The 2019 CFL draft took place on May 2, 2019 at 8:00 pm ET and was broadcast on TSN and RDS. 73 players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian universities, as well as Canadian players playing in the United States on NCAA or NAIA teams.Canadian Football League expands draft to eight rounds2019 CFL Draft Tracker

The draft was broadcast live on TSN and RDS for two hours and then switched to digital platforms on TSN.ca and TSN GO. Randy Ambrosie, the CFL commissioner, was at the TSN studios in Toronto to announce the first twenty picks.

Top prospects Source: CFL Scouting Bureau rankings..

FinalRanking. DecemberRanking. AugustRanking Player Position University Hometown 1 1 2 Mathieu Betts Defensive lineman Laval Montreal, QC 2 2 4 Shane Richards Offensive lineman Oklahoma State Calgary, AB 3 3 5 Justin McInnis Receiver Arkansas State Pierrefonds, QC 4 17 8 Zach Wilkinson Offensive lineman Northern Colorado Vancouver, BC 5 6 3 Hergy Mayala Receiver UConn Montreal, QC 6 4 1 Jonathan Kongbo Defensive lineman Tennessee Surrey, BC 7 - - Drew Desjarlais Offensive lineman Windsor Belle River, ON 8 8 11 Maleek Irons Running back Ohio Chilliwack, BC 9 13 14 Kaion Julien-Grant Receiver St. Francis Xavier Toronto, ON 10 5 9 Alex Fontana Offensive lineman Kansas Toronto, ON 11 - - Brayden Lenius Receiver New Mexico North Vancouver, BC 12 16 12 Samuel Thomassin Offensive lineman Laval Quebec, QC 13 11 18 Maurice Simba Offensive lineman Concordia Laval, QC 14 - - Jesse Gibbon Offensive lineman Waterloo Hamilton, ON 15 12 15 Robbie Smith Defensive lineman Wilfrid Laurier Brampton, ON 16 9 13 Kurleigh Gittens, Jr. Receiver Wilfrid Laurier Ottawa, ON 17 19 20 Michael O'Connor Quarterback British Columbia Orleans, ON 18 10 7 Brady Oliveira Running back North Dakota Winnipeg, MB 19 - - Malcolm Lee Defensive back British Columbia Surrey, BC 20 7 10 Alexandre Savard Receiver Laval Quebec, QC - 14 19 Fraser Sopik Linebacker Western Toronto, ON - 15 17 Jamie Harry Defensive back Ottawa Lachine, QC - 18 - Trivel Pinto Receiver British Columbia Toronto, ON - 20 - Nate Anderson Defensive lineman Missouri Toronto, ON - - 6 Dejon Brissett Receiver Richmond Mississauga, ON - - 16 Jamel Lyles Running back Manitoba Surrey, BC

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

Round one BC → Winnipeg (PD). BC traded this selection and a second-round pick in the 2018 CFL draft to Winnipeg in exchange for a first-round pick and a second-round pick in the 2018 CFL draft.BC acquires first round pick in swap with Bombers

Round two Montreal → Hamilton (PD). Montreal traded this selection and the first, 31st, and 44th overall selections in the 2018 CFL draft to Hamilton in exchange for the second, 34th, and 56th overall picks in the 2018 CFL draft, Ryan Bomben, and Jamal Robinson.Ticats acquire first overall pick in major trade with Als BC → Montreal (PD). BC traded this selection to Montreal in exchange for Tyrell Sutton and a third-round pick in this year's draft.Lions acquire RB Tyrell Sutton in trade with Als Ottawa → Montreal (PD). Ottawa traded this selection to Montreal in exchange for Chris Ackie.REDBLACKS acquire Chris Ackie in trade with Als

