2019 CFL European Draft
General information
SportCanadian football
Date(s)April 11, 2019
Time1:00 pm ET
Overview
9 total selections
LeagueCanadian Football League
U Sports selections4

The 2019 CFL European Draft took place on April 11, 2019.[1] Nine players were chosen from a pool of 18 European players who attended the 2019 CFL Combine.[2]

Background

In October 2018, Canadian Football League (CFL) commissioner Randy Ambrosie outlined a plan to grow the CFL's presence, which he dubbed CFL 2.0, including growth internationally.[3] As part of this expansion the CFL held a special draft in January 2019 with the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA), the top-level pro American football league in Mexico. Players selected there were not signed to teams but rather had their rights held by their selecting teams. In March 2019, 18 players from teams in Italy, Germany, France, Finland, and Denmark attended the 2019 CFL Combine alongside Canadian players eligible for the normal CFL Draft; all players came from top club leagues in Europe, with the exception of two French players coming from Canadian university football and one Italian player from coming American junior college football.[4] Only those that attended the combine were eligible to be drafted in the CFL European Draft. Players selected in these drafts filled a new classification of CFL players called "global players" (in contrast to "National" Canadian players and "International" players which mostly consist of Americans); Ambrosie was initially seeking for each CFL team to have two roster spots for these new global players but, after negotiations with the CFLPA, it formally decided on one roster spot and two practice roster spots.[1]

Selection order

Unlike the normal CFL Draft, which sets selection order based on a team's record the previous season (similar to the NFL Draft), the preceding CFL–LFA draft instead used a weighted lottery system where teams received an increased chance at a higher draft priority (similar to the NBA draft) but not a guarantee. Unlike either the 3-round CFL–LFA draft or the 8-round CFL draft, this draft will only consist of a single round. Similarly, the European draft also used a lottery system, with a draft order set on April 4.[1][5]

Selections

Pick # CFL Team Player Position University/College Club team Nationality
1Hamilton Tiger-CatsValentin GnahouaDLMcGillGermany Berlin RebelsFrance France
2Winnipeg Blue BombersThiadric HansenLB—Germany Potsdam RoyalsGermany Germany
3Montreal AlouettesAsnnel RoboRBMontreal—France France
4Edmonton EskimosMaxime RouyerLBMcGill—France France
5Toronto ArgonautsMarc HorDLUnited States Diablo Valley CCGermany Frankfurt UniverseGermany Germany
6Saskatchewan RoughridersMax ZimmermannWR—Germany Potsdam RoyalsGermany Germany
7BC LionsBenjamin PluWRMcGillFrance Thonon Black PanthersFrance France
8Ottawa RedblacksJordan BouahWRUnited States Saddleback CC—Italy Italy
9Calgary StampedersRoni SalonenLB—Germany New Yorker LionsFinland Finland

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "CFL to hold European lottery and draft in April". 3downnation.com. April 3, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Full results from the first ever European draft". fl.ca. April 11, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Randy's Word: Talking CFL 2.0". cfl.ca. 3 October 2018.
  4. ↑ Staff, 3Down. "CFL invites 18 players from international countries to national combine - 3DownNation".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ "CFL unveils plan and draft order for first ever European draft". 4 April 2019.
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