2008 CFL draft

{{Infobox sports draft

| name = 2008 CFL draft

| logoalt = 2008 CFL draft logo

| sport = Football

| date = April 30

| time = 12:00 PM EST

| location = Toronto

| network = TSN.ca

| overall = 48

| first = Dylan Barker

| fewest = Hamilton Tiger-Cats (4)

| most = Toronto Argonauts (7)
BC Lions (7)

| prev = 2007

| next = 2009

}}

The 2008 CFL draft took place on Wednesday, April 30, 2008, live at 12:00 PM ET on TSN.ca.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/news_story/?ID=231196&hubname= |title=Duane Forde joins TSN broadcast team |date=2008-03-04 |publisher=TSN.ca |access-date=25 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308140735/http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/news_story/?ID=231196&hubname= |archive-date=8 March 2008 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/article/2008_cfl_canadian_draft_live_on_cfl_ca |title=2008 CFL Canadian draft live on CFL.ca |access-date=2017-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090322070835/http://www.cfl.ca/article/2008_cfl_canadian_draft_live_on_cfl_ca |archive-date=2009-03-22 |url-status=dead }} A total of 48 players were chosen from among 752 eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA.{{Cite web| url=https://www.cfl.ca/pdf/2008_draft_list.pdf| title=Draft List for Year 2008| publisher=Canadian Football League| date=2008-01-28| access-date=11 March 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081031073815/http://www.cfl.ca/pdf/2008_draft_list.pdf| archive-date=2008-10-31| url-status=dead}} Of the 48 draft selections, 33 players were drafted from Canadian Interuniversity Sport institutions.[https://archive.today/20120724161607/http://www.cfl.ca/article/cis_products_a_hot_commodity CIS products a hot commodity]

The first two rounds were broadcast on TSN.ca with host Rod Black. CFL Commissioner Mark Cohon was in the studio to announce each selection. The CFL on TSN panel included Duane Forde, Greg Marshall, Brian Towriss, Farhan Lalji, Jock Climie, Matt Dunigan, and Chris Schultz who analyzed the teams' needs and picks.{{cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=235791|title=Commissioner Cohon joins CFL on TSN team for Draft day|date=2008-04-25|publisher=TSN.ca|access-date=2008-04-26| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080504134058/http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=235791| archive-date= 4 May 2008 | url-status= live}}

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats, with the league-worst 3–15 record in the 2007 CFL season had several offers for their first-overall selection but kept their pick and chose Saskatchewan Huskies safety Dylan Barker.{{cite web|url=http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jpLJxvQFu7By_4t7gCbH3wnAiiig|title=Ticats select Saskatchewan safety Dylan Barker first overall in CFL draft|date=2008-04-30|publisher=Canadian Press|access-date=2008-04-30| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080501102510/http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jpLJxvQFu7By_4t7gCbH3wnAiiig| archive-date= 1 May 2008 | url-status= dead}} Barker, a native of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan is a two-time Canadian Interuniversity Sport first-team all-Canadian. He led the Huskies with 53 tackles, three interceptions, and four breakups last season. It is expected that he will be able to help the Tiger-Cats in the 2008 CFL season.{{cite web|url=http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/postedsports/archive/2008/04/30/cfl-ticats-take-safety-barker-no-1.aspx |title=CFL: Ticats take safety Barker No. 1 |last=Bray |first=Jim |date=2008-04-30 |publisher=National Post |access-date=2008-04-30 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Forfeitures

Montreal forfeited their first round selection after a CFL investigation found that they had exceeded the league salary cap by $108,285 (the minimum for a forfeiture is $100,000). That draft pick (originally the fourth overall) reverted to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats at the end of the first round as they were first in the order of waiver priority after finishing last in the 2007 standings.{{cite news |url=https://www.cfl.ca/article/salary_management_system_completes_1st_year |title=Salary management system completes 1st year |access-date=11 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090324063556/http://www.cfl.ca/article/salary_management_system_completes_1st_year |archive-date=24 March 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

Draft order

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|= Hall of Famer

=Round one=

style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%\| Pick #	width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"\| CFL team	width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"\| Player	width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"\| Position	width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"\| School
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align=center\| 1	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Dylan Barker	DB	Saskatchewan
align=center\| 2	Calgary Stampeders (via Edmonton Eskimos{{cite web \|url=http://www.cfl.ca/article/transaction_1937 \|title=Eskimos - Stampeders Transactions \| CFL.ca \| Official Site of the Canadian Football League \|website=www.cfl.ca \|access-date=22 May 2022 \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115085136/http://www.cfl.ca/article/transaction_1937 \|archive-date=15 January 2013 \|url-status=dead}})	bgcolor="#B0E0E6"\| Dimitri Tsoumpas	OL	Weber State
align=center\| 3	Calgary Stampeders	Jesse Newman	OL	Louisiana-Lafayette
align=center\| 4	Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Toronto Argonauts{{Cite web \|url=https://www.cfl.ca/article/2008_canadian_draft_selection_order__trades_ \|title = 2008 Canadian draft selection order: trades {{!}} CFL.ca {{!}} Official Site of the Canadian Football League \|access-date=2017-08-23 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829151411/http://www.cfl.ca/article/2008_canadian_draft_selection_order__trades_ \|archive-date=2012-08-29 \|url-status=dead }})	Keith Shologan	DL	Central Florida
align=center\| 5	BC Lions	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\| Justin Sorensen	OL	South Carolina
align=center\| 6	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	bgcolor="#B0E0E6"\| Brendon LaBatte	OL	Regina
align=center\| 7	Montreal Alouettes (via Saskatchewan)	bgcolor="#B0E0E6"\| Shea Emry	LB	UBC
align=center\| 8	Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Montreal forfeiture)	Samuel Giguère	WR	Sherbrooke

