The 1997 CFL Draft composed of 48 Canadian football players that were chosen from eligible Canadian universities as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA.

Round one [link]

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
1	Toronto Argonauts	Chad Folk	OL	Utah
2	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Ben Fairbrother	OL	Calgary
3	Edmonton Eskimos	Ian Franklin	CB	Weber State
4	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Tim Prinsen	OG	North Dakota
5	Calgary Stampeders	Doug Brown	DL	Simon Fraser
6	Montreal Alouettes	Steve Charbonneau	DL	New Hampshire
7	Calgary	Jason Clemett	LB	Simon Fraser
8	Edmonton	Mark Farraway	DL	St. Francis Xavier
9	Toronto	Matthew DuBuc	SB	Texas Tech

Round two [link]

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
10	British Columbia Lions	Robert Beveridge	OL	British Columbia
11	Montreal	Jeerom Pathon	WR	Washington
12	Hamilton	Joe Rumolo	DL	Akron
13	Saskatchewan	Chris Szarka	FB	Eastern Illinois
14	Montreal	Ryan Coughlin	OL	McGill
15	Calgary	Jeff Traversy	DT	Edinboro
16	Edmonton	Patrice Denis	LB	Western Ontario
17	Toronto	Steve Salter	OL	Ottawa

Round three [link]

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
18	Toronto	Aldi Henry	CB	Michigan State
19	B.C.	Paul Stoilen	LB	Simon Fraser
20	B.C.	John Partchenko	OT	Michigan
21	Montreal	Bruno Heppell	RB	Western Michigan
22	Calgary	Frank Rocca	OL	Eastern Michigan
23	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Marice Henriques	S	Colorado
24	Toronto	Dave Mudge	OT	Michigan State

Round four [link]

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
25	B.C.	Bret Anderson	P	Simon Fraser
26	Saskatchewan	Mark Raphael	CB	Ottawa
27	B.C.	Martin Miller-Johnston	CB	Manitoba
28	Hamilton	Mark Nohra	RB	British Columbia
29	Montreal	Derek Krete	LB	Western Ontario
30	Montreal	Ryan Carruthers	SB	Calgary
31	Calgary	Uzo Ubani	SB	Concordia
32	Edmonton	David Heasman	OL	Northern Arizona
33	Toronto	Jayson Hansen	OL	Texas Tech

Round five [link]

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
34	Saskatchewan	Andre Batson	WR	York
35	B.C.	Jamie MacDonald	OT	Northern Illinois
36	Hamilton	Luc Normand	WR	University
37	Winnipeg	Jonathan Swift	LB	Tennessee-Martin
38	Montreal	Andy Brereton	SB	Western Michigan
39	Calgary	Trent Bagnail	OL	Saskatchewan
40	Edmonton	O.J. Santiago	TE	Kent State
41	Toronto	Mark Giardetti	DE	Evangel College

Round six [link]

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
42	Saskatchewan	Dan Comiskey	OL	Windsor
43	B.C.	Kelly Lochbaum	LB	Northern Arizona
44	Winnipeg	Wayne Weathers	DE	Manitoba
45	Montreal	Francis Bellefroid	LB	Bishop's
46	Calgary	Paul Donkersley	RB	Acadia
47	Edmonton	Chris Hardy	QB	Manitoba
48	Toronto	Kris Kershaw	QB	Salisbury State

External links [link]

"1997 Canadian Draft". Canadian Football League. https://www.cfl.ca/canadian_draft/list/year/1997.

Preceded by 1996 CFL Draft	Canadian College Draft 1997	Succeeded by 1998 CFL Draft

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See also	List of first overall Canadian Football League draft picks

v t e 1997 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Toronto Winnipeg

See also	1997 CFL Draft 85th Grey Cup

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1979 CFL Draft

The 1979 CFL Draft composed of seven rounds where 81 Canadian football players were chosen from eligible Canadian universities and Canadian players playing in the NCAA. A total of 18 players were selected as territorial exemptions, with all nine teams making at least one selection in this stage of the draft.

Territorial exemptions

Toronto Argonauts Mike McTague WR North Dakota

Saskatchewan Roughriders Al Johns DT Pacific University

Saskatchewan Roughriders Tim Hook G Montana

British Columbia Lions Nick Hebeler DT Simon Fraser

British Columbia Lions Ron Morehouse LB San Diego State

Hamilton Tiger-Cats John Priestner LB Western Ontario

Hamilton Tiger-Cats Jim Reid TB Wilfrid Laurier

Winnipeg Blue Bombers Rick Chernoff TE Manitoba

Winnipeg Blue Bombers Bill Yaworsky DE Manitoba

2009 CFL Draft

The 2009 CFL Draft took place on Saturday, May 2, 2009 live at 11:00 AM ET on TSN. 48 players were chosen from among 774 eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. Of the 48 draft selections, 38 players were drafted from Canadian Interuniversity Sport institutions, including the first seven.

The first two rounds were broadcast live on TSN with CFL Commissioner Mark Cohon announcing each selection. The production was hosted by Rod Black and featured the CFL on TSN panel which included Duane Forde, Steve Sumarah, Stefan Ptaszek, Farhan Lalji, Glen Suitor, Matt Dunigan, and Chris Schultz who analyzed the teams' needs and picks.

Round one

Round two

Round three

Round four

Round five

Round six

1973 CFL Draft

The 1973 CFL Draft composed of nine rounds where 93 Canadian football players were chosen from eligible Canadian universities and, for the first time, Canadian players playing in the NCAA. Prior to 1973, teams were given exclusive signing privileges to Canadian players who attended U.S. schools based on the territory he was domiciled. After the draft was expanded to include NCAA schools, teams were also permitted to exempt from the draft and select players from their area, regardless of where they attended school.