2003 CFL draft

2003 CFL Draft
General information
SportCanadian football
Date(s)April 30
Time11:00 AM EST[1]
Overview
53 total selections in 6 rounds
LeagueCFL
First selectionSteve Morley, OL
Calgary Stampeders
Most selections (11)Calgary Stampeders
Fewest selections (4)BC Lions
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
CIS selections32
NCAA selections21
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The 2003 CFL Draft took place on Wednesday, April 30, 2003. 53 players were chosen for Canadian Football League teams from among the eligible CIS football players from Canadian universities, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA.[2] Of the 53 draft selections, 32 players were drafted from Canadian Interuniversity Sport institutions.[3]

Notably, the Calgary Stampeders had the first and second overall picks in the draft, which was only the third time in CFL Draft history that a team had the first two selections in a draft.[4] The Toronto Argonauts were the first to accomplish this via trade in the 1982 CFL Draft and the Ottawa Renegades had done this the year before as they were awarded the first and second overall selections as an expansion team in the 2002 CFL Draft.[4]

Trades

In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft. This is a partial list due to references being limited.

Round one

  • Ottawa → Edmonton (PD). Ottawa traded a first-round selection to Edmonton in exchange for Darren Davis.[5]
  • Edmonton ←→ Calgary (PD). Edmonton traded the first overall selection and the 43rd overall selection to Calgary in exchange for the fourth overall selection and Deitan Dubuc.[6]
  • Toronto → Calgary (PD). Toronto traded the fourth overall selection to Calgary in a trade for the playing rights to Michael Bishop.[7]
  • Saskatchewan → Calgary (PD). Saskatchewan traded the fifth overall selection to Calgary in exchange for Travis Moore and Chris Hoople.[8]
  • Winnipeg → Calgary (PD). Winnipeg traded the seventh overall selection to Calgary in a trade for Pat Barnes.[7]

Round two

  • Hamilton → Calgary (PD). Hamilton traded a second-round selection to Calgary in exchange for Ryan Ward.[9]

Round five

  • Edmonton → Calgary (PD). Edmonton traded the 43rd overall selection and the first overall selection to Calgary in exchange for the fourth overall selection and Deitan Dubuc.[6]

Draft order

Round one

= CFL Division All-Star = CFL All-Star = Hall of Famer
Pick # CFL Team Player Position College
1 Calgary Stampeders (via Edmonton[6] via Ottawa[5]) Steve Morley OL Saint Mary's
2 Calgary Stampeders Joe McGrath OT Miami
3 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Julian Radlein RB British Columbia
4 Edmonton Eskimos (via Calgary[6] via Toronto[7]) Emmanuel Casseus LB Michigan
5 Calgary Stampeders (via Saskatchewan[8]) Wes Lysack DB Manitoba
6 BC Lions Paris Jackson WR Utah
7 Calgary Stampeders (via Winnipeg[7]) Marc Calixte LB Tennessee (Martin)
8 Edmonton Eskimos Randy Spencer DT Weber State
9 Montreal Alouettes Andrew Noel WR Acadia

Round two

= CFL Division All-Star = CFL All-Star = Hall of Famer
Pick # CFL Team Player Position College
10 Edmonton Eskimos (via Ottawa) Kojo Aidoo FB McMaster
11 Calgary Stampeders Taylor Robertson OL Central Florida
12 Calgary Stampeders (via Hamilton[9]) Sandro Sciortino K Boston College
13 Ottawa Renegades (via Toronto) Trevor Kine OT New Mexico State
14 Montreal Alouettes (via Saskatchewan) Richard Karikari CB St. Francis Xavier
15 BC Lions Javier Glatt LB British Columbia
16 Ottawa Renegades (via Winnipeg) Louis Hobson DL Stanford
17 Ottawa Renegades (via Edmonton) Israel Idonije DE Manitoba
18 Montreal Alouettes Kerry Carter RB Stanford

