- Round one
- Round two
- Round three
- Round four
- Round five
- Round six
- Round seven
- References
The 1996 CFL Draft took place on May 31, 1996.[1] 61 Canadian football players were chosen from eligible Canadian universities as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA.[2] This would be the last time that a CFL draft would have seven rounds, switching to six rounds in 1997, until the league went back to seven in 2013. The Edmonton Eskimos obtained the first overall pick, along with Nick Mazzoli, from the Ottawa Rough Riders in exchange for Dan Murphy and Jay Chistenson.[1] Round one | = CFL Division All-Star | | = CFL All-Star | | = Hall of Famer |
Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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1 | Edmonton Eskimos (via Ottawa[1]) | Donnavan Blair | SB | Calgary | 2 | Toronto Argonauts | Kelly Wiltshire | CB | James Madison | 3 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Mike Sutherland | OL | Northern Illinois | 4 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Andrew Henry | DB | C.W. Post | 5 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Justin Ring | LB | Simon Fraser | 6 | BC Lions | Mike Pimisken | LB | Washington State | 7 | Edmonton | Duane Arrindell | OL | Northern Illinois | 8 | Calgary Stampeders | Farell Duclair | LB | Concordia | 9 | Montreal Alouettes | Denis Montana | WR | Concordia |
Round two | = CFL Division All-Star | | = CFL All-Star | | = Hall of Famer |
Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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10 | Hamilton | Kyle Walters | RB | Guelph | 11 | Winnipeg | Harry Van Hofwegen | DL | Carleton | 12 | Saskatchewan | Tom Monois | WR | Northeastern | 13 | Winnipeg | Sean Reade | RB | Western Ontario | 14 | Hamilton | Mike Mehelic | OT | Indiana | 15 | BC | Andrew English | WR | British Columbia | 16 | Edmonton | Jayson Hamilton | RB | Alberta | 17 | Calgary | Rob Robinson | DT | Cincinnati | 18 | Montreal | Bryan Chiu | DT | Washington State |
Round three | = CFL Division All-Star | | = CFL All-Star | | = Hall of Famer |
Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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19 | Ottawa | Sammie Brennan | DB | University | 20 | Toronto | L.J. Eiben | WR | Humboldt State | 21 | Calgary | Jean-Agnes Charles | DB | Michigan | 22 | Winnipeg | Shane Speena | LB | Henderson State | 23 | Saskatchewan | Alton Francis | RB/K | Northern Illinois | 24 | BC | Brad Yamaoka | RB | British Columbia | 25 | Edmonton | Sheldon Napastuk | DT | Iowa State | 26 | Calgary | Cory Stevens | P/K | Minot State | 27 | Montreal | Adam Cassidy | OL | Alberta |
Round four Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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28 | Ottawa | Grayson Shillingford | SB | British Columbia | 29 | Saskatchewan | Paul Frian | LB | St. Francis Xavier | 30 | Saskatchewan | Dwayne Ell | DL | North Dakota | 31 | Winnipeg | Leonard Jean-Pierre | RB | York | 32 | Hamilton | Dan Brown | FB/RB | Bemidji State | 33 | BC | Kevin Ho-Young | RB | St. Francis Xavier | 34 | Edmonton | Murray Cunningham | DL | Alberta | 35 | Calgary | Vito Greco | LB/FB | Carleton | 36 | Montreal | Tom Hipsz | DE | Toronto |
Round five Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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37 | Ottawa | Darcy Curtis | DT/OL | Simon Fraser | 38 | Ottawa | George Savard | OL | Ottawa | 39 | Saskatchewan | Nelson Van Waes | SB/LB | Tulsa | 40 | Winnipeg | Stuart MacKenzie | OT | Western Kentucky | 41 | Hamilton | Paul Kent | OL | Kutztown | 42 | BC | Victor Bryna | DB | Simon Fraser | 43 | Edmonton | Joe Saul | DE | Saskatchewan | 44 | Calgary | Jung-Yul Kim | OT | Toronto |
Round six Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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45 | Ottawa | Robert McElwain | DB | Windsor | 46 | Toronto | Tim Biakabutuka | RB | Michigan | 47 | Saskatchewan | Chris Flory | OL | Saskatchewan | 48 | Winnipeg | Mark Holmstrom | LB | Manitoba | 49 | Hamilton | Troy Russel | DB | Bishop's | 50 | BC | Bryan Bourne | OL | British Columbia | 51 | Edmonton | Darcy Park | FB | Alberta | 52 | Calgary | David Lane | OL | Simon Fraser | 53 | Montreal | Adrian Rainbow | QB | British Columbia |
Round seven Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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54 | Ottawa | Michael Hendricks | LB | Ottawa | 55 | Toronto | Craig Poole | WR | Windsor | 56 | Saskatchewan | Greg Moe | K | Saskatchewan | 57 | Winnipeg | Gerald Lewis | LB | Eastern Michigan | 58 | Hamilton | David Burnie | DE | Western Ontario | 59 | BC | Paul Greenhow | CD | Queen's | 60 | Edmonton | Troy Shwetz | DB | Jamestown College | 61 | Montreal | Marc Charles | DT | Morgan State |
References 1. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews/may31_draft.html |title=CFL conducts Canadian College Draft |accessdate=2016-09-16 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19961122230319/http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews/may31_draft.html |archivedate=1996-11-22 |df= }} 2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/canadian_draft/list/year/1996|title=1996 Canadian Draft|publisher=Canadian Football League}}
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