The 2024 CFL national draft was a selection of national players by Canadian Football League teams that took place on April 30, 2024 at 8:00 pm ET. 74 players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA and NAIA.
Format changes As per the 2022 collective bargaining agreement, beginning with this year's draft, the two teams that had National players featured in the highest percentage of snaps played in the 2023 CFL season were each awarded an additional second-round pick. Because of this change, there will no longer be second-round territorial selections for the two worst teams from the previous season.
Top prospects Source: CFL Scouting Bureau rankings.
Finalranking Januaryranking Augustranking Player Position University Hometown 1 1 5 Isaiah Adams Offensive lineman Illinois Ajax, ON 2 3 – Theo Johnson Tight end Pennsylvania State Windsor, ON 3 4 12 Tanner McLachlan Tight end Arizona Lethbridge, AB 4 5 4 Kyle Hergel Offensive lineman Boston College Toronto, ON 5 2 3 Theo Benedet Offensive lineman British Columbia North Vancouver, BC 6 – – Joel Dublanko Linebacker Cincinnati Aberdeen, WA 7 11 6 Nick Mardner Wide receiver Auburn Oakville, ON 8 9 8 Giovanni Manu Offensive lineman British Columbia Pitt Meadows, BC 9 7 10 Geoffrey Cantin-Arku Linebacker Memphis Lévis, QC 10 20 – Kevin Mital Wide receiver Laval Saint-Hubert, QC 11 8 11 Anim Dankwah Offensive lineman Howard Toronto, ON 12 6 2 Gabe Wallace Offensive lineman Buffalo Salmon Arm, BC 13 15 – Daniel Okpoko Defensive lineman San Diego State Saskatoon, SK 14 18 – Nathaniel Dumoulin-Duguay Offensive lineman Laval Rimouski, QC 15 16 13 Christy Nkanu Offensive lineman Washington State Montreal, QC 16 12 7 Daniel Johnson Offensive lineman Purdue London, ON 17 10 14 Melique Straker Linebacker Arkansas State Brampton, ON 18 13 19 Dhel Duncan-Busby Wide receiver Bemidji State Madison, OH 19 – – Luke Brubacher Defensive lineman Wilfrid Laurier Listowel, ON 20 – – Kevens Clercius Wide receiver Connecticut Montreal, QC – 14 9 Justin Sambu Defensive lineman Baylor Calgary, AB – 17 16 Ajou Ajou Wide receiver Garden City Brooks, AB – 19 18 Kail Dava Defensive lineman Tennessee Tech Mississauga, ON – – 1 Kurtis Rourke Quarterback Ohio Oakville, ON – – 15 Nick Wiebe Linebacker Saskatchewan Okotoks, AB – – 17 John Bosse Offensive lineman Calgary Calgary, AB – – 20 Eric Schon Offensive lineman Holy Cross Barrie, ON
Draft order
Round one Pick # CFL team Player Position University 1 Edmonton Elks Joel Dublanko LB Cincinnati 2 Ottawa Redblacks Nick Mardner WR Auburn 3 Saskatchewan Roughriders Kyle Hergel OL Boston College 4 Calgary Stampeders Benjamin Labrosse DB McGill 5 Toronto Argonauts (via Hamilton) Kevin Mital WR Laval 6 BC Lions George Una OL Windsor 7 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Toronto) Nathaniel Dumoulin-Duguay OL Laval 8 Calgary Stampeders (via Winnipeg) Christy Nkanu OL Washington State 9 Montreal Alouettes Geoffrey Cantin-Arku LB Memphis
Round two Pick # CFL team Player Position University 10 Edmonton Elks DK Bonhomme LB South Alabama 11 Ottawa Redblacks Daniel Okpoko DL San Diego State 12 Saskatchewan Roughriders Nick Wiebe LB Saskatchewan 13 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Calgary) Kevens Clercius WR Connecticut 14 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Hamilton and Calgary) Michael Chris-Ike RB Delaware State 15 BC Lions Theo Benedet OL British Columbia 16 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Toronto) Luke Brubacher DL Wilfrid Laurier 17 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Gabe Wallace OL Buffalo 18 Edmonton Elks (via Montreal) Bradley Hladik TE British Columbia BC Lions Ezechiel Tieide WR Concordia (QC) Winnipeg Blue Bombers Kyle Samson DL British Columbia
