The 2023 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 2, 2023.
It was the third
CFL Draft
The CFL Draft (also known as the CFL Canadian Draft, CFL College Draft or the Canadian College Draft) is an annual sports draft in which the teams of the Canadian Football League (CFL) select eligible Canadian/non-import players, typically from ...
that pooled 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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.
Draft format
This year's draft featured two rounds with a total of 18 selections.
This was reduced from three rounds in
2022
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and from four rounds in
2021
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.
This year's global draft was also the first to be based solely on the waiver priority order (reverse standings from the
previous year) and the first to have the same order in each round (as opposed to a snake order draft).
Draft order
Round one
Round two
Trades
In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.
Round three
Note: These trades were made prior to the league revealing the number of rounds for this draft.
* Calgary → Saskatchewan (PD). Calgary traded this selection and a seventh-round selection in the
2023 CFL National Draft to Saskatchewan in exchange for
James Smith.
* Saskatchewan → Calgary (PD). Saskatchewan traded this selection originally acquired from Calgary back to Calgary in exchange for
James Smith.
References
Trade references
General references
{{2023 CFL season by team
CFL Draft
2023 in Canadian football