The 2001 CFL draft took place on Thursday, April 26, 2001. 48 players were chosen for Canadian Football League teams from among the eligible CIAU football players from Canadian universities, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA and the NAIA. Of the 48 draft selections, 26 players were drafted from Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union institutions.2011 Canadian Draft Guide
Round one = CFL Division All-Star= CFL All-Star= Hall of Famer
Pick # CFL team Player Position School 1 Saskatchewan Roughriders Scott Schultz DL North Dakota 2 BC Lions (via Toronto) Ian Williams LB Memphis 3 BC Lions (via Winnipeg) Lyle Green FB Toledo 4 Toronto Argonauts (via Hamilton) Angus Reid G Simon Fraser 5 Edmonton Eskimos Randy Chevrier DT McGill 6 Calgary Stampeders Kamau Peterson WR New Hampsphire 7 Montreal Alouettes Luke Fritz OL Eastern Washington 8 BC Lions Leif Thorsen G Montana
Round two = CFL Division All-Star= CFL All-Star= Hall of Famer
Pick # CFL team Player Position School 9 Saskatchewan Roughriders Jason French WR Murray State 10 Calgary Stampeders (via Toronto) Lawrence Deck DB Fresno State 11 Montreal Alouettes (via BC via Winnipeg) Pat Woodcock WR Syracuse 12 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Karim Grant LB Acadia 13 Edmonton Eskimos Fabian Burke CB Toledo 14 Calgary Stampeders Duncan O'Mahony K British Columbia 15 Montreal Alouettes Jesse Palmer QB Florida 16 BC Lions Jamie Boreham K/S Manitoba
Round three Pick # CFL team Player Position School 17 Saskatchewan Roughriders Teddy Neptune LB Ottawa 18 Montreal Alouettes (via Toronto) Phil Gibson DL Toledo 19 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Ben Wearing WR McGill 20 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Randy Bowles TE Simon Fraser 21 Edmonton Eskimos Glenn Carson OL Saskatchewan 22 Calgary Stampeders Farwan Zubedi WR Washington State 23 Calgary Stampeders (via Montreal) Lukas Shaver S Ottawa 24 BC Lions Scott Robinson WR Simon Fraser
Round four = CFL Division All-Star= CFL All-Star= Hall of Famer
Pick # CFL team Player Position School 25 Montreal Alouettes (via Saskatchewan) Shawn Gifford OT Charleston Southern 26 Toronto Argonauts Kevin Eiben S Bucknell 27 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Nick Tsatsaronis RB Memphis 28 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Ryan Donnelly OL McMaster 29 Montreal Alouettes (via Edmonton) Peter Moore DL Syracuse 30 Calgary Stampeders Andrew Carter OL Bishop's 31 Montreal Alouettes Steven Maheu WR/QB Simon Fraser 32 BC Lions Kelly Bates OL Saskatchewan
Round five Pick # CFL team Player Position School 33 Saskatchewan Roughriders Mike Di Battista WR Ottawa 34 Toronto Argonauts Andre Talbot WR Wilfrid Laurier 35 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Howie Dryden DB Manitoba 36 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Mike Waszczuk LB Slippery Rock 37 Edmonton Eskimos Guillaume Petit DL Alberta 38 Calgary Stampeders Jeffrey Simmer LB Regina 39 Toronto Argonauts (via Montreal) Jermaine Romans DB Acadia 40 BC Lions Dave Tucker LB Manitoba
Round six Pick # CFL team Player Position School 41 Saskatchewan Roughriders Jocelyn Frenette G Ottawa 42 Toronto Argonauts Matt McKnight S Waterloo 43 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Darryl Fabiani DB Western Ontario 44 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Will Grant QB Acadia 45 Edmonton Eskimos William Wright DB Bishop's 46 Calgary Stampeders David D'Onofrio LB York 47 Montreal Alouettes Phil Côté QB Ottawa 48 BC Lions Eric Collings OL British Columbia
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