# 2024 CFL draft

The 2024 CFL national draft was a selection of national players by Canadian Football League teams that took place on April 30, 2024 at 8:00 pm ET. 74 players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA and NAIA.

## Format changes

As per the 2022 collective bargaining agreement, beginning with this year's draft, the two teams that had National players featured in the highest percentage of snaps played in the 2023 CFL season were each awarded an additional second-round pick. Because of this change, there will no longer be second-round territorial selections for the two worst teams from the previous season.

## Top prospects

    Source: CFL Scouting Bureau rankings.
| Final ranking | January ranking | August ranking | Player | Position | University | Hometown |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Isaiah Adams | Offensive lineman | Illinois | Ajax, ON |
| 2 | 3 | – | Theo Johnson | Tight end | Pennsylvania State | Windsor, ON |
| 3 | 4 | 12 | Tanner McLachlan | Tight end | Arizona | Lethbridge, AB |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | Kyle Hergel | Offensive lineman | Boston College | Toronto, ON |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Theo Benedet | Offensive lineman | British Columbia | North Vancouver, BC |
| 6 | – | – | Joel Dublanko | Linebacker | Cincinnati | Aberdeen, WA |
| 7 | 11 | 6 | Nick Mardner | Wide receiver | Auburn | Oakville, ON |
| 8 | 9 | 8 | Giovanni Manu | Offensive lineman | British Columbia | Pitt Meadows, BC |
| 9 | 7 | 10 | Geoffrey Cantin-Arku | Linebacker | Memphis | Lévis, QC |
| 10 | 20 | – | Kevin Mital | Wide receiver | Laval | Saint-Hubert, QC |
| 11 | 8 | 11 | Anim Dankwah | Offensive lineman | Howard | Toronto, ON |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Gabe Wallace | Offensive lineman | Buffalo | Salmon Arm, BC |
| 13 | 15 | – | Daniel Okpoko | Defensive lineman | San Diego State | Saskatoon, SK |
| 14 | 18 | – | Nathaniel Dumoulin-Duguay | Offensive lineman | Laval | Rimouski, QC |
| 15 | 16 | 13 | Christy Nkanu | Offensive lineman | Washington State | Montreal, QC |
| 16 | 12 | 7 | Daniel Johnson | Offensive lineman | Purdue | London, ON |
| 17 | 10 | 14 | Melique Straker | Linebacker | Arkansas State | Brampton, ON |
| 18 | 13 | 19 | Dhel Duncan-Busby | Wide receiver | Bemidji State | Madison, OH |
| 19 | – | – | Luke Brubacher | Defensive lineman | Wilfrid Laurier | Listowel, ON |
| 20 | – | – | Kevens Clercius | Wide receiver | Connecticut | Montreal, QC |
| – | 14 | 9 | Justin Sambu | Defensive lineman | Baylor | Calgary, AB |
| – | 17 | 16 | Ajou Ajou | Wide receiver | Garden City | Brooks, AB |
| – | 19 | 18 | Kail Dava | Defensive lineman | Tennessee Tech | Mississauga, ON |
| – | – | 1 | Kurtis Rourke | Quarterback | Ohio | Oakville, ON |
| – | – | 15 | Nick Wiebe | Linebacker | Saskatchewan | Okotoks, AB |
| – | – | 17 | John Bosse | Offensive lineman | Calgary | Calgary, AB |
| – | – | 20 | Eric Schon | Offensive lineman | Holy Cross | Barrie, ON |
* 1 2 Rourke and Schon deferred their draft years to 2025.

## Draft order
### Round one

| Pick # | CFL team | Player | Position | University |
| 1 | Edmonton Elks | Joel Dublanko | LB | Cincinnati |
| 2 | Ottawa Redblacks | Nick Mardner | WR | Auburn |
| 3 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Kyle Hergel | OL | Boston College |
| 4 | Calgary Stampeders | Benjamin Labrosse | DB | McGill |
| 5 | Toronto Argonauts (via Hamilton) | Kevin Mital | WR | Laval |
| 6 | BC Lions | George Una | OL | Windsor |
| 7 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Toronto) | Nathaniel Dumoulin-Duguay | OL | Laval |
| 8 | Calgary Stampeders (via Winnipeg) | Christy Nkanu | OL | Washington State |
| 9 | Montreal Alouettes | Geoffrey Cantin-Arku | LB | Memphis |

### Round two

| Pick # | CFL team | Player | Position | University |
| 10 | Edmonton Elks | DK Bonhomme | LB | South Alabama |
| 11 | Ottawa Redblacks | Daniel Okpoko | DL | San Diego State |
| 12 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Nick Wiebe | LB | Saskatchewan |
| 13 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Calgary) | Kevens Clercius | WR | Connecticut |
| 14 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Hamilton and Calgary) | Michael Chris-Ike | RB | Delaware State |
| 15 | BC Lions | Theo Benedet | OL | British Columbia |
| 16 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Toronto) | Luke Brubacher | DL | Wilfrid Laurier |
| 17 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Gabe Wallace | OL | Buffalo |
| 18 | Edmonton Elks (via Montreal) | Bradley Hladik | TE | British Columbia |
| 19N | BC Lions | Ezechiel Tieide | WR | Concordia (QC) |
| 20N | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Kyle Samson | DL | British Columbia |

