The 2013CFL Draft took place on Monday, May 6, 2013, at 12:00 PM ET on
TSN.[1] 60 players were chosen from among eligible players from
Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the
NCAA. The
Montreal Alouettes had the most selections with nine, followed by the
Hamilton Tiger-Cats with eight. Each of the
West Division teams had seven picks while
Winnipeg had six. The defending
Grey Cup champion
Toronto Argonauts had five picks and
Ottawa chose four players from NCAA schools that would play another year. A total of 16 trades were made involving draft picks from this year, including two made on draft day itself, with 12 being made by the
Edmonton Eskimos. Of the 60 draft selections, 44 players were drafted from
Canadian Interuniversity Sport institutions, which is the highest number of CIS players taken since the
1987 CFL Draft when 50 of 72 were taken. It is also the highest percentage (73.3%) of CIS players taken since
2009 (38 of 48, 79.1%, were selected then).[2]
The
Ottawa expansion team was scheduled to pick last in the first four rounds of the
2012 CFL Draft, with selections being limited to NCAA
redshirt juniors.[3] Due to
stadium delays, Ottawa will join the
Canadian Football League in 2014, and participated in this year's draft instead.[4][5][6] 18 players were classified as redshirt juniors with 12 being selected in this year's draft.[7] The draft also expand to seven rounds this year for the first time since
1996, with the CFL citing stronger Canadian talent as a reason for the expansion.[8]
In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.
Round one
Edmonton → Montreal (PD). Edmonton traded this selection,
Derek Schiavone, and a fourth round pick in this year's draft to Montreal for
Brody McKnight.[14]
Round two
Saskatchewan → Calgary (PD). Saskatchewan traded this selection and a third round pick in the
2012 CFL Draft to Calgary for a second round pick in the
2012 CFL Draft and a fifth round pick in the
2012 CFL Draft.[7]
Edmonton → BC (PD). Edmonton traded this selection and a second round pick in the
2014 CFL Draft to BC for
Mike Reilly and a second round pick in this year's draft.[15]
BC → Edmonton (PD). BC traded this selection and
Mike Reilly to BC for a second round pick in this year's draft and a second round pick in the
2014 CFL Draft.[15]
Hamilton → Edmonton (PD). Hamilton traded this selection and a third round pick in this year's draft to Edmonton for a second round pick in this year's draft and the rights to
Hasan Hazime.[16]
Edmonton → Hamilton (PD). Edmonton traded this selection and the rights to
Hasan Hazime to Hamilton for a second round pick in this year's draft and a third round pick in this year's draft.[16]
Round three
Edmonton → BC (PD). Edmonton traded this selection to BC for
Jerome Messam. This pick was originally a fifth round selection, but it was upgraded to round three.[17][7]
Hamilton → Edmonton (PD). Hamilton traded this selection and a second round pick in this year's draft to Edmonton for a second round pick in this year's draft and the rights to
Hasan Hazime.[16]
Toronto → Edmonton (PD). Toronto traded this selection to Edmonton for two fifth round picks in this year's draft and
Jermaine Reid.[18]
Saskatchewan → Toronto (D). Saskatchewan traded this selection to Toronto for three fifth round picks in this year's draft.[19]
Round four
Hamilton → Calgary (PD). Hamilton traded this selection and Jadon Wagner to Calgary for a fifth round pick in this year's draft and
Milton Collins.[20]
Saskatchewan → Edmonton (PD). Saskatchewan traded this selection and the playing rights to
Matthew O'Donnell to Edmonton for
Greg Carr and a fifth round pick in this year's draft.[21]
Edmonton → Montreal (PD). Edmonton traded this selection,
Derek Schiavone, and a first round pick in this year's draft to Montreal for
Brody McKnight.[14]
Calgary → Edmonton (D). Calgary traded this selection to Edmonton for
Étienne Légaré.[23]
Round five
Winnipeg → Saskatchewan (PD). Winnipeg traded this selection and
Odell Willis to Saskatchewan for a second and fourth round pick in the
2012 CFL Draft.[24][7]
Calgary → Hamilton (PD). Calgary traded this selection and
Milton Collins to Hamilton for a fourth round pick in this year's draft and Jadon Wagner.[20]
Edmonton → Saskatchewan (PD). Edmonton traded this selection and
Greg Carr to Saskatchewan for the playing rights to
Matthew O'Donnell and a fourth round pick in this year's draft.[21]
Saskatchewan → Edmonton (PD). Saskatchewan traded two fifth round selections to Edmonton for
Brody McKnight and a sixth round pick in this year's draft.[25]
Edmonton → Toronto (PD). Edmonton traded two fifth round selections and
Jermaine Reid to Toronto for a third round pick in this year's draft.[18]
Toronto → Saskatchewan (D). Toronto traded three fifth round selections to Saskatchewan for a third round pick in this year's draft.[19]
Round six
Edmonton → Montreal (PD). Edmonton traded this selection and a sixth round pick in the
2012 CFL Draft to Montreal for
Dylan Steenbergen.[26]
Saskatchewan → Edmonton (PD). Saskatchewan traded this selection to Edmonton for left tackle
Xavier Fulton.[27]
Montreal → Edmonton (PD). Montreal traded this selection to Edmonton for
Jerome Messam.[28]
Edmonton → Saskatchewan (PD). Edmonton traded this selection and
Brody McKnight to Saskatchewan for two fifth round picks in this year's draft.[25]
Edmonton → Calgary (PD). Edmonton traded this selection to Calgary for a sixth round pick in this year's draft and
Junius Coston.[29][7]
Calgary → Edmonton (PD). Calgary traded this selection and
Junius Coston to Edmonton for a sixth round pick in this year's draft.[29][7]