Round three

= CFL Division All-Star = CFL All-Star = Hall of Famer
Pick # CFL Team Player Position College
19 Ottawa Renegades Patrick Kabongo DT Nebraska
20 Edmonton Eskimos (via Calgary) Dounia Whitehouse CB Charleston Southern
21 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Kevin Scott LB California PA
22 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Toronto) Todd Krenbrink OL Regina
23 Saskatchewan Roughriders Mike McCullough LB St. Francis Xavier
24 BC Lions Carl Gourgues OL Laval
25 Calgary Stampeders (via Winnipeg) Mike Labinjo DL Michigan State
26 Edmonton Eskimos Joseph Bonaventura LB Saint Mary's
27 Montreal Alouettes Matt Brandt TE Miami (Ohio)

Round four

Pick # CFL Team Player Position College
28 Toronto Argonauts (via Ottawa) Ray Mariuz LB McMaster
29 Calgary Stampeders Hassan Probherbs WR Portland State
30 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Agustin Barrenechea LB Calgary
– Toronto Argonauts Forfeit pick
31 Saskatchewan Roughriders Jim Merrick OG McGill
32 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Ottawa via BC) Sebastian Roy LB Mount Allison
33 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Ian Shelswell DL Stanford
34 Edmonton Eskimos Larry Ram OL Florida A&M
35 Montreal Alouettes Paul Archer OL Saint Mary's

Round five

Pick # CFL Team Player Position College
36 Ottawa Renegades Marc Parenteau OG Boston College
37 Calgary Stampeders Blake Machan SB Calgary
38 Hamilton Tiger-Cats David Kasouf WR Holy Cross
39 Toronto Argonauts Derik Fury LB Mount Allison
40 Saskatchewan Roughriders Mike Thomas WR Regina
41 BC Lions Nicholas Hoffman FB McGill
42 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Cory Olynick WR Regina
43 Calgary Stampeders (via Edmonton[6]) Travis Arnold OL Manitoba
44 Montreal Alouettes Mathieu Bertrand QB Laval

Round six

= CFL Division All-Star = CFL All-Star = Hall of Famer
Pick # CFL Team Player Position College
45 Ottawa Renegades Todd Seely LB Ottawa
46 Calgary Stampeders Greg Schafer OT British Columbia
47 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Erico-Olivier Hakim FB Saint Mary's
48 Toronto Argonauts Michael Palmer WR Guelph
49 Saskatchewan Roughriders Adrian Olenick OL Saskatchewan
50 Montreal Alouettes (via BC) Dave Stala K Saint Mary's
51 Montreal Alouettes (via BC via Winnipeg) Michael Botterill LB McMaster
52 Edmonton Eskimos Didier Ormejuste DL Toledo
53 Montreal Alouettes Ed Becker K Wilfrid Laurier

References

  1. ^ "2001 Canadian College Draft call-in number". Canadian Football League. April 23, 2001. Archived from the original on August 28, 2001.
  2. ^ "2003 CFL draft". Canadian Football League. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  3. ^ "2020 CFL Draft Guide" (PDF). Canadian Football League. April 30, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Steven Morley Selected First Overall In 2003 CFL Canadian College Draft". Canadian Football League. April 30, 2003. Archived from the original on June 24, 2003.
  5. ^ a b "Top Canadian talent available on CFL Draft Day". Canadian Football League. April 29, 2003. Archived from the original on June 20, 2003.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Stampeders and Eskimos swing major deal". Canadian Football League. April 30, 2003. Archived from the original on June 24, 2003.
  7. ^ a b c d "2003 draft order". Canadian Football League. April 29, 2003. Archived from the original on June 20, 2003.
  8. ^ a b "Let's make a deal!". Canadian Football League. April 30, 2003. Archived from the original on June 20, 2003.
  9. ^ a b "Stamps trade Ward!". Canadian Football League. May 27, 2002. Archived from the original on April 27, 2003.