List of first overall Canadian Football League draft picks
Modern era

List of first overall Canadian Football League draft picks

Section Title: Modern era
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Year	Player	Position	College	CFL Team

1985	Nicholas Benjamin	Offensive Lineman	Concordia	Ottawa Rough Riders

1986	Kent Warnock	Defensive End	Calgary	Calgary Stampeders

1987	Leo Groenewegen	Offensive Lineman	British Columbia	Ottawa Rough Riders

1988	Orville Lee	Running Back	Simon Fraser	Ottawa Rough Riders

1989	Gerald Wilcox	Tight End	Weber State	Ottawa Rough Riders

1990	Sean Millington	Running Back	Simon Fraser	Edmonton Eskimos

1991	Nick Mazzoli	Wide Receiver	Simon Fraser	Hamilton Tiger-Cats

1992	Bruce Covernton	Offensive Tackle	Weber State	Calgary Stampeders

1993	Patrick Burke	Defensive Back	Fresno College	BC Lions

1994	Val St. Germain	Offensive Lineman	McGill	Hamilton Tiger-Cats

1995	Tom Nütten	Offensive Lineman	Western Michigan	Hamilton Tiger-Cats

1996	Don Blair	Slotback	Calgary	Edmonton Eskimos

1997	Chad Folk	Offensive Lineman	Utah	Toronto Argonauts

1998	Tim Fleiszer	Defensive Lineman	Harvard	Hamilton Tiger-Cats

1999	Rob Meier	Defensive End	Washington State	BC Lions

2000	Tyson St. James	Linebacker	British Columbia	Saskatchewan Roughriders

2001	Scott Schultz	Defensive Lineman	North Dakota	Saskatchewan Roughriders

2002	Alexandre Gauthier	Offensive Lineman	Laval	Ottawa Renegades

2003	Steve Morley	Offensive Lineman	Saint Mary's	Calgary Stampeders

2004	Wayne Smith	Offensive Lineman	Appalachian State	Hamilton Tiger-Cats

2005	Miguel Robede	Defensive End	Laval	Calgary Stampeders

2006	Adam Braidwood	Defensive End	Washington State	Edmonton Eskimos

2007	Chris Bauman	Wide Receiver	Regina	Hamilton Tiger-Cats

2008	Dylan Barker	Defensive Back	Saskatchewan	Hamilton Tiger-Cats

2009	Simeon Rottier	Offensive Lineman	Alberta	Hamilton Tiger-Cats

2010	Shomari Williams	Linebacker	Queen's	Saskatchewan Roughriders

2011	Henoc Muamba	Linebacker	St. Francis Xavier	Winnipeg Blue Bombers

2012	Ben Heenan	Offensive Lineman	Saskatchewan	Saskatchewan Roughriders

2013	Linden Gaydosh	Defensive Lineman	Calgary	Hamilton Tiger-Cats

2014	Pierre Lavertu	Offensive Lineman	Laval	Calgary Stampeders

2015	Alex Mateas	Offensive Lineman	Connecticut	Ottawa Redblacks

2016	Josiah St. John	Offensive Lineman	Oklahoma	Saskatchewan Roughriders

2017	Faith Ekakitie	Defensive lineman	Iowa	Winnipeg Blue Bombers

2018	Mark Chapman	Wide receiver	Central Michigan	Hamilton Tiger-Cats

2019

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Alex Mateas was drafted by the Redblacks with the first overall pick in the 2015 CFL Draft.

final_sentence: Alex Mateas was drafted by the Redblacks with the first overall pick in the 2015 CFL Draft.