# 2016 CFL draft

The 2016 CFL Draft took place on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 7:00 PM ET on TSN2 and RDS2. 70 players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. The draft was expanded to eight rounds, which is the most since there were eight rounds in the 1992 CFL Draft. This draft also featured the most draft selections since 1987 when 72 players were drafted.
The entity which owns both TSN2 and RDS2 showed the first round of the draft on its cable TV platforms with subsequent rounds streamed on TSN GO online. The English language cable channel TSN2 featured host Farhan Lalji and the CFL on TSN panel including Duane Forde, Gary Lawless, Chris Schultz, and Lee Barrette who were chosen to analyze the teams' needs and picks while the French language channel RDS2 featured host Matthieu Proulx alongside analysts, Bruno Heppell, Didier Orméjuste and Pierre Vercheval.

## Top prospects

| Final Ranking | December Ranking | September Ranking | Player | Position | College | Hometown |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | David Onyemata | Defensive tackle | Manitoba | Lagos, Nigeria |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Tevaun Smith | Wide receiver | Iowa | Toronto, ON |
| 3 | 4 | 9 | Mehdi Abdesmad | Defensive end | Boston College | Montreal, QC |
| 4 | 5 | 3 | Arjen Colquhoun | Cornerback | Michigan State | Windsor, ON |
| 5 | 3 | 6 | Josiah St. John | Offensive tackle | Oklahoma | Toronto, ON |
| 6 | 6 | 10 | Charles Vaillancourt | Offensive lineman | Laval | Coaticook, QC |
| 7 | - | - | Alex Singleton | Linebacker | Montana State | Thousand Oaks, CA |
| 8 | 8 | 17 | Trent Corney | Defensive end | Virginia | Brockville, ON |
| 9 | 13 | 15 | Philippe Gagnon | Offensive lineman | Laval | L'Ancienne-Lorette, QC |
| 10 | 18 | - | Brian Jones | Wide receiver | Acadia | Enfield, NS |
| 11 | 9 | - | Taylor Loffler | Safety | British Columbia | Kelowna, BC |
| 12 | 12 | 11 | Juwan Brescacin | Wide receiver | Northern Illinois | Mississauga, ON |
| 13 | 7 | 5 | Mercer Timmis | Running back | Calgary | Burlington, ON |
| 14 | 11 | 7 | Dillon Guy | Offensive tackle | Buffalo | Hamilton, ON |
| 15 | 15 | 13 | Anthony Thompson | Safety | Southern Illinois | Montreal, QC |
| 16 | - | - | Michael Couture | Offensive lineman | Simon Fraser | Burnaby, BC |
| 17 | 14 | 19 | Jason Lauzon-Séguin | Offensive tackle | Laval | Pointe-Claire, QC |
| 18 | 16 | 4 | Elie Bouka | Cornerback | Calgary | Laval, QC |
| 19 | 17 | 12 | Llevi Noel | Wide receiver | Toronto | Toronto, ON |
| 20 | 19 | 16 | Doug Corby | Wide receiver | Queen's | Burlington, ON |
| - | 10 | 8 | Mitchell Winters | Defensive lineman | Miami (Ohio) | Mississauga, ON |
| - | 20 | - | Quinn van Gylswyk | Placekicker | British Columbia | Victoria, BC |
| - | - | 14 | Michael Langlois | Defensive back/linebacker | Laval | Amos, QC |
| - | - | 18 | Brett Blaszko | Wide receiver | Calgary | Burlington, ON |
| - | - | 20 | George Johnson | Wide receiver | Western | London, ON |

## Trades

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

### Round one

* Hamilton → BC (D). Hamilton traded the 5th overall selection and the 23rd overall selection in this year's draft to BC for the 3rd overall selection and the 30th overall selection in this year's draft.
* BC → Hamilton (D). BC traded the 3rd overall selection and the 30th overall selection in this year's draft to Hamilton for the 5th overall selection and the 23rd overall selection in this year's draft.

### Round two

* Saskatchewan → Edmonton (PD). Saskatchewan traded this selection and Cory Watson to Edmonton for the rights to Jorgen Hus and a third-round pick in this year's draft.
* Edmonton → Winnipeg (PD). Edmonton traded this selection and Selvish Capers to Winnipeg for Chris Greaves.

