2020 CFL Draft

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2020 CFL Draft
General information
SportCanadian football
Date(s)April 30, 2020
Time8:00 pm EDT
LocationToronto
Network(s)TSN/RDS
Overview
73 total selections in 8 rounds
LeagueCFL
Territorial pick(s)2
First selectionJordan Williams, LB,
BC Lions
Most selections (10)Montreal Alouettes
Fewest selections (7)BC Lions
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Toronto Argonauts
U Sports selections57
NCAA selections16
← 2019
2021 →

The 2020 CFL Draft took place on April 30, 2020 at 8:00 pm ET and was broadcast on TSN and RDS.[1][2] 73 players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA.[3][4] This was the second year in a row that featured territorial picks after they were re-introduced in the 2019 CFL Draft.[5][4]

The draft was broadcast live on TSN for two hours and then subsequent coverage shifted to digital platforms on CFL.ca. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, every commentator broadcast from remote locations as opposed to in-studio. The TSN production was hosted by Farhan Lalji and featured the CFL on TSN panel which included Dave Naylor, Duane Forde, and Davis Sanchez.[2] Randy Ambrosie, the CFL commissioner, delivered an opening remark and each selection in the first two rounds was announced by Lalji. Once the TSN production finished, CFL.ca host, Brodie Lawson, and CFL.ca columnist, Marshall Ferguson, covered all remaining rounds via an online broadcast on CFL.ca.[2]

Top prospects[]

Source: CFL Scouting Bureau rankings.
Final
Ranking[6] 		December
Ranking[7] 		September
Ranking[8] 		Player Position University Hometown
1 1 1 Neville Gallimore Defensive lineman Oklahoma Ottawa, ON
2 2 2 Chase Claypool Receiver Notre Dame Abbotsford, BC
3 4 11 Carter O'Donnell Offensive lineman Alberta Red Deer, AB
4 5 13 Tomas Jack-Kurdyla Offensive lineman Buffalo Montreal, QC
5 7 6 Dejon Brissett Receiver Virginia Mississauga, ON
6 – – Michael Hoecht Defensive lineman Brown Oakville, ON
7 3 3 Nathan Rourke Quarterback Ohio Oakville, ON
8 – – Jordan Williams Linebacker East Carolina Louisville, KY
9 9 15 Marc-Antoine Dequoy Defensive back Montreal Île-Bizard, QC
10 8 9 Mason Bennett Defensive lineman North Dakota Winnipeg, MB
11 6 7 Offensive lineman Laval Saint-Marc, Haiti
12 17 – Isaac Adeyemi-Berglund Defensive lineman Southeastern Louisiana Dartmouth, NS
13 10 14 Receiver Nevada Toronto, ON
14 15 – Defensive lineman Queen's Caledon, ON
15 13 8 Linebacker Laval Quebec City, QC
16 12 16 Dylan Giffen Offensive lineman Western Strathroy, ON
17 16 19 Tyler Ternowski Receiver Waterloo Hamilton, ON
18 11 – Rysen John Receiver Simon Fraser Vancouver, BC
19 20 – Jack Cassar Linebacker Carleton Mississauga, ON
20 19 12 Kicker UCLA Montreal, QC
– 14 18 Adam Sinagra Quarterback Calgary Pointe-Claire, QC
– 18 20 Offensive lineman Carleton Vancouver, BC
– – 4 Offensive lineman New Mexico State Welland, ON
– – 5 Defensive back North Carolina Ottawa, ON
– – 10 Defensive lineman Penn State Brampton, ON
– – 17 Defensive back Buffalo Montreal, QC

Trades[]

In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.

