The 2022 CFL Global Draft was a selection of non-Canadian and non-American players by
Canadian Football League
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(CFL) teams that took place on May 3, 2022. It was the second
CFL Draft
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that pools all of the
global players together after previously having separate
drafts
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for
Mexican players and
European players in
2019
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.
27 players were chosen from among eligible players following the
CFL Combine
The CFL Combine (formerly known as the Evaluation Camp or E-Camp) is a three-day program in which athletes from Canadian universities and Canadians in the NCAA are scouted by general managers, coaches and scouts of the Canadian Football League (C ...
in March.
Similar to the
previous year's draft, this was a snake draft with the even-numbered rounds being the reverse order of the odd-numbered rounds.
The draft was streamed on CFL.ca and was hosted by
Marshall Ferguson and the CFL's Head of Football Operations, Greg Dick.
Waiver priority order
The order of the draft was determined by a weighted lottery system and be based upon the waiver priority (reverse standings from
2021
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), as opposed to the random lottery order from the
2021 CFL Global Draft.
The weighted lottery was determined based on the waiver priority order below:
Draft order
Round one
Round two
Round three
Trades
In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.
* Edmonton ←→ Hamilton (PD). Edmonton traded the second overall selection in this draft,
Kyle Saxelid, and
Grant McDonald to Hamilton in exchange for the ninth overall selection in this draft, along with the eighth and 28th overall selections in the
2022 CFL National Draft.
See also
*
2022 CFL Draft
References
Trade references
General references
{{2022 CFL season by team
Canadian College Draft
2022 in Canadian football
CFL Global Draft