### Round three

* Saskatchewan → Hamilton (PD). Saskatchewan traded this selection and a third-round pick in the 2015 CFL Draft to Hamilton for Brandon Boudreaux, a fourth-round pick in this year's draft and a fourth-round pick in the 2015 CFL Draft.
* Edmonton → Saskatchewan (PD). Edmonton traded this selection and the rights to Jorgen Hus to Saskatchewan for Cory Watson and a second-round pick in this year's draft.
* Calgary → Saskatchewan (PD). Calgary traded this selection and Tyler Crapigna to Saskatchewan for Jerome Messam and a fifth-round pick in this year's draft.
* BC → Hamilton (D). BC traded the 3rd overall selection and the 30th overall selection in this year's draft to Hamilton for the 5th overall selection and the 23rd overall selection in this year's draft.
* BC → Hamilton (D). BC traded the 21st overall selection in this year's draft to Hamilton for the 30th overall selection and the 32nd overall selection in this year's draft.

### Round four

* Hamilton → Saskatchewan (PD). Hamilton traded this selection, Brandon Boudreaux, and a fourth-round pick in the 2015 CFL Draft to Saskatchewan for a third-round pick in this year's draft and a third-round pick in the 2015 CFL Draft.
* Edmonton → Hamilton (PD). Edmonton traded this selection and a conditional selection in the 2015 CFL Draft to Hamilton for Steve Myddelton.
* Saskatchewan → Toronto (PD). Saskatchewan traded this selection to Toronto for Bruce Campbell.
* Hamilton → BC (D). Hamilton traded the 5th overall selection and the 23rd overall selection in this year's draft to BC for the 3rd overall selection and the 30th overall selection in this year's draft.
* Hamilton → BC (D). Hamilton traded the 30th overall selection and the 32nd overall selection in this year's draft to BC for the 21st overall selection in this year's draft.

### Round five

* Montreal → Saskatchewan (PD). Montreal traded this selection to Saskatchewan for Kevin Glenn.
* Saskatchewan → Calgary (PD). Saskatchewan traded this selection and Jerome Messam to Calgary for Tyler Crapigna and a third-round pick in this year's draft.
* BC → Hamilton (PD). BC traded this selection to Hamilton for Tim O'Neill.

### Round six

* Hamilton → Montreal (PD). Hamilton traded this selection and a conditional seventh-round pick in the 2017 CFL Draft to Montreal for Mike Edem.
* Saskatchewan → Ottawa (PD). Saskatchewan traded this selection and a seventh-round pick in this year's draft to Ottawa for Maurice Price and a sixth-round pick in this year's draft.
* Ottawa → Saskatchewan (PD). Ottawa traded this selection and Maurice Price to Saskatchewan for a sixth-round pick and a seventh-round pick in this year's draft.

### Round seven

* Saskatchewan → Ottawa (PD). Saskatchewan traded this selection and a sixth-round pick in this year's draft to Ottawa for Maurice Price and a sixth-round pick in this year's draft.

### Conditional trades

* Ottawa → Saskatchewan (PD). Ottawa traded a conditional selection to Saskatchewan for the rights to Johnny Mark.

## Forfeitures

* Winnipeg forfeits their first-round selection after selecting Garrett Waggoner in the 2015 Supplemental Draft.
* Calgary forfeits their seventh-round selection after selecting Brandon Tett in the 2015 Supplemental Draft.

## Draft order

| = CFL Division All-Star | = CFL All-Star | = Hall of Famer |

### Round one

| Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | College |
| 1 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Josiah St. John | OL | Oklahoma |
| – | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Forfeit pick | Forfeit pick | Forfeit pick |
| 2 | Montreal Alouettes | Philippe Gagnon | OL | Laval |
| 3 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via BC) | Brandon Revenberg | OL | Grand Valley State |
| 4 | Toronto Argonauts | Brian Jones | WR | Acadia |
| 5 | BC Lions (via Hamilton) | Charles Vaillancourt | OL | Laval |
| 6 | Calgary Stampeders | Alex Singleton | LB | Montana State |
| 7 | Ottawa Redblacks | Jason Lauzon-Séguin | OL | Laval |
| 8 | Edmonton Eskimos | Tevaun Smith | WR | Iowa |

### Round two

| Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | College |
| 9 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Edmonton via Saskatchewan) | Trent Corney | DL | Virginia |
| 10 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Michael Couture | OL | Simon Fraser |
| 11 | Montreal Alouettes | Wayne Moore | RB | McMaster |
| 12 | BC Lions | Anthony Thompson | DB | Southern Illinois |
| 13 | Toronto Argonauts | D. J. Sackey | OL | Toronto |
| 14 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Mercer Timmis | RB | Calgary |
| 15 | Calgary Stampeders | Juwan Brescacin | WR | Northern Illinois |
| 16 | Ottawa Redblacks | Mikaël Charland | DB | Concordia |
| 17 | Edmonton Eskimos | Arjen Colquhoun | DB | Michigan State |