Round one[]

  • Montreal → Hamilton (PD). Montreal traded this selection, Jamaal Westerman, Chris Williams, and a first-round pick in the 2021 CFL Draft to Hamilton in exchange for Johnny Manziel, Tony Washington, and Landon Rice.[9]
  • Winnipeg → Toronto (PD). Winnipeg traded a conditional first-round pick and a third-round selection in this year's draft to Toronto in exchange for Zach Collaros and a fifth-round pick in this year's draft. The condition was set upon Collaros re-signing with Winnipeg which was fulfilled on January 27, 2020 when he signed a two-year contract with the Blue Bombers.[10][11]
  • Ottawa → Calgary (PD). Ottawa traded the first overall selection to Calgary in exchange for the sixth overall selection when Nick Arbuckle signed a contract extension with Ottawa after his playing rights were traded by Calgary.[12][13]
  • Calgary ←→ BC (D). Calgary traded the first overall selection and 15th overall selection to BC in exchange for the third overall selection and 12th overall selection.[14]

Round two[]

  • Saskatchewan → Montreal (PD). Saskatchewan traded this selection and Joshua Stanford to Montreal in exchange for Philip Blake and Patrick Lavoie.[15]
  • BC ←→ Calgary (D). BC traded the 12th overall selection and third overall selection to Calgary in exchange for the first overall selection and 15th overall selection.[14]

Round three[]

  • Toronto → Montreal (PD). Toronto traded this selection and T. J. Heath to Montreal in exchange for Ryan Bomben and a fifth-round pick in this year's draft.[16]
  • Winnipeg → Toronto (PD). Winnipeg traded this selection and a conditional first-round pick to Toronto in exchange for Zach Collaros and a fifth-round pick in this year's draft.[10]
  • Ottawa → Calgary (PD). Ottawa traded this selection and a conditional first-round pick in this year's draft to Calgary in exchange for Nick Arbuckle and a conditional first-round pick in this year's draft.[12]

Round four[]

  • Toronto → Saskatchewan (PD). Toronto traded this selection to Saskatchewan in exchange for Zach Collaros. The pick can be upgraded to as high as a second-round pick in this year's draft if Collaros meets playing time targets and extension clauses.[17]
  • BC → Calgary (PD). BC traded a conditional fourth-round selection (which was fulfilled) and a negotiation list player to Calgary in exchange for Justin Renfrow and a fifth-round pick in this year's draft.[18][4]

Round five[]

  • Montreal → Toronto (PD). Montreal traded this selection and Ryan Bomben to Toronto in exchange for T. J. Heath and a third-round pick in this year's draft.[16]
  • Calgary → BC (PD). Calgary traded this selection and Justin Renfrow to BC in exchange for a conditional fourth-round pick in this year's draft and a negotiation list player.[18]
  • Toronto → Winnipeg (PD). Toronto traded this selection and Zach Collaros to Winnipeg in exchange for a third-round pick in this year's draft and a conditional draft pick that is contingent on Collaros re-signing with the Blue Bombers.[10]

Round six[]

  • BC → Montreal (PD). BC traded a conditional sixth-round selection (which was fulfilled) in this year's draft and a second-round selection in the 2019 CFL Draft to Montreal in exchange for Tyrell Sutton and a third-round pick in the 2019 CFL Draft.[19][20][4]

Round seven[]

  • Toronto → Edmonton (PD). Toronto traded a conditional sixth-round selection (which became a seventh-round selection) and Martese Jackson to Edmonton in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2019 CFL Draft.[21][4]

Round eight[]

  • Toronto → Montreal (PD). Toronto traded a conditional eighth-round selection to Montreal in exchange for Boseko Lokombo.[22]

Conditional trades[]

  • Montreal → Saskatchewan (PD). Montreal traded a conditional eighth-round selection to Saskatchewan in exchange for Spencer Moore.[23]
  • BC → Toronto (PD). BC traded a conditional eighth-round selection and Davon Coleman to Toronto in exchange for Shawn Lemon.[24]

Forfeitures[]

  • Saskatchewan forfeited their third-round pick after selecting Jake Bennett in the 2019 Supplemental Draft.[25]

Draft order[]

Round one[]

Pick # CFL Team Player Position University
1 BC Lions (via Calgary[14] via Ottawa[12][13]) Jordan Williams LB East Carolina
2 Toronto Argonauts Dejon Brissett WR Virginia
3 Calgary Stampeders (via BC[14]) Isaac Adeyemi-Berglund DL Southeastern Louisiana
4 Edmonton Eskimos Tomas Jack-Kurdyla OL Buffalo
5 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Montreal[9]) Coulter Woodmansey OL Guelph
6 Ottawa Redblacks (via Calgary[12][13]) DB Laval
7 Saskatchewan Roughriders OL Saskatchewan
8 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Mason Bennett DL North Dakota
9 Toronto Argonauts (via Winnipeg[10]) Theren Churchill OL Regina

