The

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took place on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 7:00 PM ET on

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and

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. 70 players were chosen from among eligible players from

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across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the

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. The draft was expanded to eight rounds, which is the most since there were eight rounds in the 1992 CFL Draft. This draft also featured the most draft selections since

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when 72 players were drafted. The entity which owns both

and

showed the first round of the draft on its cable TV platforms with subsequent rounds streamed on TSN GO online. The English language cable channel

featured host

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and the

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panel including

Duane Forde Duane Forde (born May 8, 1969) is a Canadian television broadcaster for TSN and a former player in the CFL. Career College football Born in Toronto, Forde attended the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario where he obtained his Bache ...

, Gary Lawless,

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, and

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who were chosen to analyze the teams' needs and picks while the French language channel

featured host

Matthieu Proulx Matthieu Proulx (born April 16, 1981) is a former safety with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. Early years Proulx was born in Plaster Rock, New Brunswick, but his family relocated to Gatineau. He began Canadian football as ...

alongside analysts,

Bruno Heppell Bruno Heppell (born February 14, 1972) is a former Canadian football fullback who played eight seasons with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and now football commentator at RDS TV network. He was drafted by the Alouet ...

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and

Pierre Vercheval Pierre Vercheval (born November 22, 1964) is a former all star offensive lineman in the Canadian Football League. Vercheval played his university football at the University of Western Ontario, where he won the J. P. Metras Trophy top lineman in ...

Top prospects

Trades

In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.

Round one

* Hamilton → BC (D). Hamilton traded the 5th overall selection and the 23rd overall selection in this year's draft to BC for the 3rd overall selection and the 30th overall selection in this year's draft. * BC → Hamilton (D). BC traded the 3rd overall selection and the 30th overall selection in this year's draft to Hamilton for the 5th overall selection and the 23rd overall selection in this year's draft.

Round two

* Saskatchewan → Edmonton (PD). Saskatchewan traded this selection and

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to Edmonton for the rights to

Jorgen Hus Jorgen Hus (born September 12, 1989) is a professional Canadian football longsnapper for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was drafted in the fourth round, 31st overall by the Edmonton Eskimos in the 2013 CFL D ...

and a third-round pick in this year's draft. * Edmonton → Winnipeg (PD). Edmonton traded this selection and Selvish Capers to Winnipeg for Chris Greaves.

Round three

* Saskatchewan → Hamilton (PD). Saskatchewan traded this selection and a third-round pick in the

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to Hamilton for Brandon Boudreaux, a fourth-round pick in this year's draft and a fourth-round pick in the

. * Edmonton → Saskatchewan (PD). Edmonton traded this selection and the rights to

to Saskatchewan for

and a second-round pick in this year's draft. * Calgary → Saskatchewan (PD). Calgary traded this selection and

Tyler Crapigna Tyler Crapigna (born August 4, 1992) is a former professional Canadian football placekicker and is currently the kicker coach for the Carleton Ravens of U Sports. He played CIS football for the McMaster Marauders from 2010 to 2014 and kicked the ...

to Saskatchewan for

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and a fifth-round pick in this year's draft. * BC → Hamilton (D). BC traded the 3rd overall selection and the 30th overall selection in this year's draft to Hamilton for the 5th overall selection and the 23rd overall selection in this year's draft. * BC → Hamilton (D). BC traded the 21st overall selection in this year's draft to Hamilton for the 30th overall selection and the 32nd overall selection in this year's draft.

Round four

* Hamilton → Saskatchewan (PD). Hamilton traded this selection, Brandon Boudreaux, and a fourth-round pick in the

to Saskatchewan for a third-round pick in this year's draft and a third-round pick in the

. * Edmonton → Hamilton (PD). Edmonton traded this selection and a conditional selection in the

to Hamilton for

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. * Saskatchewan → Toronto (PD). Saskatchewan traded this selection to Toronto for Bruce Campbell. * Hamilton → BC (D). Hamilton traded the 5th overall selection and the 23rd overall selection in this year's draft to BC for the 3rd overall selection and the 30th overall selection in this year's draft. * Hamilton → BC (D). Hamilton traded the 30th overall selection and the 32nd overall selection in this year's draft to BC for the 21st overall selection in this year's draft.

Round five

* Montreal → Saskatchewan (PD). Montreal traded this selection to Saskatchewan for

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. * Saskatchewan → Calgary (PD). Saskatchewan traded this selection and

to Calgary for

and a third-round pick in this year's draft. * BC → Hamilton (PD). BC traded this selection to Hamilton for Tim O'Neill.

Round six

* Hamilton → Montreal (PD). Hamilton traded this selection and a conditional seventh-round pick in the

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to Montreal for

Mike Edem Anie-Ebiet Michael Edem (born July 11, 1989) is a professional Canadian football defensive back for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). After the 2012 CIS season, he was ranked as the tenth best player in the Cana ...

. * Saskatchewan → Ottawa (PD). Saskatchewan traded this selection and a seventh-round pick in this year's draft to Ottawa for

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and a sixth-round pick in this year's draft. * Ottawa → Saskatchewan (PD). Ottawa traded this selection and

to Saskatchewan for a sixth-round pick and a seventh-round pick in this year's draft.

Round seven

* Saskatchewan → Ottawa (PD). Saskatchewan traded this selection and a sixth-round pick in this year's draft to Ottawa for

and a sixth-round pick in this year's draft.

Conditional trades

* Ottawa → Saskatchewan (PD). Ottawa traded a conditional selection to Saskatchewan for the rights to

Johnny Mark Johnny Mark (born June 1, 1992) is a Canadian football kicker who played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (2014, 2016) and the Calgary Dinos in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) from 2011 to 2015. He conclu ...

Forfeitures

* Winnipeg forfeits their first-round selection after selecting

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in the 2015 Supplemental Draft. * Calgary forfeits their seventh-round selection after selecting Brandon Tett in the 2015 Supplemental Draft.

Top prospects

Trades

Round one

Round two

Round three

Round four

Round five

Round six

Round seven

Conditional trades

Forfeitures

Draft order

Round one

Round two

Round three

Round four

Round five

Round six

Round seven

Round eight

References