The 2024 CFL national draft was a
selection
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of
national players by
Canadian Football League
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teams that took place on April 30, 2024 at 8:00 pm ET.
74 players were chosen from among eligible players from
Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the
NCAA
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and
NAIA.
Format changes
As per the 2022 collective bargaining agreement, beginning with this year's draft, the two teams that had National players featured in the highest percentage of snaps played in the
2023 CFL season were each awarded an additional second-round pick.
Because of this change, there will no longer be second-round territorial selections for the two worst teams from the previous season.
Top prospects
:Source: CFL Scouting Bureau rankings.
Draft order
Round one
Round two
Round three
Round four
Round five
Round six
Round seven
Round eight
Supplemental draft
On May 21, a supplemental draft was held with the Edmonton Elks forfeiting an eighth round pick in the
2025 CFL draft to select
Antonio Alfano. On June 29, the Elks also forfeited their 2025 first round pick to select
Zach Mathis.
Trades
In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.
Round one
* Hamilton ←→ Toronto (PD).
Hamilton
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traded the fifth overall selection and two third-round picks in this year's draft, a conditional third-round pick in the
2025 CFL Draft, and the negotiation rights to
Deontay Burnett to
Toronto
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in exchange for
Jordan Williams, the seventh overall selection, a second-round pick, and a fourth-round pick in this year's draft, and a conditional fourth-round pick in the
2025 CFL Draft.
* Winnipeg → Calgary (D).
Winnipeg
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traded this selection and the 28th pick in this year's draft to
Calgary
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in exchange for the 13th and 14th overall selections in this year's draft.
Round two
* Hamilton → Calgary (PD). Hamilton traded this selection, a first-round pick in the
2023 CFL Draft, a third-round pick in the
2023 CFL Draft, and a sixth-round pick in the
2023 CFL Draft to Calgary in exchange for
Bo Levi Mitchell, a first-round pick in the
2023 CFL Draft, and a third-round pick in this year's draft.
* Montreal → Edmonton (PD).
Montreal
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traded this selection to
Edmonton
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in exchange for
Jesse Gibbon.
* Toronto → Hamilton (PD). Toronto traded a second-round pick in this year's draft,
Jordan Williams, the seventh overall selection and a fourth-round pick in this year's draft, and a conditional fourth-round pick in the
2025 CFL Draft to Hamilton in exchange for the fifth overall selection and two third-round picks in this year's draft, a conditional third-round pick in the
2025 CFL Draft, and the negotiation rights to
Deontay Burnett.
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* Calgary → Winnipeg (D). Calgary traded the 13th and 14th picks in this year's draft to Winnipeg in exchange for the eighth and 28th overall selections in this year's draft.][
]
Round three
* Calgary → Hamilton (PD). Calgary traded this selection, Bo Levi Mitchell, and a first-round pick in the 2023 CFL Draft to Hamilton in exchange for a second-round pick in this year's draft, a first-round pick in the 2023 CFL Draft, a third-round pick in the 2023 CFL Draft, and a sixth-round pick in the 2023 CFL Draft.[
* Hamilton → Toronto (PD). Hamilton traded two third-round picks and the fifth overall selection in this year's draft, a conditional third-round pick in the 2025 CFL Draft, and the negotiation rights to Deontay Burnett to Toronto in exchange for Jordan Williams, the seventh overall selection, a second-round pick, and a fourth-round pick in this year's draft, and a conditional fourth-round pick in the 2025 CFL Draft.][
* Winnipeg → Calgary (D). Winnipeg traded this selection and the eighth pick in this year's draft to ]Calgary
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in exchange for the 13th and 14th overall selections in this year's draft.[
]
Round four
* BC → Hamilton (PD). BC traded a fourth-round selection to Hamilton in exchange for Dane Evans.[
* Hamilton → BC (PD). Hamilton traded the fourth-round selection originally acquired in the Dane Evans trade above back to BC in exchange for Jonathan Kongbo.]Ottawa
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traded this selection to Edmonton
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in exchange for Kevin Francis.[
* Toronto → Hamilton (PD). Toronto traded a fourth-round pick in this year's draft, Jordan Williams, the seventh overall selection and a second-round pick in this year's draft, and a conditional fourth-round pick in the 2025 CFL Draft to Hamilton in exchange for the fifth overall selection and two third-round picks in this year's draft, a conditional third-round pick in the 2025 CFL Draft, and the negotiation rights to Deontay Burnett.][
]
Round five
* Edmonton → Toronto (PD). Edmonton traded a fifth-round selection and the negotiation rights to Xavier Gipson to Toronto in exchange Sam Acheampong.
Round six
* Edmonton → Toronto (PD). Edmonton traded a sixth-round selection to Toronto in exchange Theren Churchill.[
]
Round seven
* Toronto → Edmonton (PD). Toronto traded this selection and Kurleigh Gittens Jr. to Edmonton in exchange for Jake Ceresna and a negotiation list player.
Conditional trades
* Montreal → Calgary (PD). Montreal traded a conditional second-round selection to Calgary in exchange for the playing rights to Laurent Duvernay-Tardif.
See also
* 2024 CFL global draft
References
Trade references
General references
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