# 2015 CFL draft

The 2015 CFL Draft took place on Tuesday, May 12, 2015, at 8:00 PM ET on TSN2 and RDS2. 62 players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA.
For the first time since the 2006 CFL Draft, an NCAA player was drafted first overall, with Alex Mateas from the University of Connecticut being selected with the top pick. Six offensive linemen were drafted in the first round, which broke the previous record of five in the 1987 CFL Draft. A total of 44 CIS football players were selected in the draft with the Calgary Dinos earning the most selected players with seven, including two within the first three picks. 13 trades were made involving 15 draft picks, with all of the trades occurring before the draft.
The first two rounds were broadcast live on TSN with CFL Commissioner Jeffrey Orridge announcing each selection. The production was hosted by Farhan Lalji and featured the CFL on TSN panel which included Duane Forde, Paul LaPolice, Mike Benevides, and Lee Barrette who analyzed the teams' needs and picks.

## Top prospects

    Source: CFL Scouting Bureau rankings.
| Final ranking | December ranking | September ranking | Player | Position | College |
| 1 | - | - | Christian Covington | Defensive lineman | Rice |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Brett Boyko | Offensive lineman | UNLV |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | Alex Mateas | Offensive lineman | UConn |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Tyler Varga | Running back | Yale |
| 5 | 8 | 4 | Danny Groulx | Offensive lineman | Laval |
| 6 | 7 | 8 | Sukh Chungh | Offensive lineman | Calgary |
| 7 | 3 | 5 | Daryl Waud | Defensive lineman | Western |
| 8 | - | - | Lemar Durant | Wide receiver | Simon Fraser |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Nic Demski | Wide receiver | Manitoba |
| 10 | 6 | 14 | Sean McEwen | Offensive lineman | Calgary |
| 11 | 12 | 12 | Chris Ackie | Defensive back | Wilfrid Laurier |
| 12 | 9 | 11 | Addison Richards | Wide receiver | Regina |
| 13 | 10 | 7 | Jacob Ruby | Offensive lineman | Richmond |
| 14 | 17 | - | Byron Archambault | Linebacker | Montreal |
| 15 | - | 18 | Tevaughn Campbell | Defensive back | Regina |
| 16 | - | - | Shaquille Murray-Lawrence | Running back | UNLV |
| 17 | 18 | 17 | Ese Mrabure-Ajufo | Defensive lineman | Wilfrid Laurier |
| 18 | 19 | 19 | Jake Harty | Wide receiver | Calgary |
| 19 | - | - | Brandon Bridge | Quarterback | South Alabama |
| 20 | 11 | 15 | Nicholas Shortill | Linebacker | McMaster |
| - | 13 | 10 | Dillon Guy | Offensive lineman | Buffalo |
| - | 14 | 16 | Karl Lavoie | Offensive lineman | Laval |
| - | 15 | 13 | Brandon Tennant | Defensive lineman | Laval |
| - | 16 | - | Adam Konar | Linebacker | Calgary |
| - | 20 | - | Ettore Lattanzio | Defensive lineman | Ottawa |
| - | - | 9 | Mehdi Abdesmad | Defensive lineman | Boston College |
| - | - | 20 | Rory Connop | Defensive lineman | Western |

## Trades

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

### Round one

* Hamilton → Montreal (PD). Hamilton traded this selection and a third-round pick in the draft to Montreal for Ryan Bomben.

### Round two

* Saskatchewan → Winnipeg (PD). Saskatchewan traded this selection and Kris Bastien to Winnipeg for Cory Watson and a third-round selection in the draft.

