2010 CFL draft

2010 CFL Draft
General information
SportCanadian football
Date(s)May 2
Time12:00 PM ET
LocationToronto
Network(s)TSN
Overview
47 total selections in 6 rounds
First selectionShomari Williams
Most selectionsToronto Argonauts (9)
BC Lions (9)
Fewest selectionsEdmonton Eskimos (4)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (4)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (4)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (4)
CIS selections36
NCAA selections11
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The 2010 CFL Draft took place on Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 12:00 PM ET on TSN.[1] 47 players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. After a number of trades, including ones made on draft day, Toronto and BC wound up with the most picks with nine apiece. The defending Grey Cup champions, the Montreal Alouettes, had seven, while the Calgary Stampeders had six. The Edmonton Eskimos, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Saskatchewan Roughriders each had four. Of the 47 draft selections, 36 players were drafted from Canadian Interuniversity Sport institutions.[2]

The Saskatchewan Roughriders also had the option to increase their number of draft picks as part of the three-way trade that was completed with Winnipeg and Hamilton in April, 2009.[3] The Roughriders could have either swapped first round picks with Winnipeg in this year's draft or in the 2011 CFL Draft, or receive two second round picks in 2011 and 2012. This was done due to the uncertainty of the Stefan LeFors trade where the traded draft pick to Edmonton was conditional upon Lefors' performance. It was then confirmed that the Roughriders had chosen to swap first round picks with the Blue Bombers in this year's draft.[4]

  1. ^ "Homegrown Talent Shines at the CFL Canadian Draft on TSN". Archived from the original on 2012-10-18. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  2. ^ "CIS well represented: 34 players selected". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  3. ^ "Riders Trade Wide Receiver Adarius Bowman". Archived from the original on 2009-04-04.
  4. ^ "CFL E-Camp opens Friday in Toronto". Archived from the original on 2012-08-29. Retrieved 12 May 2013.