=Round two=

style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%\| Pick #	width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"\| CFL team	width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"\| Player	width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"\| Position	width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"\| School
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align=center\| 9	BC Lions (via Hamilton)	Rolly Lumbala	RB	Idaho
align=center\| 10	Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Edmonton via Toronto via Edmonton)	Jonathan St. Pierre	OL	Illinois State
align=center\| 11	Edmonton Eskimos (via Calgary)	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\| Greg Wojt	OL	Central Michigan
align=center\| 12	Montreal Alouettes	Andrew Woodruff	OL	Boise State
align=center\| 13	Toronto Argonauts	Mike Bradwell	WR	McMaster
align=center\| 14	Saskatchewan Roughriders (via BC)	Mike Stadnyk	DE	Montana
align=center\| 15	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Aaron Hargreaves	WR	Simon Fraser
align=center\| 16	Calgary Stampeders (via Edmonton via Saskatchewan)	Fernand Kashama	DE	Western Michigan

=Round three=

style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%\| Pick #	width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"\| CFL team	width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"\| Player	width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"\| Position	width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"\| School
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align=center\| 17	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Michael Giffin	RB/FB	Queen's
align=center\| 18	BC Lions (via Edmonton)	Justin Shaw	DL	Manitoba
align=center\| 19	Edmonton Eskimos (via Calgary{{Cite web\|date=30 April 2008\|title=Esks Unveil Draft Class of '08\|url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3632620}})	Tim St. Pierre	LB	Saint Mary's
align=center\| 20	BC Lions (via Saskatchewan via Montreal)	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\| Jason Arakgi	LB	McMaster
align=center\| 21	Toronto Argonauts	Jean-Nicolas Carrière	LB	McGill
align=center\| 22	BC Lions	Mike McEachern	DB	Western Illinois
align=center\| 23	Edmonton Eskimos (via BC Lions via Winnipeg)	Justin Cooper	DL	Manitoba
align=center\| 24	Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Edmonton via Saskatchewan)	Daryl Stephenson	RB	Windsor

=Round four=

style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%\| Pick #	width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"\| CFL team	width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"\| Player	width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"\| Position	width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"\| School
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align=center\| 25	Edmonton Eskimos (via Hamilton)	Sammy Okpro	DB	Concordia
align=center\| 26	Edmonton Eskimos	Jonathan Hood	DB	St.FX
align=center\| 27	Calgary Stampeders	Ronald Hilaire	DL	Buffalo
align=center\| 28	Montreal Alouettes	Terence Firr	REC	Manitoba
align=center\| 29	Toronto Argonauts	Delroy Clarke	DB	Ottawa
align=center\| 30	Saskatchewan (via BC)	Jean-François Morin-Roberge	OL	Montréal
align=center\| 31	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Marc Beswick	DB	Saint Mary's
align=center\| 32	Montreal Alouettes (via Saskatchewan)	Gurminder Thind	OL	South Carolina

=Round five=

style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%\| Pick #	width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"\| CFL team	width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"\| Player	width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"\| Position	width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"\| School
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align=center\| 33	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Laurent Lavigne Masse	REC	Laval
align=center\| 34	Edmonton Eskimos	Dante Luciani	REC	Laurier
align=center\| 35	Calgary Stampeders	bgcolor="#B0E0E6"\| Jon Gott	OL	Boise State
align=center\| 36	Montreal Alouettes	Paul Woldu	DB	Saskatchewan
align=center\| 37	Toronto Argonauts	Richard Zulys	OL	Western
align=center\| 38	BC Lions	Brady Browne	DB	Manitoba
align=center\| 39	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Don Oramasionwu	DL	Manitoba
align=center\| 40	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Jeff Zelinski	DB	Saint Mary's

=Round six=

style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%\| Pick #	width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"\| CFL team	width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"\| Player	width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"\| Position	width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"\| School
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align=center\| 41	Saskatchewan (via Hamilton)	Teale Orban	QB	Regina
align=center\| 42	Toronto Argonauts (via Edmonton)	Mark Dewit	OL	Calgary
align=center\| 43	Calgary Stampeders	Jonathan Lapointe	FB	Montréal
align=center\| 44	Toronto Argonauts (via Montreal)	Tyler Scott	WR	Western
align=center\| 45	Toronto Argonauts	Matt Black	DB	Saginaw Valley
align=center\| 46	BC Lions	Hubert Buydens	OL	Saskatchewan
align=center\| 47	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Pierre-Luc Labbé	LB	Sherbrooke
align=center\| 48	Montreal Alouettes (via Saskatchewan)	bgcolor="#B0E0E6"\| Luc Brodeur-Jourdain	OL	Laval

References

{{Cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/feature/?fid=6685&hubname= |title=Canadian College Draft Order of Selection |publisher=TSN.ca |access-date=25 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080311133304/http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/feature/?fid=6685&hubname= |archive-date=11 March 2008 |url-status=live }}
{{cite news|url=https://www.cfl.ca/index.php?module=newser&func=display&nid=23537|title=Predicting the draft – picks 1–4|last=Madani|first=Arash |date=2008-04-22|publisher=CFL.ca|access-date=2008-04-23| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080511193747/http://www.cfl.ca/index.php?module=newser&func=display&nid=23537| archive-date= 11 May 2008 | url-status= live}}

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