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2025 CFL draft

The 2025 CFL national draft was a selection of national players by Canadian Football League teams that took place on April 29, 2025 at 6:00 pm ET. [ 1 ] Seventy-two players we...

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The 2025 CFL national draft was a selection of national players by Canadian Football League teams that took place on April 29, 2025 at 6:00 pm ET.[1] Seventy-two players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA.[2][3]

Format

As per the 2022 collective bargaining agreement, the two teams that had National players featured in the highest percentage of snaps played in the 2024 CFL season were each awarded an additional second-round pick.[3] The Winnipeg Blue Bombers and BC Lions were awarded these selections for the second consecutive year.[4]

Top prospects

  1. ↑Schon retired after the 2024 college football season.[6]
  2. 12345Ulm, Mesidor, Bailey, Elad, and Konga all reclassified to 2026.[6]

Draft order

Round one

Round two

Round three

Round four

Round five

Round six

Round seven

Round eight

Trades

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

Round two

  • Calgary → BC (PD).Calgary traded the ninth overall pick and the 29th overall pick in this year's draft and a second-round pick in the 2026 CFL draft to BC in exchange for Vernon Adams, the 32nd overall pick in this year's draft, and a third-round pick in the 2026 CFL draft.[trade 1]
  • Toronto ↔ BC (D).Toronto traded the 16th and 37th overall picks to BC in exchange for the 19th and 29th overall picks.[trade 2]

Round three

  • Ottawa → Edmonton (PD). Ottawa traded a third-round pick in this year's draft to Edmonton in exchange for Peter Adjey.[trade 4]
  • BC → Montreal (PD). BC traded a third-round pick in this year's draft to Montreal in exchange for Jeshrun Antwi.[trade 3]
  • Toronto → Hamilton (PD). Toronto traded a conditional fourth-round pick in this year's draft, Jordan Williams, and the seventh overall selection, a second-round pick, and a fourth-round pick in the 2024 CFL draft to Hamilton in exchange for a conditional third-round pick in this year's draft, the fifth overall selection and two third-round picks in the 2024 CFL draft, and the negotiation rights to Deontay Burnett.[trade 5] The condition was not met and Toronto traded a third-round pick instead.[8]

Round four

  • Calgary ↔ BC (PD). Calgary traded the 29th overall pick and the ninth overall pick in this year's draft and a second-round pick in the 2026 CFL draft to BC in exchange for Vernon Adams, the 32nd overall pick in this year's draft, and a third-round pick in the 2026 CFL draft.[trade 1]
  • Hamilton → Toronto (PD). Hamilton traded a conditional third-round pick in this year's draft, the fifth overall selection and two third-round picks in the 2024 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 the 2024 CFL draft, and a conditional fourth-round pick in this year's draft.[trade 5] The condition was not met and Hamilton traded a fourth-round pick instead.[8]
  • Winnipeg → Hamilton (PD). Winnipeg traded the 36th overall pick in this year's draft, the eighth overall pick in the 2025 CFL global draft, and Kyle Samson to Hamilton in exchange for Matthew Peterson, the 39th overall pick in this year's draft, and the second overall pick in the 2025 CFL global draft.[trade 6]
  • Toronto ↔ BC (D).Toronto traded the 16th and 37th overall picks to BC in exchange for the 19th and 29th overall picks.[trade 2]

Round five

Round seven

  • Saskatchewan → Calgary (PD). Saskatchewan traded an eighth-round pick in this year's draft to Calgary in exchange for Jake Maier.[trade 7] This became a seventh-round pick when Maier re-signed with Saskatchewan on January 9, 2025.[11]

Forfeitures

Supplemental draft

  • Edmonton forfeited their first-round pick after selecting Zach Mathis in the 2024 supplemental draft.[9]
  • Edmonton forfeited their eighth-round pick after selecting Antonio Alfano in the 2024 supplemental draft.[10]

Salary cap

  • BC forfeited the highest of their first-round and second-round picks (third and ninth overall) after exceeding the salary cap by more than $300,000 ($347,889).[4] As the team with the highest priority waiver, Calgary was awarded BC's forfeited selections at the end of the first and second rounds (eighth and 17th overall).[4]

References

Trade references

  1. 12345"Big Play: Stamps acquire Vernon Adams Jr. in trade with Lions". Canadian Football League. November 26, 2024.
  2. 123456"2025 Draft Tracker". CFL.ca. Canadian Football League. Retrieved March 5, 2025.
  3. 12"Lions acquire RB Jeshrun Antwi in trade with Als". Canadian Football League. October 2, 2024.
  4. 12"Redblacks acquire LS Peter Adjey in trade with Elks". Canadian Football League. May 1, 2024.
  5. 1234"Ticats acquire national LB Jordan Williams in trade with Argos". Canadian Football League. January 29, 2024.
  6. 1234"Ticats land DL Kyle Samson in Draft day trade with Bombers". Canadian Football League. April 29, 2026.
  7. 12"Roughriders Acquire Jake Maier In Trade With Calgary". Saskatchewan Roughriders. December 23, 2024.

General references

  1. ↑"Key 2025 CFL off-season dates you need to know". Canadian Football League. January 21, 2025.
  2. ↑"Canadian Football League expands draft to eight rounds". Canadian Football League. May 4, 2016.
  3. 12"Details of the CFL's new CBA: salary cap increases, ratio changes, and guaranteed contracts". 3DownNation. May 26, 2022.
  4. 1234567"BC, Toronto, Saskatchewan and Ottawa exceeded 2024 salary expenditure cap". Canadian Football League. March 28, 2025.
  5. ↑"Elic Ayomanor Vaults to Top Spot in Spring Edition of CFL Scouting Bureau". Canadian Football League. April 28, 2025.
  6. 123"Rourke maintains hold of top spot in winter edition of CFL Scouting Bureau". Canadian Football League. January 22, 2025.
  7. ↑"Kurtis Rourke leads the way in CFL Scouting Bureau Fall Rankings". Canadian Football League. August 22, 2024.
  8. 123"2025 Draft Tracker". CFL.ca. Canadian Football League. Retrieved March 5, 2025.
  9. 12"Edmonton Elks forfeit 2025 first-round pick to select REC Zach Mathis in supplemental draft". 3DownNation. June 29, 2024.
  10. 12"Elks select Antonio Alfano in Supplemental Draft". Canadian Football League. May 21, 2024.
  11. ↑"Trading for Jake Maier was "a big decision" — Jeremy O'Day". Saskatchewan Roughriders. December 23, 2024.