2023 CFL Global Draft

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.[1] 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.[2]

2023 CFL Global Draft
General information
SportCanadian football
Date(s)May 2, 2023
Time11:00 am EDT
LocationToronto
Overview
18 total selections in 2 rounds
LeagueCFL
First selectionBlessman Ta’ala, Ottawa Redblacks
NCAA selections15

Draft format

This year's draft featured two rounds with a total of 18 selections.[3] This was reduced from three rounds in 2022 and from four rounds in 2021.[4] 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).[3]

Draft order

Round one
Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionUniversity/Club TeamNationality
1Ottawa RedblacksBlessman Ta’alaDLHawaiiAmerican Samoa American Samoa
2Edmonton ElksDean FaithfullKColorado State-PuebloUnited Kingdom Great Britain
3Saskatchewan RoughridersAdam KorsakPRutgersAustralia Australia
4Hamilton Tiger-CatsPenei PavihiLBHawaiiAmerican Samoa American Samoa
5Montreal AlouettesSimon Lars SandbergDLOregon StateSweden Sweden
6Calgary StampedersIsaac MooreOLTempleSweden Sweden
7BC LionsJevoni RobinsonWRBarryJamaica Jamaica
8Winnipeg Blue BombersJamieson SheahanPCaliforniaAustralia Australia
9Toronto ArgonautsAlfredo Gachuz LozadaKITESM CEMMexico Mexico

Round two
Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionUniversity/Club TeamNationality
10Ottawa RedblacksLucas LavinOLChattanoogaSweden Sweden
11Edmonton ElksKilian ZiererOLAuburnGermany Germany
12Saskatchewan RoughridersHabakkuk BaldonadoDLPittsburghItaly Italy
13Hamilton Tiger-CatsLou HedleyPMiami (FL)Australia Australia
14Montreal AlouettesRhys ByrnsPLouisiana-LafayetteAustralia Australia
15Calgary StampedersLino SchröterLBCologne CrocodilesGermany Germany
16BC LionsJunior AhoDLSouthern MethodistFrance France
17Winnipeg Blue BombersKarl SchmitzPJacksonvilleBermuda Bermuda
18Toronto ArgonautsEmmanuel FalolaLBBristol AztecsUnited Kingdom 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.[trade 1]
  • Saskatchewan → Calgary (PD). Saskatchewan traded this selection originally acquired from Calgary back to Calgary in exchange for James Smith.[trade 2]

References

Trade references

  1. "Stamps acquire P James Smith in trade with Riders". Canadian Football League. June 5, 2022.
  2. "Riders acquire Global P Jimmy Smith in trade with Calgary". Canadian Football League. Jul 4, 2022.

General references

  1. "Revamped CFL Combine season, CFL Draft highlight '23 off-season". Canadian Football League. January 19, 2023.
  2. "CFL to hold global player combines in Europe, Mexico and Japan" (Press release). Canadian Football League. November 5, 2019. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  3. "2023 Global draft tracker". Canadian Football League. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  4. "CFL aligns Global Draft date w/ CFL Draft on May 3". Canadian Football League. February 24, 2022.
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