trades

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

Round one

  • Hamilton ←→ Calgary (PD). Hamilton traded this selection, a third-round pick in this draft, a sixth-round pick in this draft, and a second-round pick in the 2024 CFL Draft to Calgary in exchange for Bo Levi Mitchell, a first-round pick in this draft, and a third-round pick in the 2024 CFL Draft.[trade 1]
  • BC → Montreal (PD). BC traded this selection to Montreal in exchange for Vernon Adams.[trade 2]
  • Toronto → BC (PD). Toronto traded this selection to BC in exchange for Jordan Williams.[trade 3]

Round two

  • Hamilton → Edmonton (PD). Hamilton traded this selection and Jesse Gibbon to Edmonton in exchange for David Beard and a conditional fourth-round pick in this year's draft.[trade 5]
  • Edmonton → Ottawa (PD). Edmonton traded the 12th overall selection to Ottawa in exchange for the rights to Woodly Appolon.[trade 4]

Round three

Round four

  • Ottawa → Edmonton (PD). Ottawa traded this selection to Edmonton in exchange for Nick Arbuckle.[trade 8]
  • Edmonton → Hamilton (PD). Edmonton traded a conditional fourth-round selection and David Beard to Hamilton in exchange for Jesse Gibbon and a second-round pick in this year's draft.[trade 5] The condition was confirmed to be fulfilled upon the release of the draft order by the league.[5]

Round five

  • Saskatchewan → Montreal (PD). Saskatchewan traded this selection to Montreal in exchange for Mario Alford.[trade 9] This selection was originally a sixth-round pick, but was upgraded after Alford played in at least nine games for the Roughriders.[5][trade 16]

Round six

Round seven

  • Calgary → Saskatchewan (PD). Calgary traded this selection and a third-round selection in the 2023 CFL global draft to Saskatchewan in exchange for James Smith.[trade 14] This selection can be upgraded to a fifth-round selection depending on the number of games played by Smith for the Stampeders.[12]
  • Hamilton → Edmonton (PD). Hamilton traded this selection to Edmonton in exchange for Colin Kelly.[trade 13]
  • Edmonton → Ottawa (PD). Edmonton traded this selection to Ottawa in exchange for Llevi Noel and an eighth-round pick in this year's draft.[trade 12]

Round eight

  • Ottawa → Edmonton (PD). Ottawa traded this selection and Llevi Noel to Edmonton in exchange for a seventh-round pick in this year's draft.[trade 12]
  • Edmonton → Hamilton (PD). Edmonton traded this selection to Hamilton in exchange for Jon Ryan.[trade 15]

Conditional trades

  • Montreal → Calgary (PD). Montreal traded a conditional second-round selection to Calgary in exchange for the playing rights to Laurent Duvernay-Tardif.[trade 17] The condition would've been fulfilled if Duvernay-Tardif signed with the Alouettes before the draft, but he did not.
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Forfeitures

  • Edmonton forfeited their second round pick after selecting J-Min Pelley in the 2022 Supplemental Draft.[11]
  • Calgary forfeited their second round pick after selecting T. J. Rayam in the 2022 Supplemental Draft.[11]

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