### Round three

| Pick # | CFL team | Player | Position | University |
| 21 | Edmonton Elks | Olivier Muembi | LB | Queen's |
| 22 | Ottawa Redblacks | Dawson Pierre | DB | Concordia (QC) |
| 23 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Dhel Duncan-Busby | WR | Bemidji State |
| 24 | Toronto Argonauts (via Hamilton via Calgary) | Tyson Hergott | DL | Waterloo |
| 25 | Toronto Argonauts (via Hamilton) | John Bosse | OL | Calgary |
| 26 | BC Lions | Cristophe Beaulieu | DB | Laval |
| 27 | Toronto Argonauts | Tyshon Blackburn | DB | Alberta |
| 28 | Calgary Stampeders (via Winnipeg) | George Idoko | DL | Saskatchewan |
| 29 | Montreal Alouettes | Arthur Hamlin | DB | Colgate |

### Round four

| Pick # | CFL team | Player | Position | University |
| 30 | Edmonton Elks | Jaxon Morkin | OL | Windsor |
| 31 | Edmonton Elks (via Ottawa) | Vincent Blanchard | K | Laval |
| 32 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Melique Straker | LB | Arkansas State |
| 33 | Calgary Stampeders | Jason Janvier-Messier | DL | York (ON) |
| 34 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Daniel Bell | DB | Mount Allison |
| 35 | Ottawa Redblacks (via BC) | Jahquan Bloomfield | WR | Prairie View A&M |
| 36 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Toronto) | Matthew Peterson | RB | Alberta |
| 37 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Ian Leroux | LS | Laval |
| 38 | Montreal Alouettes | Micah Roane | DL | South Dakota |

### Round five

| Pick # | CFL team | Player | Position | University |
| 39 | Toronto Argonauts (via Edmonton) | Jerrell Cummings | DB | British Columbia |
| 40 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Ottawa) | Ethan Kalra | OL | Waterloo |
| 41 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Daniel Johnson | OL | Purdue |
| 42 | Calgary Stampeders | Paul-Antoine Ouellette | WR | Montreal |
| 43 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Ryan Baker | LB | British Columbia |
| 44 | BC Lions | Kail Dava | DL | Tennessee Tech |
| 45 | Toronto Argonauts | Ifenna Onyeka | DL | Carleton (ON) |
| 46 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Giovanni Manu | OL | British Columbia |
| 47 | Montreal Alouettes | Frederik Antoine | WR | Laval |

### Round six

| Pick # | CFL team | Player | Position | University |
| 48 | Toronto Argonauts (via Edmonton) | Anim Dankwah | OL | Howard |
| 49 | Ottawa Redblacks | Yani Gouadfel | DB | Bishop's |
| 50 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | D'Sean Mimbs | WR | Regina |
| 51 | Calgary Stampeders | Tanner McLachlan | TE | Arizona |
| 52 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Jonathan Giustini | DB | Alberta |
| 53 | BC Lions | Terrence Ganyi | LB | Maine |
| 54 | Toronto Argonauts | Justin Sambu | DL | Baylor |
| 55 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Abdul-Karim Gassama | WR | Manitoba |
| 56 | Montreal Alouettes | Michael Herzog | RB | Hillsdale |

### Round seven

| Pick # | CFL team | Player | Position | University |
| 57 | Edmonton Elks | Evan Anseeuw | OL | York (ON) |
| 58 | Ottawa Redblacks | Zachary Philion | LB | Concordia (QC) |
| 59 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Ajou Ajou | WR | South Florida |
| 60 | Calgary Stampeders | Jackson Sombach | DB | Regina |
| 61 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | John Kourtis | OL | Saskatchewan |
| 62 | BC Lions | Dawson Marchant | DB | Northwestern Oklahoma State |
| 63 | Edmonton Elks (via Toronto) | Patrick Lavoie | OL | Carleton (ON) |
| 64 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Michael Vlahogiannis | OL | McGill |
| 65 | Montreal Alouettes | Mohsen Jamal | WR | Western Ontario |

### Round eight

| Pick # | CFL team | Player | Position | University |
| 66 | Edmonton Elks | Jacob Spencer | DL | Saginaw Valley State |
| 67 | Ottawa Redblacks | Russell Dixon | TE | Connecticut |
| 68 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Richard Aduboffour | DB | Western Ontario |
| 69 | Calgary Stampeders | Kaylyn St-Cyr | DB | Montreal |
| 70 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Mitchell Townsend | LB | British Columbia |
| 71 | BC Lions | Theo Johnson | TE | Pennsylvania State |
| 72 | Toronto Argonauts | Daniel Shin | OL | Alberta |
| 73 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Owen Hubert | DL | McMaster |
| 74 | Montreal Alouettes | Vincent Delisle | DB | Laval |

## Supplemental draft

On May 21, a supplemental draft was held with the Edmonton Elks forfeiting an eighth round pick in the 2025 CFL draft to select Antonio Alfano. On June 29, the Elks also forfeited their 2025 first round pick to select Zach Mathis.

