The 2021 CEBL–U Sports Draft is the Third CEBL Draft, being revealed on April 14. Seven Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) teams will select 21 athletes in total.
Format the draft order for the first round is determine by how the teams finished in the 2020 CEBL season, Saskatchewan Rattlers finished last place last season so they get first overall. A "snake draft" was used, with the order reversing in even-numbered rounds, and the original order in odd-numbered rounds. The draft order for the first round was determined as follows: Saskatchewan Rattlers Niagara River Lions Guelph Knighthawks Ottawa BlackJacks Hamilton Honey Badgers Fraser Valley Bandits Edmonton Stingers
Eligibility Players may completed their university eligibility in 2020–21, or they may be returning to their university team in the fall and be classified within the CEBL's U SPORTS Developmental player program. They must qualify as Canadian, and they must have completed at least one full year of eligibility at their U SPORTS institution. Each CEBL club must have at least one U SPORTS player on its 10-man active roster at all times.
Player selection Source:
Round 1 Team Player Hometown School team 1 Saskatchewan Rattlers Nervens Demosthene Terrebonne, QuebecBishop's University 2 Niagara River Lions Emmanuel OwootoahToronto, OntarioBrock University 3 Guelph Nighthawks Isiah OsborneWindsor, OntarioCarleton University 4 Ottawa Blackjacks Ali SowOttawa, OntarioWilfrid Laurier 5 Hamilton Honey Badgers Keevan VeinotPort Williams, NSDalhousie University 6 Fraser Valley Bandits Anthony TsegakeleGatineau, QBBrandon University 7 Edmonton Stingers Alex CarsonHalifax, NSDalhousie University
Round 2 Team Player Hometown School team 8 Edmonton Stingers DeAndrae PierreBrampton, ONYork University 9 Fraser Valley Bandits Adam PaigeSurrey, BCUniversity of Alberta 10 Hamilton Honey Badgers Thomas KennedyWindsor, ONUniversity of Windsor 11 Ottawa Blackjacks Guillaume PépinMontreal, QuebecUniversity of Ottawa 12 Guelph Nighthawks Jordan HenryPickering, ONMcMaster University 13 Niagara River Lions Lloyd PandiOttawa, Ontario Carleton University 14 Saskatchewan Rattlers Alexander DewarSaskatoon, SaskatchewanUniversity of Saskatchewan
Round 3 Team Player Hometown School team 15 Saskatchewan Rattlers Tyrese PotomaRegina, SaskatchewanUniversity of Saskatchewan 16 Niagara River Lions Grant ShephardKelowna, BCCarleton University 17 Guelph Nighthawks Cole LongSt. John's, NLMemorial University 18 Ottawa Blackjacks Graddy KankuMontreal, QuebecOntario Tech 19 Hamilton Honey Badgers Mychael PauloToronto, ONMcMaster University 20 Fraser Valley Bandits Grant AuduMississauga, ON University of British Columbia 21 Edmonton Stingers Colton GibbLethbridge, ABUniversity of Lethbridge
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