### Round three

| Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | College |
| 18 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Saskatchewan) | Mike Jones | WR | Southern |
| 19 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Taylor Loffler | DB | British Columbia |
| 20 | Montreal Alouettes | Sean Jamieson | OL | Western Ontario |
| 21 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via BC) | Terrell Davis | LB | British Columbia |
| 22 | Toronto Argonauts | Jamal Campbell | OL | York |
| 23 | BC Lions (via Hamilton) | Brett Blaszko | WR | Calgary |
| 24 | Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Calgary) | Elie Bouka | DB | Calgary |
| 25 | Ottawa Redblacks | Mehdi Abdesmad | DL | Boston College |
| 26 | Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Edmonton) | Quinn Van Glyswyk | K | British Columbia |

### Round four

| Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | College |
| 27 | Toronto Argonauts (via Saskatchewan) | Declan Cross | RB | McMaster |
| 28 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Shayne Gauthier | LB | Laval |
| 29 | Montreal Alouettes | George Johnson | WR | Western Ontario |
| 30 | BC Lions (via Hamilton via BC) | Dillon Guy | OL | Buffalo |
| 31 | Toronto Argonauts | Llevi Noel | WR | Toronto |
| 32 | BC Lions (via Hamilton) | Shaquille Johnson | WR | Western Ontario |
| 33 | Calgary Stampeders | Roman Grozman | OT | Concordia |
| 34 | Ottawa Redblacks | Kevin Jackson | LB | Sam Houston State |
| 35 | Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Hamilton via Edmonton) | David Onyemata | DL | Manitoba |

### Round five

| Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | College |
| 36 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Alex Ogbongbemiga | LB | Calgary |
| 37 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Zachary Intzandt | OL | McMaster |
| 38 | Calgary Stampeders (via Saskatchewan via Montreal) | Jean-Philippe Bolduc | DB | Laval |
| 39 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via BC) | Felix Faubert-Lussier | WR | Laval |
| 40 | Toronto Argonauts | Curtis Newton | LB | Guelph |
| 41 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Elroy Douglas | DB | Missouri Western State |
| 42 | Calgary Stampeders | Pierre-Luc Caron | LB | Laval |
| 43 | Ottawa Redblacks | Randy Beardy | OL | Windsor |
| 44 | Edmonton Eskimos | Josh Woodman | DB | Western Ontario |

### Round six

| Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | College |
| 45 | Ottawa Redblacks (via Saskatchewan) | Kyle Fraser-Audit | OL | Guelph |
| 46 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Rupert Butcher | DL | Western Ontario |
| 47 | Montreal Alouettes | A'dre Fraser | WR | Guelph |
| 48 | BC Lions | Brennan Van Nistelrooy | DB | Alberta |
| 49 | Toronto Argonauts | Chris Kolankowski | OL | York |
| 50 | Montreal Alouettes (via Hamilton) | Emmitt Tims | WR | Saskatchewan |
| 51 | Calgary Stampeders | Michael Kashak | DL | McMaster |
| 52 | Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Ottawa) | Alex McKay | OL | Manitoba |
| 53 | Edmonton Eskimos | Doug Corby | WR | Queen's |

### Round seven

| Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | College |
| 54 | Ottawa Redblacks (via Saskatchewan) | Arto Khatchikian | LB | Concordia |
| 55 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Alex Vitt | SB | Manitoba |
| 56 | Montreal Alouettes | Maiko Zepeda | DB | Montreal |
| 57 | BC Lions | Nathan O'Halloran | FB | Windsor |
| 58 | Toronto Argonauts | Johnathan Ngeleka Muamba | DB | McMaster |
| 59 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Mitchell Barnett | LB | British Columbia |
| – | Calgary Stampeders | Forfeit pick | Forfeit pick | Forfeit pick |
| 60 | Ottawa Redblacks | Jamal Kett | WR | Western Ontario |
| 61 | Edmonton Eskimos | Doug Parrish | LB | Western Oregon |

### Round eight

| Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | College |
| 62 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Joshua Stanford | WR | Kansas |
| 63 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Frank Renaud | LB | Windsor |
| 64 | Montreal Alouettes | Matthew Toppan | OL | Guelph |
| 65 | BC Lions | Boyd Richardson | DL | British Columbia |
| 66 | Toronto Argonauts | Ryan Nieuwesteeg | RB | Guelph |
| 67 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Matt Uren | WR | Western Ontario |
| 68 | Calgary Stampeders | Quinn Horton | DL | Simon Fraser |
| 69 | Ottawa Redblacks | Guillaume Tremblay-Lebel | LB | Laval |
| 70 | Edmonton Eskimos | DJ Lalama | LB | Manitoba |