The 2023 CFL global draft was a selection of non-Canadian and non-American players by Canadian Football League (CFL) teams that took place on May 2, 2023. It was the third CFL draft that pooled all of the global players together after previously having separate drafts for Mexican players and European players in 2019.
Draft format This year's draft featured two rounds with a total of 18 selections. This was reduced from three rounds in 2022 and from four rounds in 2021. This year's global draft was also the first to be based solely on the waiver priority order (reverse standings from the previous year) and the first to have the same order in each round (as opposed to a snake order draft).
Draft order
Round one Pick # CFL team Player Position University/club team Nationality 1 Ottawa Redblacks Blessman Ta’ala DL Hawaii American Samoa 2 Edmonton Elks Dean Faithfull K Colorado State-Pueblo Great Britain 3 Saskatchewan Roughriders Adam Korsak P Rutgers Australia 4 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Penei Pavihi LB Hawaii American Samoa 5 Montreal Alouettes Simon Lars Sandberg DL Oregon State Sweden 6 Calgary Stampeders Isaac Moore OL Temple Sweden 7 BC Lions Jevoni Robinson WR Barry Jamaica 8 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Jamieson Sheahan P California Australia 9 Toronto Argonauts Alfredo Gachuz Lozada K ITESM CEM Mexico
Round two Pick # CFL team Player Position University/club team Nationality 10 Ottawa Redblacks Lucas Lavin OL Chattanooga Sweden 11 Edmonton Elks Kilian Zierer OL Auburn Germany 12 Saskatchewan Roughriders Habakkuk Baldonado DL Pittsburgh Italy 13 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Lou Hedley P Miami (FL) Australia 14 Montreal Alouettes Rhys Byrns P Louisiana-Lafayette Australia 15 Calgary Stampeders Lino Schröter LB Cologne Crocodiles Germany 16 BC Lions Junior Aho DL Southern Methodist France 17 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Karl Schmitz P Jacksonville Bermuda 18 Toronto Argonauts Emmanuel Falola LB Bristol Aztecs Great Britain
Trades In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.
Round three Note: These trades were made prior to the league revealing the number of rounds for this draft. Calgary → Saskatchewan (PD). Calgary traded this selection and a seventh-round selection in the 2023 CFL national draft to Saskatchewan in exchange for James Smith. Saskatchewan → Calgary (PD). Saskatchewan traded this selection originally acquired from Calgary back to Calgary in exchange for James Smith.
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