Round three Saskatchewan → Montreal (PD). Saskatchewan traded this selection, Tevaughn Campbell, and a third-round pick in the 2018 CFL draft to Montreal for Vernon Adams and a fifth-round pick in the 2018 CFL draft.Riders acquire QB Vernon Adams in trade with Als Edmonton → Toronto (PD). Edmonton traded this selection to Toronto in exchange for Martese Jackson and a conditional sixth-round pick in the 2020 CFL draft.Esks acquire Martese Jackson from Argos Montreal → BC (PD). Montreal traded this selection and Tyrell Sutton to BC in exchange for a second-round pick in this year's draft. BC → Hamilton (PD). BC traded this selection to Hamilton in exchange for a sixth-round pick in this year's draft and Davon Coleman.Lions acquire DL Coleman from Ticats This was originally a fourth-round pick, but was revealed to be a third-round pick when the official draft order was released.

Round four Hamilton → Calgary (PD). Hamilton traded this selection and fourth-round pick in the 2018 CFL draft to Calgary in exchange for Charleston Hughes and the 34th overall pick (fourth round) in the 2018 CFL draft.On the Move Again: Hughes traded to Riders for QB Adams

Round five Hamilton → Edmonton (PD). Hamilton traded this selection and a seventh-round pick in the 2018 CFL draft to Edmonton in exchange for Shamawd Chambers.Ticats acquire Chambers from Eskimos

Round six Hamilton → BC (PD). Hamilton traded this selection and Davon Coleman to BC in exchange for a fourth-round pick in this year's draft.

Round seven Saskatchewan → Toronto (PD). Saskatchewan traded this selection to Toronto in exchange for Brian Jones.Riders acquire former 4th overall pick Brian Jones

Round eight Toronto → Hamilton (PD). Toronto traded this selection to Hamilton in exchange for Abdul Kanneh.Argos acquire former all-star DB Kanneh in trade with Ticats

Conditional trades Montreal → Winnipeg (PD). Montreal traded a conditional eighth-round selection to Winnipeg in exchange for Adarius Bowman.Montreal acquires Adarius Bowman in trade with Bombers This condition was not fulfilled and Montreal kept the selection.

Territorial exemptions Beginning in 2019, the CFL announced the two teams with the highest waiver priority will each get to make one Territorial Draft Pick (to be used to select a player born within their territorial limits at the end of the second round). The two teams that qualified for the 2019 Draft were Montreal and Toronto and these picks were made with the 17th and 18th overall picks.

This was the first time since 1984 that the league’s draft featured territorial selections. From 1972 to 1982, each club had the right to pre-select two players from its region who would be exempted from the draft. That limit was reduced to one Draft exemption selection in 1983 and 1984, and then the practice was terminated altogether prior to the 1985 Canadian Draft.

Forfeitures Montreal forfeited their first round pick after selecting Tyler Johnstone in the 2018 Supplemental Draft.

Draft order

Round one Pick # CFL team Player Position University 1 Toronto Argonauts Shane Richards OL Oklahoma State – Montreal Alouettes Selection forfeited 2 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Jesse Gibbon OL Waterloo 3 Edmonton Eskimos Mathieu Betts DL Laval 4 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via BC) Drew Desjarlais OL Windsor 5 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Jonathan Kongbo DL Tennessee 6 Saskatchewan Roughriders Justin McInnis WR Arkansas State 7 Ottawa Redblacks Alex Fontana OL Kansas 8 Calgary Stampeders Hergy Mayala WR UConn

Round two Pick # CFL team Player Position University 9 Toronto Argonauts Robbie Smith DL Wilfrid Laurier 10 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Montreal) Nikola Kalinic WR York 11 Hamilton Tiger-Cats David Ungerer WR Idaho 12 Edmonton Eskimos Kyle Saxelid OL Nevada, Las Vegas 13 Montreal Alouettes (via BC) Kaion Julien-Grant WR St. Francis Xavier 14 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Brady Oliveira RB North Dakota 15 Saskatchewan Roughriders Brayden Lenius WR New Mexico 16 Montreal Alouettes (via Ottawa) Nate Anderson DL Missouri 17 Calgary Stampeders Vincent Desjardins DL Laval 18 Toronto Argonauts Matthew Boateng DB Fresno State 19 Montreal Alouettes Samuel Thomassin OL Laval

