1983 CFL Draft The 1983 CFL Draft composed of eight rounds where over 72 Canadian football players were chosen from eligible Canadian universities and Canadian players playing in the NCAA . A total of nine players were selected as territorial exemptions , with every team but Montreal making at least one selection during this stage of the draft . Territorial exemptions . British Columbia Lions Jim Mills OL Hawaii Calgary Stampeders Greg Vavra QB Calgary Edmonton Eskimos Blake Dermott OL Alberta Hamilton Tiger - Cats Jim Pendergast TE Queen ' s Ottawa Rough Riders Roger Cattelan OT Boston College Ottawa Rough Riders ( via Montreal ) Mike Hudson TE Guelph Saskatchewan Roughriders Scott Redl DE Saskatchewan Toronto Argonauts Kelvin Pruenster OT Cal - Poly Winnipeg Blue Bombers Scott Oliver LB Moorhead State 3rd Round . 19 . Montreal Concordes Blake Nill DL Calgary 20 . Ottawa Rough Riders Sam Benincasa LB Guelph 21 . Saskatchewan Roughriders Richard White LB Simon Fraser 22 . Hamilton Tiger - Cats Carey Lapa LB British Columbia 23 . British Columbia Lions William Bickowski FB Wilfrid Laurier 24 . Calgary Stampeders Bill Mintsoulis WR Toronto 25 . Winnipeg Blue Bombers John Pitts LB Western Ontario 26 . Toronto Argonauts Kevin Adams DB Waterloo 27 . Edmonton Eskimos Rick Makos G Toronto 4th Round . 28 . Montreal Concordes Jim Kardash TE Western Ontario 29 . Ottawa Rough Riders John Kane OL Michigan State 30 . Saskatchewan Roughriders Art Heier WR Waterloo 31 . Hamilton Tiger - Cats Rory Radford LB Guelph 32 . British Columbia Lions Jerome Erdman WR Simon Fraser 33 . Calgary Stampeders Brian Strong OL Montana State 34 . Winnipeg Blue Bombers Pat Cantner TE British Columbia 35 . Toronto Argonauts Boyd Young DL Ottawa 36 . Edmonton Eskimos Steve Hall DB Guelph 5th Round . 37 . Montreal Concordes Steve Nagel DE Wilfrid Laurier 38 . Ottawa Rough Riders Courtney Taylor DB Wilfrid Laurier 39 . Saskatchewan Roughriders Joel Johnston FB Simon Fraser 40 . Hamilton Tiger - Cats George Piva T British Columbia 41 . British Columbia Lions Harold Jackman T Moorhead State 42 . Calgary Stampeders Tim Petros TB Calgary 43 . Winnipeg Blue Bombers Todd Turnbull G Wilfrid Laurier 44 . Toronto Argonauts Bryan Black G Guelph 45 . Edmonton Eskimos Jerry Phillip DB York 6th Round . 46 . Montreal Concordes Ed Slabikowski DB Windsor 47 . Ottawa Rough Riders Francois Payer DE Bishop ' s 48 . Saskatchewan Roughriders Todd McGauley DE Western Ontario 49 . Hamilton Tiger - Cats David Brace TE Western Connecticut State 50 . British Columbia Lions Kyle Barrow LB Western Ontario 51 . Calgary Stampeders Matt Janes LB Western Ontario 52 . Winnipeg Blue Bombers Fred Lyseyko LB Manitoba 53 . Toronto Argonauts Joel Tynes TB St . Francis Xavier 54 . Edmonton Eskimos Paul Hickle K Saskatchewan 7th Round . 55 . Montreal Concordes Ken Ross DE Carleton 56 . Ottawa Rough Riders Chris Rhora DE Acadia 57 . Saskatchewan Roughriders Alain Groleau DB Ottawa 58 . Hamilton Tiger - Cats Mike Zivolak C Western Ontario 59 . British Columbia Lions Mike Brown DB Toronto 60 . Calgary Stampeders Mike Kurchak K Nevada - Las Vegas 61 . Winnipeg Blue Bombers Dave Bowness TE Manitoba 62 . Toronto Argonauts Dave Waud LB Wilfrid Laurier 63 . Edmonton Eskimos Gord Reinich SB Alberta 8th Round . 64 . Montreal Concordes Scott Leckie DB Toronto 65 . Ottawa Rough Riders Don Clow WR Acadia 66 . Saskatchewan Roughriders Reindy Dundas DT Minot State 67 . Hamilton Tiger - Cats Jack Kalthof LB Saskatchewan 68 . British Columbia Lions Ken Munroe WR British Columbia 69 . Calgary Stampeders Yorg Gromer TE Montana - Western 70 . Winnipeg Blue Bombers Danny Jakobs DB Manitoba 71 . Toronto Argonauts Rick Van Maanen DL Western Ontario 72 . Edmonton Eskimos Jaimie Crawford QB Alberta References .