2024 CFL global draft
2024 CFL global draft | |
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General information | |
Sport | Canadian football |
Date(s) | April 30, 2024 |
Time | 11:00 am EDT |
Location | Toronto |
Overview | |
18 total selections in 2 rounds | |
League | CFL |
First selection | Eteva Mauga-Clements, Edmonton Elks |
U Sports selections | 0 |
NCAA selections | 15 |
The 2024 CFL global draft was a selection of non-Canadian and non-American players by Canadian Football League (CFL) teams that took place on April 30, 2024, at 11:00 am ET.[1] It was the fourth CFL draft that pooled all of the global players together after previously having separate drafts for Mexican players and European players in 2019.[2]
Draft format
As per the league's draft tracker, the draft featured two rounds with a total of 18 selections.[3] This was the first season where the league did not alter the format of the global draft from the prior year.[4][5] The draft order was based on the waiver priority (reverse standings from the previous year).[3]
Draft order
Round one
Pick # | CFL team | Player | Position | University/club | Nationality |
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1 | Edmonton Elks | Eteva Mauga-Clements | LB | Nebraska | American Samoa |
2 | Ottawa Redblacks | Matt Hayball | P | Vanderbilt | Australia |
3 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Tyrone Taleni | DL | Southern California | Samoa |
4 | Calgary Stampeders | Ron Tiavaasue | TE | New Mexico State | New Zealand |
5 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Nik Constantinou | P | Texas A&M | Australia |
6 | BC Lions | Carl Meyer | K | None | South Africa |
7 | Toronto Argonauts | Jeremy Edwards | P | Eastern Kentucky | Australia |
8 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Fabian Weitz | LB | Cologne Centurions | Germany |
9 | Montreal Alouettes | Sam Clark | P | James Madison | Australia |
Round two
Pick # | CFL team | Player | Position | University/club | Nationality |
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10 | Edmonton Elks | David Olajiga | DL | Central Missouri | United Kingdom |
11 | Ottawa Redblacks | Heston Lameta | LB | Northern Arizona | American Samoa |
12 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Jordy Sandy | P | Texas Christian | Australia |
13 | Calgary Stampeders | Julius Welschof | DL | Charlotte | Germany |
14 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Thomas Yassmin | TE | Utah | Australia |
15 | BC Lions | Tory Taylor | P | Iowa | Australia |
16 | Toronto Argonauts | Denzel Daxon | DL | Illinois | Bahamas |
17 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Lucky Ogbevoen | DB | Raiders Tirol | Austria |
18 | Montreal Alouettes | Nouredin Nouili | OL | Nebraska | Germany |
Trades
In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.
- None
See also
References
Trade references
General references
- ^ "CFL Combine in Winnipeg and April 30 drafts highlight 2024 offseason". Canadian Football League. January 31, 2024.
- ^ "CFL to hold global player combines in Europe, Mexico and Japan" (Press release). Canadian Football League. November 5, 2019. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
- ^ a b "2024 Global draft tracker". Canadian Football League. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
- ^ "2023 Global draft tracker". Canadian Football League. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
- ^ "CFL aligns Global Draft date w/ CFL Draft on May 3". Canadian Football League. February 24, 2022.