1997 CFL draft

Canadian football draft August 2026 The 1997 CFL draft took place on Monday, April 7, 1997.https://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews/apr8_draft.html Linemen in demand in '97 draft Canadian Football League dead https://web.archive.org/web/19980507151659/http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews/apr8_draft.html May 7, 1998 48 Canadian football players were chosen from 363 eligible Canadian universities as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA.https://www.cfl.ca/canadian_draft/list/year/1997 1997 Canadian Draft Canadian Football League 2017-08-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923230918/http://www.cfl.ca/canadian_draft/list/year/1997 2015-09-23 dead The Ottawa Rough Riders folded following the 1996 CFL season, but any trades involving the club were still in effect. Since the Rough Riders finished last in the CFL, teams that received selections in trades picked first in those rounds, including the first overall pick. Conversely, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats traded their third round selection to the Rough Riders and that pick was subsequently forfeited. All other Ottawa selections were skipped. Forfeitures Hamilton forfeited their sixth round selection after making a selection in the 1996 Supplemental Draft. Round one = CFL Division All-Star= CFL All-Star= Hall of Famer Pick # CFL team Player Position School 1 Toronto Argonauts (via Ottawa) Chad Folk OL Utah 2 Saskatchewan Roughriders Ben Fairbrother OL Calgary 3 Edmonton Eskimos (via BC) Ian Franklin CB Weber State 4 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Tim Prinsen OG North Dakota 5 Calgary Stampeders (via Winnipeg) Doug Brown DL Simon Fraser 6 Montreal Alouettes Steve Charbonneau DL New Hampshire 7 Calgary Stampeders Jason Clemett LB Simon Fraser 8 Edmonton Eskimos Mark Farraway DL St. Francis Xavier 9 Toronto Argonauts Matthew DuBuc SB Texas Tech Round two Pick # CFL team Player Position School 10 BC Lions (via Winnipeg via Saskatchewan) Robert Beveridge OL British Columbia 11 Montreal Alouettes (via BC) Jerome Pathon WR Washington 12 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Joe Rumolo DL Akron 13 Saskatchewan Roughriders (via BC via Winnipeg) Chris Szarka FB Eastern Illinois 14 Montreal Alouettes Ryan Coughlin OL McGill 15 Calgary Stampeders Jeff Traversy DT Edinboro 16 Edmonton Eskimos Patrice Denis LB Western Ontario 17 Toronto Argonauts Steve Salter OL Ottawa Round three = CFL Division All-Star= CFL All-Star= Hall of Famer Pick # CFL team Player Position School 18 Toronto Argonauts (via Winnipeg via Saskatchewan) Aldi Henry CB Michigan State 19 BC Lions Paul Stoilen LB Simon Fraser – Ottawa Rough Riders (via Hamilton) Team folded prior to season 20 BC Lions (via Winnipeg) John Partchenko OT Michigan 21 Montreal Alouettes Bruno Heppell RB Western Michigan 22 Calgary Stampeders Frank Rocca OL Eastern Michigan 23 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Edmonton) Marice Henriques S Colorado 24 Toronto Argonauts Dave Mudge OT Michigan State Round four Pick # CFL team Player Position School 25 BC Lions (via Ottawa) Bret Anderson P Simon Fraser 26 Saskatchewan Roughriders Mark Raphael CB Ottawa 27 BC Lions Martin Miller-Johnston CB Manitoba 28 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Mark Nohra RB British Columbia 29 Montreal Alouettes (via Winnipeg) Derek Krete LB Western Ontario 30 Montreal Alouettes Ryan Carruthers SB Calgary 31 Calgary Stampeders Uzo Ubani SB Concordia 32 Edmonton Eskimos David Heasman OL Northern Arizona 33 Toronto Argonauts Jayson Hansen OL Texas Tech Round five Pick # CFL team Player Position School 34 Saskatchewan Roughriders Andre Batson WR York 35 BC Lions Jamie MacDonald OT Northern Illinois 36 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Luc Normand WR Bishop's University 37 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Jonathan Swift LB Tennessee-Martin 38 Montreal Alouettes Andy Brereton SB Western Michigan 39 Calgary Stampeders Trent Bagnail OL Saskatchewan 40 Edmonton Eskimos O.J. Santiago TE Kent State 41 Toronto Argonauts Mark Giardetti DE Evangel College Round six = CFL Division All-Star= CFL All-Star= Hall of Famer Pick # CFL team Player Position School 42 Saskatchewan Roughriders Dan Comiskey OL Windsor 43 BC Lions Kelly Lochbaum LB Northern Arizona – Hamilton Tiger-Cats Forfeit Pick 44 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Wayne Weathers DE Manitoba 45 Montreal Alouettes Francis Bellefroid LB Bishop's 46 Calgary Stampeders Paul Donkersley RB Acadia 47 Edmonton Eskimos Chris Hardy QB Manitoba 48 Toronto Argonauts Kris Kershaw QB Salisbury State References Category:CFL draft Cfl Draft, 1997