Round three Pick # CFL team Player Position University 21 Edmonton Elks Olivier Muembi LB Queen's 22 Ottawa Redblacks Dawson Pierre DB Concordia (QC) 23 Saskatchewan Roughriders Dhel Duncan-Busby WR Bemidji State 24 Toronto Argonauts (via Hamilton via Calgary) Tyson Hergott DL Waterloo 25 Toronto Argonauts (via Hamilton) John Bosse OL Calgary 26 BC Lions Cristophe Beaulieu DB Laval 27 Toronto Argonauts Tyshon Blackburn DB Alberta 28 Calgary Stampeders (via Winnipeg) George Idoko DL Saskatchewan 29 Montreal Alouettes Arthur Hamlin DB Colgate
Round four Pick # CFL team Player Position University 30 Edmonton Elks Jaxon Morkin OL Windsor 31 Edmonton Elks (via Ottawa) Vincent Blanchard K Laval 32 Saskatchewan Roughriders Melique Straker LB Arkansas State 33 Calgary Stampeders Jason Janvier-Messier DL York (ON) 34 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Daniel Bell DB Mount Allison 35 Ottawa Redblacks (via BC) Jahquan Bloomfield WR Prairie View A&M 36 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Toronto) Matthew Peterson RB Alberta 37 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Ian Leroux LS Laval 38 Montreal Alouettes Micah Roane DL South Dakota
Round five Pick # CFL team Player Position University 39 Toronto Argonauts (via Edmonton) Jerrell Cummings DB British Columbia 40 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Ottawa) Ethan Kalra OL Waterloo 41 Saskatchewan Roughriders Daniel Johnson OL Purdue 42 Calgary Stampeders Paul-Antoine Ouellette WR Montreal 43 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Ryan Baker LB British Columbia 44 BC Lions Kail Dava DL Tennessee Tech 45 Toronto Argonauts Ifenna Onyeka DL Carleton (ON) 46 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Giovanni Manu OL British Columbia 47 Montreal Alouettes Frederik Antoine WR Laval
Round six Pick # CFL team Player Position University 48 Toronto Argonauts (via Edmonton) Anim Dankwah OL Howard 49 Ottawa Redblacks Yani Gouadfel DB Bishop's 50 Saskatchewan Roughriders D'Sean Mimbs WR Regina 51 Calgary Stampeders Tanner McLachlan TE Arizona 52 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Jonathan Giustini DB Alberta 53 BC Lions Terrence Ganyi LB Maine 54 Toronto Argonauts Justin Sambu DL Baylor 55 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Abdul-Karim Gassama WR Manitoba 56 Montreal Alouettes Michael Herzog RB Hillsdale
Round seven Pick # CFL team Player Position University 57 Edmonton Elks Evan Anseeuw OL York (ON) 58 Ottawa Redblacks Zachary Philion LB Concordia (QC) 59 Saskatchewan Roughriders Ajou Ajou WR South Florida 60 Calgary Stampeders Jackson Sombach DB Regina 61 Hamilton Tiger-Cats John Kourtis OL Saskatchewan 62 BC Lions Dawson Marchant DB Northwestern Oklahoma State 63 Edmonton Elks (via Toronto) Patrick Lavoie OL Carleton (ON) 64 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Michael Vlahogiannis OL McGill 65 Montreal Alouettes Mohsen Jamal WR Western Ontario
Round eight Pick # CFL team Player Position University 66 Edmonton Elks Jacob Spencer DL Saginaw Valley State 67 Ottawa Redblacks Russell Dixon TE Connecticut 68 Saskatchewan Roughriders Richard Aduboffour DB Western Ontario 69 Calgary Stampeders Kaylyn St-Cyr DB Montreal 70 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Mitchell Townsend LB British Columbia 71 BC Lions Theo Johnson TE Pennsylvania State 72 Toronto Argonauts Daniel Shin OL Alberta 73 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Owen Hubert DL McMaster 74 Montreal Alouettes Vincent Delisle DB Laval
Supplemental draft On May 21, a supplemental draft was held with the Edmonton Elks forfeiting an eighth round pick in the 2025 CFL draft to select Antonio Alfano. On June 29, the Elks also forfeited their 2025 first round pick to select Zach Mathis.
Trades In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.
