The 1997 CFL Draft took place on Monday, April 7, 1997.[1] 48 Canadian football players were chosen from 363 eligible Canadian universities as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA .[2]
The Ottawa Rough Riders folded following the 1996 CFL season , but any trades involving the club were still in effect. Since the Rough Riders finished last in the CFL, teams that received selections in trades picked first in those rounds, including the first overall pick . Conversely, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats traded their third round selection to the Rough Riders and that pick was subsequently forfeited. All other Ottawa selections were skipped.
Forfeitures [ ]
Hamilton forfeited their sixth round selection after making a selection in the 1996 Supplemental Draft.[1]
Round one [ ]
Round two [ ]
Round three [ ]
Pick #
CFL Team
Player
Position
College
18
Toronto Argonauts (via Winnipeg via Saskatchewan)
Aldi Henry
CB
Michigan State
19
BC Lions
LB
Simon Fraser
–
Ottawa Rough Riders (via Hamilton)
Team folded prior to season
20
BC Lions (via Winnipeg)
OT
Michigan
21
Montreal Alouettes
Bruno Heppell
RB
Western Michigan
22
Calgary Stampeders
OL
Eastern Michigan
23
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Edmonton)
S
Colorado
24
Toronto Argonauts
Dave Mudge
OT
Michigan State
Round four [ ]
Pick #
CFL Team
Player
Position
College
25
BC Lions (via Ottawa)
Bret Anderson
P
Simon Fraser
26
Saskatchewan Roughriders
CB
Ottawa
27
BC Lions
CB
Manitoba
28
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Mark Nohra
RB
British Columbia
29
Montreal Alouettes (via Winnipeg)
LB
Western Ontario
30
Montreal Alouettes
SB
Calgary
31
Calgary Stampeders
SB
Concordia
32
Edmonton Eskimos
OL
Northern Arizona
33
Toronto Argonauts
OL
Texas Tech
Round five [ ]
Pick #
CFL Team
Player
Position
College
34
Saskatchewan Roughriders
WR
York
35
BC Lions
OT
Northern Illinois
36
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
WR
Bishop's University
37
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
LB
Tennessee-Martin
38
Montreal Alouettes
SB
Western Michigan
39
Calgary Stampeders
OL
Saskatchewan
40
Edmonton Eskimos
O.J. Santiago
TE
Kent State
41
Toronto Argonauts
DE
Evangel College
Round six [ ]
Pick #
CFL Team
Player
Position
College
42
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Dan Comiskey
OL
Windsor
43
BC Lions
Kelly Lochbaum
LB
Northern Arizona
–
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Forfeit Pick[1]
44
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
DE
Manitoba
45
Montreal Alouettes
LB
Bishop's
46
Calgary Stampeders
RB
Acadia
47
Edmonton Eskimos
Chris Hardy
QB
Manitoba
48
Toronto Argonauts
QB
Salisbury State
References [ ]