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2001 CFL Draft
General information
SportCanadian football
Date(s)April 26
Time11:00 AM EST
Overview
48 total selections in 6 rounds
LeagueCFL
First selectionScott Schultz, DL
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Most selections (8)BC Lions
Calgary Stampeders
Montreal Alouettes
Fewest selections (4)Winnipeg Blue Bombers
CIAU selections26
NCAA selections18
← 20002002 →

The 2001 CFL Draft took place on Thursday, April 26, 2001. 48 players were chosen for Canadian Football League teams from among the eligible CIAU football players from Canadian universities, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA and the NAIA. Of the 48 draft selections, 26 players were drafted from Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union institutions.

Round one

= CFL Division All-Star = CFL All-Star = Hall of Famer
Pick # CFL Team Player Position College
1 Saskatchewan Roughriders Scott Schultz DL North Dakota
2 BC Lions (via Toronto) Ian Williams LB Memphis
3 BC Lions (via Winnipeg) Lyle Green FB Toledo
4 Toronto Argonauts (via Hamilton) Angus Reid G Simon Fraser
5 Edmonton Eskimos Randy Chevrier DT McGill
6 Calgary Stampeders Kamau Peterson WR New Hampsphire
7 Montreal Alouettes Luke Fritz OL Eastern Washington
8 BC Lions Leif Thorsen G Montana

Round two

= CFL Division All-Star = CFL All-Star = Hall of Famer
Pick # CFL Team Player Position College
9 Saskatchewan Roughriders Jason French WR Murray State
10 Calgary Stampeders (via Toronto) Lawrence Deck DB Fresno State
11 Montreal Alouettes (via BC via Winnipeg) Pat Woodcock WR Syracuse
12 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Karim Grant LB Acadia
13 Edmonton Eskimos Fabian Burke CB Toledo
14 Calgary Stampeders Duncan O'Mahony K British Columbia
15 Montreal Alouettes Jesse Palmer QB Florida
16 BC Lions Jamie Boreham K/S Manitoba

Round three

Pick # CFL Team Player Position College
17 Saskatchewan Roughriders Teddy Neptune LB Ottawa
18 Montreal Alouettes (via Toronto) Phil Gibson DL Toledo
19 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Ben Wearing WR McGill
20 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Randy Bowles TE Simon Fraser
21 Edmonton Eskimos Glenn Carson OL Saskatchewan
22 Calgary Stampeders Farwan Zubedi WR Washington State
23 Calgary Stampeders (via Montreal) Lukas Shaver S Ottawa
24 BC Lions Scott Robinson WR Simon Fraser

Round four

= CFL Division All-Star = CFL All-Star = Hall of Famer
Pick # CFL Team Player Position College
25 Montreal Alouettes (via Saskatchewan) Shawn Gifford OT Charleston Southern
26 Toronto Argonauts Kevin Eiben S Bucknell
27 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Nick Tsatsaronis RB Memphis
28 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Ryan Donnelly OL McMaster
29 Montreal Alouettes (via Edmonton) Peter Moore DL Syracuse
30 Calgary Stampeders Andrew Carter OL Bishop's
31 Montreal Alouettes Steven Maheu WR/QB Simon Fraser
32 BC Lions Kelly Bates OL Saskatchewan

Round five

Pick # CFL Team Player Position College
33 Saskatchewan Roughriders Mike Di Battista WR Ottawa
34 Toronto Argonauts Andre Talbot WR Wilfrid Laurier
35 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Howie Dryden DB Manitoba
36 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Mike Waszczuk LB Slippery Rock
37 Edmonton Eskimos Guillaume Petit DL Alberta
38 Calgary Stampeders Jeffrey Simmer LB Regina
39 Toronto Argonauts (via Montreal) Jermaine Romans DB Acadia
40 BC Lions Dave Tucker LB Manitoba

Round six

Pick # CFL Team Player Position College
41 Saskatchewan Roughriders Jocelyn Frenette G Ottawa
42 Toronto Argonauts Matt McKnight S Waterloo
43 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Darryl Fabiani DB Western Ontario
44 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Will Grant QB Acadia
45 Edmonton Eskimos William Wright DB Bishop's
46 Calgary Stampeders David D'Onofrio LB York
47 Montreal Alouettes Phil Côté QB Ottawa
48 BC Lions Eric Collings OL British Columbia

References

  1. "2001 Canadian College Draft call-in number". Canadian Football League. April 23, 2001. Archived from the original on August 28, 2001.
  2. "26 CIAU football players selected in CFL draft". Canadian Football League. April 26, 2001. Archived from the original on June 25, 2001. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  3. "2001 CFL draft". Canadian Football League. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  4. 2011 Canadian Draft Guide Archived December 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "2001 Canadian College Draft Order". Canadian Football League. April 4, 2001. Archived from the original on June 17, 2002.
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