2022 CFL Global Draft

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2022 CFL Global Draft
General information
SportCanadian football
Date(s)May 3, 2022
Time12:00 pm EDT
LocationToronto
Overview
27 total selections in 3 rounds
LeagueCFL
First selectionKingsley Jonathan, DE, Montreal Alouettes
U Sports selections2
NCAA selections17
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The 2022 CFL Global Draft was a selection of non-Canadian and non-American players by Canadian Football League (CFL) teams that took place on May 3, 2022. It was the second CFL Draft that pools all of the global players together after previously having separate drafts for Mexican players and European players in 2019.[1][2] 27 players were chosen from among eligible players following the CFL Combine in March.[2] Similar to the previous year's draft, this was a snake draft with the even-numbered rounds being the reverse order of the odd-numbered rounds.[3]

The draft was streamed on CFL.ca and was hosted by Marshall Ferguson and the CFL's Head of Football Operations, Greg Dick.[4]

Waiver priority order

The order of the draft was determined by a weighted lottery system and be based upon the waiver priority (reverse standings from 2021), as opposed to the random lottery order from the 2021 CFL Global Draft.[5] The weighted lottery was determined based on the waiver priority order below:

PR ADP Diff ± Team
1 2 –1 Edmonton Elks
2 8 –6 Ottawa Redblacks
3 3 BC Lions
4 1 +3 Montreal Alouettes
5 7 –2 Calgary Stampeders
6 4 +2 Toronto Argonauts
7 5 +2 Saskatchewan Roughriders
8 9 –1 Hamilton Tiger-Cats
9 6 +3 Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Draft order

Round one

Pick # CFL Team Player Position University/Club Team Nationality
1 Montreal Alouettes Kingsley Jonathan DE Syracuse Nigeria Nigeria
2 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Edmonton[trade 1]) Bailey Flint P Toledo Australia Australia
3 BC Lions Karlis Brauns DL Panthers Wrocław Latvia Latvia
4 Toronto Argonauts John Haggerty P Western Kentucky Australia Australia
5 Saskatchewan Roughriders Jordan Genmark Heath LB California, Los Angeles Sweden Sweden
6 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Tom Hackett P Utah Australia Australia
7 Calgary Stampeders Bamidele Olaseni OL Utah United Kingdom Great Britain
8 Ottawa Redblacks Héctor Zepeda OL Borregos Salvajes Monterrey Mexico Mexico
9 Edmonton Elks (via Hamilton[trade 1]) Ben Griffiths P Southern California Australia Australia

Round two

Pick # CFL Team Player Position University/Club Team Nationality
10 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Blake Hayes P Illinois Australia Australia
11 Ottawa Redblacks Edris Jean Alphonse DB Laval France France
12 Calgary Stampeders Ryan Gomes LB Galo Brazil Brazil
13 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Souleymane Karamoko DB Laval France France
14 Saskatchewan Roughriders Lukas Ruoss LB Bemidji State Switzerland Switzerland
15 Toronto Argonauts Simeon Okonta-Wariso DL Lübeck Cougars United Kingdom Great Britain
16 BC Lions Marcel Dabo DB Stuttgart Surge Germany Germany
17 Edmonton Elks Rafael Gaglianone K Wisconsin Brazil Brazil
18 Montreal Alouettes Thomas Odukoya TE Eastern Michigan Netherlands Netherlands

Round three

Pick # CFL Team Player Position University/Club Team Nationality
19 Montreal Alouettes Kirk Christodoulou P Pittsburgh Australia Australia
20 Edmonton Elks Corliss Waitman P South Alabama Belgium Belgium
21 BC Lions John-Levi Kruse FB Hamburg Sea Devils Germany Germany
22 Toronto Argonauts Otavio Amorim OL Berlin Thunder Brazil Brazil
23 Saskatchewan Roughriders Maceo Beard-Aigret DB Potsdam Royals France France
24 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Michael Sleep-Dalton P Iowa Australia Australia
25 Calgary Stampeders Bailey Devine-Scott DB Western New England Australia Australia
26 Ottawa Redblacks Gabriel Ballinas K Albany State Mexico Mexico
27 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Ralfs Rusins DT Liberty Latvia Latvia

Trades

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

See also

References

Trade references

  1. ^ a b c "Elks, Ticats make pre-draft trade". Canadian Football League. May 2, 2022.

General references