Round three Pick # CFL team Player Position University 20 Toronto Argonauts Michael O'Connor QB British Columbia 21 Montreal Alouettes Zach Wilkinson OL Northern Colorado 22 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Maleek Irons RB Ohio 23 Toronto Argonauts (via Edmonton) Kurleigh Gittens, Jr. WR Wilfrid Laurier 24 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via BC) Sheridan Lawley DL British Columbia 25 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Connor Griffiths DL British Columbia 26 BC Lions (via Montreal via Saskatchewan) Noah Robinson LB Missouri 27 Ottawa Redblacks Gabriel Polan RB Sherbrooke 28 Calgary Stampeders Zack Williams OL Manitoba

Round four Pick # CFL team Player Position University 29 Toronto Argonauts Maurice Simba OL Concordia 30 Montreal Alouettes Chris Osei-Kusi WR Queen's 31 Calgary Stampeders (via Hamilton) Fraser Sopik LB Western 32 Edmonton Eskimos Peter Cender FB Grand Valley State 33 BC Lions Hakeem Johnson DB Western 34 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Tavita Eli OL Hawai'i 35 Saskatchewan Roughriders Jacob Janke LB York 36 Ottawa Redblacks Thomas Grant DL Acadia 37 Calgary Stampeders Jaylan Guthrie OL Guelph

Round five Pick # CFL team Player Position University 38 Toronto Argonauts Jamie Harry DB Ottawa 39 Montreal Alouettes Michael Sanelli DT Concordia 40 Edmonton Eskimos (via Hamilton) Shai Ross WR Manitoba 41 Edmonton Eskimos Evan Machibroda DL Saskatchewan 42 BC Lions Jonathan Harke OL Alberta 43 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Malik Richards WR Mount Allison 44 Saskatchewan Roughriders Charbel Dabire DL Wagner 45 Ottawa Redblacks Wesley Lewis WR Houston Baptist 46 Calgary Stampeders Malcolm Lee DB British Columbia

Round six Pick # CFL team Player Position University 47 Toronto Argonauts Joe Spaziani LS Virginia 48 Montreal Alouettes Jeshrun Antwi RB Calgary 49 BC Lions (via Hamilton) Charles Nwoye DE British Columbia 50 Edmonton Eskimos Scott Hutter DB Wilfrid Laurier 51 BC Lions Mario Villamizar FB Wilfrid Laurier 52 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Tariq Lachance DL Manitoba 53 Saskatchewan Roughriders Vincent Roy OL Sherbrooke 54 Ottawa Redblacks Chris Larsen DL Manitoba 55 Calgary Stampeders Nicholas Statz DB Calgary

Round seven Pick # CFL team Player Position University 56 Toronto Argonauts Phil Iloki WR Carleton 57 Montreal Alouettes Benjamin Whiting LB Saskatchewan 58 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Derek Dufault DL Manitoba 59 Edmonton Eskimos Hunter Karl WR Calgary 60 BC Lions Brad Lyons DL Simon Fraser 61 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Nick Hallett DB Toronto 62 Toronto Argonauts (via Saskatchewan) Eric Starczala OL Guelph 63 Ottawa Redblacks Samson Abbott DL Manitoba 64 Calgary Stampeders Job Reinhart LB Guelph

Round eight Pick # CFL team Player Position University 65 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Toronto) Malcolm Campbell DL Toronto 66 Montreal Alouettes Cody Cranston DB Ottawa 67 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Gordon Whyte LB St. Francis Xavier 68 Edmonton Eskimos Eric Blake DB McMaster 69 BC Lions Jamel Lyles RB Manitoba 70 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Kerfalla Emmanuel Exumé DB Montreal 71 Saskatchewan Roughriders Christopher Judge DL Cal Poly 72 Ottawa Redblacks Clement Lebreux DL Laval 73 Calgary Stampeders Colton Hunchak WR York

See also 2019 CFL–LFA draft 2019 European CFL draft

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