2010 CFL draft explained

2010 CFL Draft
Logoalt:2010 CFL draft logo
Sport:Canadian football
Date:May 2
Time:12:00 PM ET
Location:Toronto
Network:TSN
Overall:47
Rounds:6
First:Shomari Williams
Fewest:Edmonton Eskimos (4)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (4)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (4)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (4)
Most:Toronto Argonauts (9)
BC Lions (9)
Cis:36
Ncaa:11
Prev:2009
Next:2011

The 2010 CFL Draft took place on Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 12:00 PM ET on TSN.[1] 47 players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. After a number of trades, including ones made on draft day, Toronto and BC wound up with the most picks with nine apiece. The defending Grey Cup champions, the Montreal Alouettes, had seven, while the Calgary Stampeders had six. The Edmonton Eskimos, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Saskatchewan Roughriders each had four. Of the 47 draft selections, 36 players were drafted from Canadian Interuniversity Sport institutions.[2]

The Saskatchewan Roughriders also had the option to increase their number of draft picks as part of the three-way trade that was completed with Winnipeg and Hamilton in April, 2009.[3] The Roughriders could have either swapped first round picks with Winnipeg in this year's draft or in the 2011 CFL Draft, or receive two second round picks in 2011 and 2012. This was done due to the uncertainty of the Stefan LeFors trade where the traded draft pick to Edmonton was conditional upon Lefors' performance. It was then confirmed that the Roughriders had chosen to swap first round picks with the Blue Bombers in this year's draft.[4]

Top prospects

Source: CFL Scouting Bureau final rankings.[5]

Final
Ranking
December
Ranking[6]
September
Ranking[7]
PlayerPositionCollege
1415Shomari WilliamsLinebackerQueen's
216John BenderOffensive guardNevada
323Cory GreenwoodLinebackerConcordia
432Danny WatkinsOffensive tackleBaylor
5114Joe EppeleOffensive tackleWashington State
6712Rob MaverKicker/PunterGuelph
7101Brian BulckeDefensive linemanStanford
81313Taurean AllenDefensive backWilfrid Laurier
912Eddie SteeleDefensive tackleManitoba
10Shawn GoreWide receiverBishop's Gaiters
11Joel ReindersOffensive linemanWaterloo Warriors
1259J'Michael DeaneOffensive linemanMichigan State
1388Joash GesseLinebackerMontreal
14Steven TurnerWide receiverBishop's
15614Cory WatsonWide receiverConcordia
95Akeem FosterWide receiverSt. Francis Xavier
147Chima IhekwoabaDefensive endWilfrid Laurier
1511Nasser JamalOffensive tackleLouisiana–Lafayette
10Chris RwabukambaDefensive backDuke

Forfeitures

Draft order

= CFL Division All-Star= CFL All-Star= Hall of Famer

Round one

Pick # width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"CFL Team !width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"Player !width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"Position !width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"College
1 Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Toronto[9]) LBQueen's
2 Toronto Argonauts (via Saskatchewan via Winnipeg) Washington State
3 Toronto Argonauts (via BC[10]) LB Concordia
4 BC Lions (via Toronto via Saskatchewan via Edmonton[11]) OT Baylor
Forfeit Pick
5 Guelph
6 Edmonton Eskimos (via Winnipeg[12] via Saskatchewan) Stanford
7 Concordia

Round two

Pick # width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"CFL Team !width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"Player !width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"Position !width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"College
8 Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Toronto via Saskatchewan via Toronto[13]) Regina
9 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Edmonton via Winnipeg) WR Concordia
10 BC Lions WR Bishop's
11 Toronto Argonauts (via Edmonton) K Saskatchewan
12 Edmonton Eskimos (via Hamilton[14]) DB Saint Mary's
13 Calgary Stampeders DB Wilfrid Laurier
14 Montreal Alouettes (via Saskatchewan[15]) DL Wilfrid Laurier
15 Montreal Alouettes LB North Dakota

Round three

Pick # width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"CFL Team !width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"Player !width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"Position !width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"College
16 BC Lions (via Toronto) LB Montréal
17 Calgary Stampeders (via Winnipeg[16]) OL Nevada
18 Toronto Argonauts (via BC) WR Simon Fraser
19 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Edmonton) Laval
20 BC Lions (via Toronto via Hamilton[17]) DB Montréal
21 Calgary Stampeders OL Michigan State
22 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Winnipeg[18] via Edmonton via Toronto via Saskatchewan) Manitoba
23 Montreal Alouettes Montréal