Round two[]

Pick # CFL Team Player Position University
10 Ottawa Redblacks Michael Hoecht DL Brown
11 Toronto Argonauts Jack Cassar LB Carleton
12 Calgary Stampeders (via BC[14]) WR British Columbia
13 Edmonton Eskimos DL Ottawa
14 Montreal Alouettes Marc-Antoine Dequoy DB Montreal
15 BC Lions (via Calgary[14]) Nathan Rourke QB Ohio
16 Montreal Alouettes (via Saskatchewan[15]) DL Queen's
17 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Bailey Feltmate LB Acadia
18 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Noah Hallett DB McMaster
19T Ottawa Redblacks LB Laval
20T Toronto Argonauts Samuel Acheampong DL Wilfrid Laurier

Round three[]

Pick # CFL Team Player Position University
21 Calgary Stampeders (via Ottawa[12]) Rysen John WR Simon Fraser
22 Montreal Alouettes (via Toronto[16]) Carter O'Donnell OL Alberta
23 BC Lions DL Western Oregon
24 Edmonton Eskimos LB Towson
25 Montreal Alouettes Benoit Marion DL Montreal
26 Calgary Stampeders Jonathan Zamora OL St. Francis Xavier
– Saskatchewan Roughriders Selection forfeited[25]
27 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Tyler Ternowski WR Waterloo
28 Toronto Argonauts (via Winnipeg[10]) Dylan Giffen OL Western

Round four[]

Pick # CFL Team Player Position University
29 Ottawa Redblacks OL McMaster
30 Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Toronto[17]) Kian Schaffer-Baker WR Guelph
31 Calgary Stampeders (via BC[18]) LB Waterloo
32 Edmonton Eskimos DB Guelph
33 Montreal Alouettes Brian Harelimana LB Montreal
34 Calgary Stampeders WR McMaster
35 Saskatchewan Roughriders LB Guelph
36 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Stavros Katsantonis DB British Columbia
37 Winnipeg Blue Bombers WR Nevada

Round five[]

Pick # CFL Team Player Position University
38 Ottawa Redblacks DB Calgary
39 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Toronto[10]) Marc Liegghio K Western
40 BC Lions OL Indiana (PA)
41 Edmonton Eskimos K Fort Hays State
42 Toronto Argonauts (via Montreal[16]) Dion Pellerin RB Waterloo
43 BC Lions (via Calgary[18]) WR Acadia
44 Saskatchewan Roughriders DB McGill
45 Hamilton Tiger-Cats DT McMaster
46 Winnipeg Blue Bombers DL Saskatchewan

Round six[]

Pick # CFL Team Player Position University
47 Ottawa Redblacks LB Wilfrid Laurier
48 Toronto Argonauts WR Saskatchewan
49 Montreal Alouettes (via BC[20]) OL Regina
50 Edmonton Eskimos OL Wagner
51 Montreal Alouettes HB Concordia
52 Calgary Stampeders OL McGill
53 Saskatchewan Roughriders RB Western
54 Hamilton Tiger-Cats DB British Columbia
55 Winnipeg Blue Bombers LB Ottawa

Round seven[]

Pick # CFL Team Player Position University
56 Ottawa Redblacks DL Ottawa
57 Edmonton Eskimos (via Toronto[21]) OL Saskatchewan
58 BC Lions RB York
59 Edmonton Eskimos DE York
60 Montreal Alouettes SB Concordia
61 Calgary Stampeders K St. Francis Xavier
62 Saskatchewan Roughriders OL Carleton
63 Hamilton Tiger-Cats K UCLA
64 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Tanner Cadwallader LB Wilfrid Laurier

Round eight[]

Pick # CFL Team Player Position University
65 Ottawa Redblacks OL Laval
66 Montreal Alouettes (via Toronto[22]) DL Manitoba
67 BC Lions LB York
68 Edmonton Eskimos RB Carleton
69 Montreal Alouettes RB Saskatchewan
70 Calgary Stampeders CB Concordia
71 Saskatchewan Roughriders Neville Gallimore DL Oklahoma
72 Hamilton Tiger-Cats LB/LS British Columbia
73 Winnipeg Blue Bombers DB Western

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