1996 CFL draft

Canadian football draft August 2026 The 1996 CFL draft took place on May 31, 1996.https://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews/may31_draft.html CFL conducts Canadian College Draft 2016-09-16 dead https://web.archive.org/web/19961122230319/http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews/may31_draft.html 1996-11-22 61 Canadian football players were chosen from eligible Canadian universities as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA.https://www.cfl.ca/canadian_draft/list/year/1996 1996 Canadian Draft Canadian Football League 2017-08-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923230911/http://www.cfl.ca/canadian_draft/list/year/1996 2015-09-23 dead This would be the last time that a CFL draft would have seven rounds, switching to six rounds in 1997, until the league reverted 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. In the fifth round, the Montreal Alouettes drafted defensive end James Eggink who had died from cancer in December 1995.https://apnews.com/c4d173ab5dff71ce04383d287c3b763c Second Year In A Row CFL Team Drafts Dead Player AP News 1996-03-14 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. Round one = CFL Division All-Star= CFL All-Star= Hall of Famer Pick # CFL team Player Position School 1 Edmonton Eskimos (via Ottawa) 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 Mark 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 School 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 School 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 School 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 School 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 School 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 School 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 Category:CFL draft Cfl Draft, 1996