# 2005 CFL draft

The 2005 CFL draft took place on Thursday, April 28, 2005 at 11:30 AM ET. 53 players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. Of the 53 draft selections, 33 players were drafted from Canadian Interuniversity Sport institutions.

## Forfeitures

* Toronto forfeited their third round selection after selecting Riall Johnson in the 2004 Supplemental Draft.

## Round one

| = CFL Division All-Star | = CFL All-Star | = Hall of Famer |
| Pick # | CFL team | Player | Position | College |
| 1 | Calgary Stampeders | Miguel Robede | DE | Laval |
| 2 | Ottawa Renegades | Cam Yeow | LB | Akron |
| 3 | Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Toronto via Winnipeg) | Matt O'Meara | OT | McMaster |
| 4 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Chris Best | OL | Duke |
| 5 | Montreal Alouettes (via Ottawa via Edmonton) | Matthieu Proulx | DB | Laval |
| 6 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Jesse Lumsden | RB | McMaster |
| 7 | Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Montreal) | Nathan Hoffart | SB | Saskatchewan |
| 8 | BC Lions | Alexis Bwenge | RB | Kentucky |
| 9 | Toronto Argonauts | Nick Kaczur | OL | Toledo |

## Round two

| Pick # | CFL team | Player | Position | College |
| 10 | Calgary Stampeders | Godfrey Ellis | OL | Acadia |
| 11 | Toronto Argonauts (via Calgary via Ottawa) | Raymond Fontaine | LB | Kentucky |
| 12 | Montreal Alouettes (via Winnipeg) | Jeff Piercy | RB | Saskatchewan |
| 13 | Montreal Alouettes (via Saskatchewan) | Thomas Whitfield | DB | Syracuse |
| 14 | Toronto Argonauts (via Hamilton via Ottawa via Edmonton) | Phillipe Audet | DL | Laval |
| 15 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Fabio Filice | OL | McMaster |
| 16 | Montreal Alouettes | Philip Gauthier | DB | Laval |
| 17 | BC Lions | Pierre Tremblay | OL | Laval |
| 18 | Toronto Argonauts | Jeff Keeping | OT | Western Ontario |

## Round three

| Pick # | CFL team | Player | Position | College |
| 19 | Calgary Stampeders | John Comiskey | OT | Windsor |
| 20 | Ottawa Renegades | Les Mullings | RB | Saint Mary's |
| – | Toronto Argonauts (via Winnipeg) | Forfeit Pick | Forfeit Pick | Forfeit Pick |
| 21 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Matt Kudu | DL | Eastern Michigan |
| 22 | Edmonton Eskimos | Tim O'Neill | OL | Calgary |
| 23 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Francois Brochu | ST | Boston College |
| 24 | Montreal Alouettes | Victor Cabral | DT | Georgia Southern |
| 25 | BC Lions | David Lowry | LB | Calgary |
| 26 | BC Lions (via Toronto) | Patick Pierre-Louis | LB | UCLA |

## Round Four

| Pick # | CFL team | Player | Position | College |
| 27 | Calgary Stampeders | Kyler Jukes | OL | Regina |
| 28 | Ottawa Renegades | Cory Hathaway | TE/FB | Tulsa |
| 29 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Scott Mennie | LB | Manitoba |
| 30 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | J.O. Gagnon-Gordillo | DL | Eastern Michigan |
| 31 | Edmonton Eskimos | Anthony Posteraro | K/P | Graceland |
| 32 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Jeremy Steeves | S | St. Francis Xavier |
| 33 | Montreal Alouettes | Mike Ray | K/P | McMaster |
| 34 | BC Lions | Sebastian Clovis | DB | Saint Mary's |
| 35 | Toronto Argonauts | Tye Smith | OL | Manitoba |

## Round Five

| Pick # | CFL team | Player | Position | College |
| 36 | Calgary Stampeders | David Hewson | DB | Manitoba |
| 37 | Ottawa Renegades | Adrian Baird | DE | Ottawa |
| 38 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Martin Lapostolle | DL | Indiana |
| 39 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Dustin Cherniawski | DB | British Columbia |
| 40 | Edmonton Eskimos | Robert Leblanc | SB | McGill |
| 41 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Iain Fleming | SB | Queen's |
| 42 | Montreal Alouettes | Curt Hundeby | OL | Saskatchewan |
| 43 | BC Lions | Nuvraj Bassi | DT | Oregon |
| 44 | Toronto Argonauts | Bryan Crawford | RB | Queen's |

## Round Six

| Pick # | CFL team | Player | Position | College |
| 45 | Calgary Stampeders | Brett Ralph | WR | Alberta |
| 46 | Ottawa Renegades | Lenard Semajuste | FB | Adams State |
| 47 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Ryan Bisson | OL | Northwood |
| 48 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Ryan Gottselig | DL | Saskatchewan |
| 49 | Montreal Alouettes (via Edmonton) | Adam Eckert | WR | Dickinson State |
| 50 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Andrew Paopao | DL | San Jose State |
| 51 | Montreal Alouettes | Olivier Manigat | OL | Columbia |
| 52 | BC Lions | Karl Ortmanns | OL | Acadia |
| 53 | Toronto Argonauts | Ian Forde | RB | Waterloo |