### Round three

* Ottawa → Calgary (PD). Ottawa traded this selection and a third-round pick in the 2014 CFL Draft to Calgary for Justin Phillips and a third-round selection in the 2014 CFL Draft.
* Saskatchewan → Hamilton (PD). Saskatchewan traded this selection and a third-round pick in the 2016 CFL Draft to Hamilton for Brandon Boudreaux, a fourth-round pick in this year's draft and a fourth-round pick in the 2016 CFL Draft.
* Winnipeg → Saskatchewan (PD). Winnipeg traded this selection and Cory Watson to Saskatchewan for Kris Bastien and a second-round selection in the draft.
* Winnipeg → Hamilton (PD). Winnipeg traded this selection to Hamilton for Abraham Kromah and a third-round pick in the draft.
* Hamilton → Winnipeg (PD). Hamilton traded this selection and Abraham Kromah to Winnipeg for a third-round pick in the draft.
* Hamilton → Montreal (PD). Hamilton traded this selection and a first-round pick in the draft to Montreal for Ryan Bomben.
* Montreal → Calgary (PD). Montreal traded this conditional selection (which became a third-round pick) and a fifth-round selection in the 2014 CFL Draft to Calgary for Larry Taylor, a fifth-round selection in the 2014 CFL Draft, and a conditional selection in this year's draft (which became a fourth-round pick).

### Round four

* Saskatchewan → Winnipeg (PD). Saskatchewan traded this selection and Patrick Neufeld to Winnipeg for Alex Hall and a second-round pick in the 2014 CFL Draft.
* Hamilton → Saskatchewan (PD). Hamilton traded this selection, Brandon Boudreaux, and a fourth-round pick in the 2016 CFL Draft to Saskatchewan for a third-round pick in this year's draft and a third-round pick in the 2016 CFL Draft.
* Winnipeg → Hamilton (PD). Winnipeg traded this conditional selection (which became a fourth-round pick) to Hamilton for Brian Brohm.
* Calgary → Montreal (PD). Calgary traded this conditional selection (which became a fourth-round pick), a fifth-round selection in the 2014 CFL Draft, and Larry Taylor to Montreal for a fifth-round selection in the 2014 CFL Draft and a conditional selection (which became a third-round pick).

### Round five

* Hamilton → BC (PD). Hamilton traded this selection to BC for Seydou Junior Haidara.

### Round six

* Edmonton → Hamilton (PD). Edmonton traded this selection and Ricardo Colclough to Hamilton for Darcy Brown.
* Toronto → Saskatchewan (PD). Toronto traded a conditional selection (which became a sixth round pick) to Saskatchewan for Dwight Anderson.

### Round seven

* Winnipeg → Toronto (PD). Winnipeg traded a conditional selection (which became a seventh round pick) to Toronto for Josh Portis.

### Conditional trades

* Calgary → Hamilton (PD). Calgary traded a conditional selection (condition not met) to Hamilton for Dee Webb.
* Edmonton → Hamilton (PD). Edmonton traded a conditional selection (condition not met) and a fourth-round pick in the 2016 CFL Draft to Hamilton for Steve Myddelton.

## Forfeitures

* Edmonton forfeits their fifth round selection after selecting Mike Dubuisson in the 2014 Supplemental Draft.

## Draft order

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

### Round one

| Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | College |
| 1 | Ottawa Redblacks | Alex Mateas | OL | UConn |
| 2 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Sukh Chungh | OL | Calgary |
| 3 | Toronto Argonauts | Sean McEwen | OL | Calgary |
| 4 | Montreal Alouettes | Chris Ackie | DB | Wilfrid Laurier |
| 5 | BC Lions | Ese Mrabure-Ajufo | DL | Wilfrid Laurier |
| 6 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Nic Demski | WR | Manitoba |
| 7 | Edmonton Eskimos | Danny Groulx | OL | Laval |
| 8 | Montreal Alouettes (via Hamilton) | Jacob Ruby | OL | Richmond |
| 9 | Calgary Stampeders | Karl Lavoie | OL | Laval |

### Round two

| Pick # | CFL team | Player | Position | College |
| 10 | Ottawa Redblacks | Jake Harty | WR | Calgary |
| 11 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Addison Richards | WR | Regina |
| 12 | Toronto Argonauts | Daryl Waud | DL | Western |
| 13 | Montreal Alouettes | Nick Shortill | LB | McMaster |
| 14 | BC Lions | Brett Boyko | OL | UNLV |
| 15 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Saskatchewan) | Brendan Morgan | DB | Queen's |
| 16 | Edmonton Eskimos | David Beard | OL | Alberta |
| 17 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Byron Archambault | LB | Montreal |
| 18 | Calgary Stampeders | Lemar Durant | WR | Simon Fraser |