Round four

Pick # width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"CFL Team !width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"Player !width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"Position !width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"College
24 BC Lions (via Toronto) WR Tusculum College
25 BC Lions (via Toronto via Edmonton[19] via Winnipeg) WR St. Francis Xavier
26 Toronto Argonauts (via BC) OT Waterloo
27 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Edmonton) DB Duke
28 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Hamilton) LB Queen's
29 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Calgary) RB Calgary
30 Toronto Argonauts (via BC via Saskatchewan) WR Bishop's
31 Montreal Alouettes OL Guelph

Round five

Pick # width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"CFL Team !width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"Player !width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"Position !width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"College
32 Toronto Argonauts OL Waterloo
33 Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Winnipeg) OL Saskatchewan
34 BC Lions DB St. Francis Xavier
35 Edmonton Eskimos OL St. Cloud State
36 Hamilton Tiger-Cats K/P Saint Mary's
37 Calgary Stampeders LB Saint Mary's
38 Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Toronto[20] via Saskatchewan[21]) DL Buffalo
39 Montreal Alouettes LB Simon Fraser

Round six

Pick # width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"CFL Team !width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"Player !width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"Position !width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"College
40 Toronto Argonauts OL Louisiana–Lafayette
41 BC Lions (via Winnipeg) OL Saint Mary's
42 BC Lions WR Simon Fraser
43 Edmonton Eskimos DB St. Francis Xavier
44 Toronto Argonauts (via Hamilton) LB Western
45 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Calgary) DL Western
46 Calgary Stampeders (via Winnipeg[22] via Saskatchewan) OL British Columbia
47 Montreal Alouettes LB Bishop's

Notes and References

  1. News: Homegrown Talent Shines at the CFL Canadian Draft on TSN . 12 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121018232206/http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=319550 . 2012-10-18 . dead .
  2. Web site: CIS well represented: 34 players selected . 2017-08-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923221904/http://www.cfl.ca/article/cis-well-represented-34-players-selected . 2015-09-23 . dead .
  3. News: Riders Trade Wide Receiver Adarius Bowman . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090404050606/http://www.leaderpost.com/Sports/Riders%2Btrade%2Bwide%2Breceiver%2BAdarius%2BBowman/1453411/story.html . 2009-04-04 .
  4. News: CFL E-Camp opens Friday in Toronto . 12 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120829142928/http://www.cfl.ca/article/cfl-e-camp-opens-friday-in-toronto . 2012-08-29 . dead .
  5. Web site: CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League . 2012-04-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111120175344/http://www.cfl.ca/page/ecamp-scouting-bureau_april_2010 . 2011-11-20 .
  6. Web site: CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League . 2012-04-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111111233716/http://www.cfl.ca/page/cfl_scouting_december_2009 . 2011-11-11 .
  7. Web site: CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League . 2012-04-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111107153759/http://www.cfl.ca/page/cfl_scouting_september_2009 . 2011-11-07 .
  8. News: Ticats Claim Carlson in Supplementary Draft . 12 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120825194106/http://www.cfl.ca/article/ticats-claim-carlson-in-supplementary-draft . 2012-08-25 . dead .
  9. News: ARGOS AGREE TO TRADE TOP PICK IN 2010 DRAFT TO ROUGHRIDERS . 12 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121019011743/http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=320197 . 2012-10-19 . dead .
  10. News: Lions and Argos complete draft day trade . 12 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120226230306/http://bclions.com/article/lions-and-argos-complete-draft-day-trade . 2012-02-26 . dead .
  11. News: McGrath leaving the Roughriders to go back to Edmonton Eskimos.
  12. News: Bombers trade away top pick . 12 May 2013.
  13. News: Kerry Joseph Traded to Argonauts . 12 May 2013 . CBC News.
  14. News: Eskimos make another draft day trade to acquire Borhot . 12 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120302042225/http://www.esks.com/article/eskimos-make-another-draft-day-trade-to-acquire-borhot . 2012-03-02 . dead .
  15. News: Riders Acquire Donovan Alexander from Als . 12 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120220053928/http://www.riderville.com/article/riders_acquire_donovan_alexander_from_als . 20 February 2012 .
  16. News: Stampeders acquire Bryant and Franklin from Bombers.
  17. News: Argonauts send Arland Bruce to rival Tiger-Cats . 12 May 2013 . CBC News.
  18. News: Ticats select four in 2010 CFL draft . 12 May 2013.
  19. News: New Eskimo Parker says he's worth more than fourth-rounder.
  20. News: Roughriders Trade QB Bell to Argos for 5th Round Pick . 12 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121018212829/http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=313181 . 2012-10-18 . dead .
  21. News: Riders and Argos reach deal for Washburn . 12 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120825194226/http://www.cfl.ca/article/riders-and-argos-reach-deal-for-washburn . 2012-08-25 . dead .
  22. News: Stamps deal Canadian punter . 12 May 2013.