2019 CPL–U Sports Draft

The 2019 CPL–U Sports Draft was the second annual CPL–U Sports Draft. It was held on November 11, 2019 in Montreal, Quebec. Seven Canadian Premier League (CPL) teams selected 14 eligible U Sports athletes in total.^[2]

Format[]

Each CPL team will make two selection in the U Sports Draft. Players can be selected if they have years of U Sports eligibility remaining and have declared for the draft.^[2]

For the non-finalist teams, the CPL combined standings were used to determine the order for the first round, with last-placed HFX Wanderers FC selecting first. Finals runner-up Cavalry FC selected sixth, while champions Forge FC selected seventh.^[2] A "snake draft" was used, with the order reversing in the second round.

Player selection[]

Round 1[]

Pick #	CPL team	Player	Position	Nationality	University
1	HFX Wanderers	Cory Bent*	LW	England	Cape Breton
2	Valour FC		CAM	Scotland	Cape Breton
3	Pacific FC		CB	Spain	Thompson Rivers
4	FC Edmonton		CM	Canada	Alberta
5	York9 FC	Stefan Karajovanovic	ST	Canada	Carleton
6	Cavalry FC	Gabriel Bitar	ST	Canada	Carleton
7	Forge FC	Gabriel Balbinotti^	FW	Canada	UQTR

Round 2[]

Pick #	CPL team	Player	Position	Nationality	University
8	Forge FC		CAM	Canada	Guelph
9	Cavalry FC		CM	Canada	Mount Royal
10	York9 FC	Isaiah Johnston*	RM	Canada	Cape Breton
11	FC Edmonton		CM	Canada	Alberta
12	Pacific FC	Thomas Gardner	FW	Canada	British Columbia
13	Valour FC		ST	England	Cape Breton
14	HFX Wanderers	Jake Ruby^	RB	Canada	Trinity Western

Source: ^[3]

Selection statistics[]

Draftees by nationality[]

Rank	Country	Selections
1	Canada	10
2	England	2
3	Scotland	1
	Spain	1

Canadian draftees by province[]

Rank	Province	Selections
1	Alberta	3
	Ontario	3
3	British Columbia	2
	Quebec	2

Draftees by university[]

References[]