2003 CFL draft

2003 CFL Draft
General information
SportCanadian football
Date(s)April 30
Time11:00 AM EST[1]
Overview
53 total selections in 6 rounds
LeagueCFL
First selectionSteve Morley, OL
Calgary Stampeders
Most selections (11)Calgary Stampeders
Fewest selections (4)BC Lions
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
CIS selections32
NCAA selections21
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The 2003 CFL Draft took place on Wednesday, April 30, 2003. 53 players were chosen for Canadian Football League teams from among the eligible CIS football players from Canadian universities, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA.[2] Of the 53 draft selections, 32 players were drafted from Canadian Interuniversity Sport institutions.[3]

Notably, the Calgary Stampeders had the first and second overall picks in the draft, which was only the third time in CFL Draft history that a team had the first two selections in a draft.[4] The Toronto Argonauts were the first to accomplish this via trade in the 1982 CFL Draft and the Ottawa Renegades had done this the year before as they were awarded the first and second overall selections as an expansion team in the 2002 CFL Draft.[4]

  1. ^ "2001 Canadian College Draft call-in number". Canadian Football League. April 23, 2001. Archived from the original on August 28, 2001.
  2. ^ "2003 CFL draft". Canadian Football League. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  3. ^ "2020 CFL Draft Guide" (PDF). Canadian Football League. April 30, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Steven Morley Selected First Overall In 2003 CFL Canadian College Draft". Canadian Football League. April 30, 2003. Archived from the original on June 24, 2003.