Round one Hamilton ←→ Toronto (PD). Hamilton traded the fifth overall selection and two third-round picks in this year's draft, a conditional third-round pick in the 2025 CFL draft, and the negotiation rights to Deontay Burnett to Toronto in exchange for Jordan Williams, the seventh overall selection, a second-round pick, and a fourth-round pick in this year's draft, and a conditional fourth-round pick in the 2025 CFL draft. Winnipeg → Calgary (D). Winnipeg traded this selection and the 28th pick in this year's draft to Calgary in exchange for the 13th and 14th overall selections in this year's draft.
Round two Hamilton → Calgary (PD). Hamilton traded this selection, a first-round pick in the 2023 CFL draft, a third-round pick in the 2023 CFL draft, and a sixth-round pick in the 2023 CFL draft to Calgary in exchange for Bo Levi Mitchell, a first-round pick in the 2023 CFL draft, and a third-round pick in this year's draft. Montreal → Edmonton (PD). Montreal traded this selection to Edmonton in exchange for Jesse Gibbon. Toronto → Hamilton (PD). Toronto traded a second-round pick in this year's draft, Jordan Williams, the seventh overall selection and a fourth-round pick in this year's draft, and a conditional fourth-round pick in the 2025 CFL draft to Hamilton in exchange for the fifth overall selection and two third-round picks in this year's draft, a conditional third-round pick in the 2025 CFL draft, and the negotiation rights to Deontay Burnett. Calgary → Winnipeg (D). Calgary traded the 13th and 14th picks in this year's draft to Winnipeg in exchange for the eighth and 28th overall selections in this year's draft.
Round three Calgary → Hamilton (PD). Calgary traded this selection, Bo Levi Mitchell, and a first-round pick in the 2023 CFL draft to Hamilton in exchange for a second-round pick in this year's draft, a first-round pick in the 2023 CFL draft, a third-round pick in the 2023 CFL draft, and a sixth-round pick in the 2023 CFL draft. Hamilton → Toronto (PD). Hamilton traded two third-round picks and the fifth overall selection in this year's draft, a conditional third-round pick in the 2025 CFL draft, and the negotiation rights to Deontay Burnett to Toronto in exchange for Jordan Williams, the seventh overall selection, a second-round pick, and a fourth-round pick in this year's draft, and a conditional fourth-round pick in the 2025 CFL draft. Winnipeg → Calgary (D). Winnipeg traded this selection and the eighth pick in this year's draft to Calgary in exchange for the 13th and 14th overall selections in this year's draft.
Round four BC → Hamilton (PD). BC traded a fourth-round selection to Hamilton in exchange for Dane Evans. The draft pick could have been escalated if undisclosed conditions were met. Hamilton → BC (PD). Hamilton traded the fourth-round selection originally acquired in the Dane Evans trade above back to BC in exchange for Jonathan Kongbo. Ottawa → Edmonton (PD). Ottawa traded this selection to Edmonton in exchange for Kevin Francis. BC → Ottawa (PD). BC traded a conditional fourth-round selection and a third-round pick in the 2023 CFL draft to Ottawa in exchange for Terry Williams. This condition was fulfilled, as per the official draft order. Toronto → Hamilton (PD). Toronto traded a fourth-round pick in this year's draft, Jordan Williams, the seventh overall selection and a second-round pick in this year's draft, and a conditional fourth-round pick in the 2025 CFL draft to Hamilton in exchange for the fifth overall selection and two third-round picks in this year's draft, a conditional third-round pick in the 2025 CFL draft, and the negotiation rights to Deontay Burnett.
Round five Edmonton → Toronto (PD). Edmonton traded a fifth-round selection and the negotiation rights to Xavier Gipson to Toronto in exchange Sam Acheampong. Ottawa → Winnipeg (PD). Ottawa traded a fifth-round selection to Winnipeg in exchange for the negotiation rights of Dru Brown.
Round six Edmonton → Toronto (PD). Edmonton traded a sixth-round selection to Toronto in exchange Theren Churchill. The selection would be upgraded to a fifth-round pick if Churchill is named to the Elks' active roster for at least nine games during the 2023 season.
Round seven Toronto → Edmonton (PD). Toronto traded this selection and Kurleigh Gittens Jr. to Edmonton in exchange for Jake Ceresna and a negotiation list player.
Conditional trades Montreal → Calgary (PD). Montreal traded a conditional second-round selection to Calgary in exchange for the playing rights to Laurent Duvernay-Tardif. The condition will be fulfilled if Duvernay-Tardif signs with the Alouettes.