## Trades

In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.

### Round one

* Hamilton ←→ Toronto (PD). Hamilton traded the fifth overall selection and two third-round picks in this year's draft, a conditional third-round pick in the 2025 CFL Draft, and the negotiation rights to Deontay Burnett to Toronto in exchange for Jordan Williams, the seventh overall selection, a second-round pick, and a fourth-round pick in this year's draft, and a conditional fourth-round pick in the 2025 CFL Draft.
* Winnipeg → Calgary (D). Winnipeg traded this selection and the 28th pick in this year's draft to Calgary in exchange for the 13th and 14th overall selections in this year's draft.

### Round two

* Hamilton → Calgary (PD). Hamilton traded this selection, a first-round pick in the 2023 CFL Draft, a third-round pick in the 2023 CFL Draft, and a sixth-round pick in the 2023 CFL Draft to Calgary in exchange for Bo Levi Mitchell, a first-round pick in the 2023 CFL Draft, and a third-round pick in this year's draft.
* Montreal → Edmonton (PD). Montreal traded this selection to Edmonton in exchange for Jesse Gibbon.
* Toronto → Hamilton (PD). Toronto traded a second-round pick in this year's draft, Jordan Williams, the seventh overall selection and a fourth-round pick in this year's draft, and a conditional fourth-round pick in the 2025 CFL Draft to Hamilton in exchange for the fifth overall selection and two third-round picks in this year's draft, a conditional third-round pick in the 2025 CFL Draft, and the negotiation rights to Deontay Burnett.
* Calgary → Winnipeg (D). Calgary traded the 13th and 14th picks in this year's draft to Winnipeg in exchange for the eighth and 28th overall selections in this year's draft.

### Round three

* Calgary → Hamilton (PD). Calgary traded this selection, Bo Levi Mitchell, and a first-round pick in the 2023 CFL Draft to Hamilton in exchange for a second-round pick in this year's draft, a first-round pick in the 2023 CFL Draft, a third-round pick in the 2023 CFL Draft, and a sixth-round pick in the 2023 CFL Draft.
* Hamilton → Toronto (PD). Hamilton traded two third-round picks and the fifth overall selection in this year's draft, a conditional third-round pick in the 2025 CFL Draft, and the negotiation rights to Deontay Burnett to Toronto in exchange for Jordan Williams, the seventh overall selection, a second-round pick, and a fourth-round pick in this year's draft, and a conditional fourth-round pick in the 2025 CFL Draft.
* Winnipeg → Calgary (D). Winnipeg traded this selection and the eighth pick in this year's draft to Calgary in exchange for the 13th and 14th overall selections in this year's draft.

### Round four

* BC → Hamilton (PD). BC traded a fourth-round selection to Hamilton in exchange for Dane Evans. The draft pick could have been escalated if undisclosed conditions were met.
* Hamilton → BC (PD). Hamilton traded the fourth-round selection originally acquired in the Dane Evans trade above back to BC in exchange for Jonathan Kongbo.
* Ottawa → Edmonton (PD). Ottawa traded this selection to Edmonton in exchange for Kevin Francis.
* BC → Ottawa (PD). BC traded a conditional fourth-round selection and a third-round pick in the 2023 CFL Draft to Ottawa in exchange for Terry Williams. This condition was fulfilled, as per the official draft order.
* Toronto → Hamilton (PD). Toronto traded a fourth-round pick in this year's draft, Jordan Williams, the seventh overall selection and a second-round pick in this year's draft, and a conditional fourth-round pick in the 2025 CFL Draft to Hamilton in exchange for the fifth overall selection and two third-round picks in this year's draft, a conditional third-round pick in the 2025 CFL Draft, and the negotiation rights to Deontay Burnett.

### Round five

* Edmonton → Toronto (PD). Edmonton traded a fifth-round selection and the negotiation rights to Xavier Gipson to Toronto in exchange Sam Acheampong.
* Ottawa → Winnipeg (PD). Ottawa traded a fifth-round selection to Winnipeg in exchange for the negotiation rights of Dru Brown.

### Round six

* Edmonton → Toronto (PD). Edmonton traded a sixth-round selection to Toronto in exchange Theren Churchill. The selection would be upgraded to a fifth-round pick if Churchill is named to the Elks' active roster for at least nine games during the 2023 season.

### Round seven

* Toronto → Edmonton (PD). Toronto traded this selection and Kurleigh Gittens Jr. to Edmonton in exchange for Jake Ceresna and a negotiation list player.

### Conditional trades

* Montreal → Calgary (PD). Montreal traded a conditional second-round selection to Calgary in exchange for the playing rights to Laurent Duvernay-Tardif. The condition will be fulfilled if Duvernay-Tardif signs with the Alouettes.