### Round three

| Pick # | CFL team | Player | Position | College |
| 19 | Calgary Stampeders (via Ottawa) | Tyler Varga | RB | Yale |
| 20 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Winnipeg) | Jonathan Langa | LB | Saint Mary's |
| 21 | Toronto Argonauts | Cameron Walker | DL | Guelph |
| 22 | Calgary Stampeders (via Montreal) | Tevaughn Campbell | DB | Regina |
| 23 | BC Lions | Shaquille Murray-Lawrence | RB | UNLV |
| 24 | Montreal Alouettes (via Hamilton via Saskatchewan) | James Bodanis | OL | Michigan State |
| 25 | Edmonton Eskimos | Adam Konar | LB | Calgary |
| 26 | Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Winnipeg, via Hamilton Tiger-Cats) | Rory Connop | DL | Western |
| 27 | Calgary Stampeders | William Langlais | FB | Sherbrooke |

### Round four

| Pick # | CFL team | Player | Position | College |
| 28 | Ottawa Redblacks | Tanner Doll | LS | Calgary |
| 29 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Winnipeg) | Ron Omara | LB | St. Francis Xavier |
| 30 | Toronto Argonauts | Matt Norzil | WR | Laval |
| 31 | Montreal Alouettes | Brandon Bridge | QB | South Alabama |
| 32 | BC Lions | Adrian Clarke | LB | Bishop's |
| 33 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Saskatchewan) | Christophe Normand | RB | Laval |
| 34 | Edmonton Eskimos | Andrew Johnson | WR | Fort Lewis |
| 35 | Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Hamilton) | Matt Rea | FB | Michigan State |
| 36 | Montreal Alouettes (via Calgary) | Alex Charette | WR | Guelph |

### Round five

| Pick # | CFL team | Player | Position | College |
| 37 | Ottawa Redblacks | Jefferson Court | FB | Utah State |
| 38 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Ettore Lattanzio | DL | Ottawa |
| 39 | Toronto Argonauts | Dillon Campbell | RB | Wilfrid Laurier |
| 40 | Montreal Alouettes | Mikhail Davidson | WR | Montreal |
| 41 | BC Lions | Campbell Allison | OL | Eastern Michigan |
| 42 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Kwame Adjei | DB | Mount Allison |
| – | Edmonton Eskimos | Forfeit pick | Forfeit pick | Forfeit pick |
| 43 | BC Lions (via Hamilton) | Christian Covington | DL | Rice |
| 44 | Calgary Stampeders | Dexter Janke | DB | Saskatchewan |

### Round six

| Pick # | CFL team | Player | Position | College |
| 45 | Ottawa Redblacks | Kienan LaFrance | RB | Manitoba |
| 46 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Justin Warden | LB | Bishop's |
| 47 | Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Toronto) | Tyler Langlais | DL | Calgary |
| 48 | Montreal Alouettes | Quinn Lawlor | DL | Brigham Young |
| 49 | BC Lions | Joshua Brinkworth | DB | Pacific (OR) |
| 50 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Melvin Abankwah | RB | Saint Mary's |
| 51 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Edmonton) | Everett Ellefsen | DB | McNeese State |
| 52 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Daniel English | WR | British Columbia |
| 53 | Calgary Stampeders | Aaron Picton | OL | Regina |

### Round seven

| Pick # | CFL team | Player | Position | College |
| 54 | Ottawa Redblacks | Alexandre Leganiere | OL | Montreal |
| 55 | Toronto Argonauts (via Winnipeg) | Kevin Bradfield | WR | Toronto |
| 56 | Toronto Argonauts | Dan MacDonald | LS | Guelph |
| 57 | Montreal Alouettes | Anthony Coady | DB | Montreal |
| 58 | BC Lions | Maxx Forde | DE | Idaho |
| 59 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Brandon Tennant | DL | Laval |
| 60 | Edmonton Eskimos | Blair Smith | LB | Angelo State |
| 61 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Preston Huggins | LB | Western |
| 62 | Calgary Stampeders | Andrew Buckley | QB | Calgary |