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2022 CFL global draft

{{Short description|Canadian Football League draft}}

{{Infobox sports draft

| name = 2022 CFL global draft

| logosize = 250px

| logoalt =

| sport = Canadian football

| location = Toronto

| date = May 3, 2022

| time = 12:00 pm EDT

| network =

| overall = 27

| rounds = 3

| league = CFL

| first = Kingsley Jonathan, DE, Montreal Alouettes

| fewest =

| fewnum =

| most =

| mostnum =

| u_sports = 2

| ncaa = 17

| prev = 2021

| next = 2023

}}

The 2022 CFL global draft was a selection of non-Canadian and non-American players by Canadian Football League (CFL) teams that took place on May 3, 2022. It was the second CFL draft that pools all of the global players together after previously having separate drafts for Mexican players and European players in 2019.{{cite web|url=https://press.cfl.ca/cfl-to-hold-global-player-combines-in-europe-mexico-and-japan |title=CFL to hold global player combines in Europe, Mexico and, and Japan |publisher=press.cfl.ca |date=November 5, 2019 |access-date=January 23, 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2022/02/24/cfl-aligns-global-draft-date-w-cfl-draft-may-3/ |title=CFL aligns Global Draft date w/ CFL Draft on May 3 |publisher=Canadian Football League |date=February 24, 2022}} 27 players were chosen from among eligible players following the CFL Combine in March. Similar to the previous year's draft, this was a snake draft with the even-numbered rounds being the reverse order of the odd-numbered rounds.{{cite news|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2022-global-draft-tracker/ |title=2022 Global Draft Tracker |publisher=Canadian Football League |access-date=April 1, 2022}}

The draft was streamed on CFL.ca and was hosted by Marshall Ferguson and the CFL's Head of Football Operations, Greg Dick.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2022/05/02/cfl-ca-to-livestream-cfl-global-draft-on-may-3/ |title=CFL.ca to livestream CFL Global Draft on May 3 |publisher=Canadian Football League |date=May 2, 2022}}

Waiver priority order

The order of the draft was determined by a weighted lottery system and be based upon the waiver priority (reverse standings from 2021), as opposed to the random lottery order from the 2021 CFL global draft.{{cite news|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2021/02/04/cfl-calendar-busy-free-agency-virtual-combines-drafts/ |title=CFL calendar busy with free agency, virtual combines, drafts |publisher=Canadian Football League |date=February 4, 2021}} The weighted lottery was determined based on the waiver priority order below:

class="wikitable sortable"
{{abbr|PR|Priority rank}}

! {{abbr|ADP|Actual draft position}}

! {{abbr|Diff ±|Difference}}

! Team

style="text-align:center;" | 1

| style="text-align:center;" | 2

| style="text-align:center;" | {{sort|06|–1}}

| Edmonton Elks

style="text-align:center;" | 2

| style="text-align:center;" | 8

| style="text-align:center;" | {{sort|09|–6}}

| Ottawa Redblacks

style="text-align:center;" | 3

| style="text-align:center;" | 3

| style="text-align:center;" | {{sort|05|–}}

| BC Lions

style="text-align:center;" | 4

| style="text-align:center;" | 1

| style="text-align:center;" | {{sort|01|+3}}

| Montreal Alouettes

style="text-align:center;" | 5

| style="text-align:center;" | 7

| style="text-align:center;" | {{sort|08|–2}}

| Calgary Stampeders

style="text-align:center;" | 6

| style="text-align:center;" | 4

| style="text-align:center;" | {{sort|03|+2}}

| Toronto Argonauts

style="text-align:center;" | 7

| style="text-align:center;" | 5

| style="text-align:center;" | {{sort|04|+2}}

| Saskatchewan Roughriders

style="text-align:center;" | 8

| style="text-align:center;" | 9

| style="text-align:center;" | {{sort|07|–1}}

| Hamilton Tiger-Cats

style="text-align:center;" | 9

| style="text-align:center;" | 6

| style="text-align:center;" | {{sort|02|+3}}

| Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Draft order

=Round one=

class="wikitable" style="width: 90%"
style="background:#E5E5E5;" | Pick #width=25% style="background:#E5E5E5;"| CFL teamwidth=20% style="background:#E5E5E5;"| Playerstyle="background:#E5E5E5;"| Positionwidth=20% style="background:#E5E5E5;"| University/club teamwidth=20% style="background:#E5E5E5;"| Nationality
align=center| 1Montreal AlouettesKingsley JonathanDESyracuse{{flagicon|NGA}} Nigeria
align=center| 2Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Edmonton)Bailey FlintPToledo{{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
align=center| 3BC LionsKarlis BraunsDLPanthers Wrocław{{flagicon|LAT}} Latvia
align=center| 4Toronto ArgonautsJohn HaggertyPWestern Kentucky{{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
align=center| 5Saskatchewan RoughridersJordan Genmark HeathLBCalifornia, Los Angeles{{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden
align=center| 6Winnipeg Blue BombersTom HackettPUtah{{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
align=center| 7Calgary StampedersBamidele OlaseniOLUtah{{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain
align=center| 8Ottawa RedblacksHéctor ZepedaOLBorregos Salvajes Monterrey{{flagicon|MEX}} Mexico
align=center| 9Edmonton Elks (via Hamilton)Ben GriffithsPSouthern California{{flagicon|AUS}} Australia

=Round two=

class="wikitable" style="width: 90%"
style="background:#E5E5E5;" | Pick #width=25% style="background:#E5E5E5;"| CFL teamwidth=20% style="background:#E5E5E5;"| Playerstyle="background:#E5E5E5;"| Positionwidth=20% style="background:#E5E5E5;"| University/club teamwidth=20% style="background:#E5E5E5;"| Nationality
align=center| 10Hamilton Tiger-CatsBlake HayesPIllinois{{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
align=center| 11Ottawa RedblacksEdris Jean AlphonseDBLaval{{flagicon|FRA}} France
align=center| 12Calgary StampedersRyan GomesLBGalo{{flagicon|BRA}} Brazil
align=center| 13Winnipeg Blue BombersSouleymane KaramokoDBLaval{{flagicon|FRA}} France
align=center| 14Saskatchewan RoughridersLukas RuossLBBemidji State{{flagicon|SWI}} Switzerland
align=center| 15Toronto ArgonautsSimeon Okonta-WarisoDLLübeck Cougars{{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain
align=center| 16BC LionsMarcel DaboDBStuttgart Surge{{flagicon|GER}} Germany
align=center| 17Edmonton ElksRafael GaglianoneKWisconsin{{flagicon|BRA}} Brazil
align=center| 18Montreal AlouettesThomas OdukoyaTEEastern Michigan{{flagicon|NLD}} Netherlands

=Round three=

class="wikitable" style="width: 90%"
style="background:#E5E5E5;" | Pick #width=25% style="background:#E5E5E5;"| CFL teamwidth=20% style="background:#E5E5E5;"| Playerstyle="background:#E5E5E5;"| Positionwidth=20% style="background:#E5E5E5;"| University/club teamwidth=20% style="background:#E5E5E5;"| Nationality
align=center| 19Montreal AlouettesKirk ChristodoulouPPittsburgh{{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
align=center| 20Edmonton ElksCorliss WaitmanPSouth Alabama{{flagicon|BEL}} Belgium
align=center| 21BC LionsJohn-Levi KruseFBHamburg Sea Devils{{flagicon|GER}} Germany
align=center| 22Toronto ArgonautsOtavio AmorimOLBerlin Thunder{{flagicon|BRA}} Brazil
align=center| 23Saskatchewan RoughridersMaceo Beard-AigretDBPotsdam Royals{{flagicon|FRA}} France
align=center| 24Winnipeg Blue BombersMichael Sleep-DaltonPIowa{{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
align=center| 25Calgary StampedersBailey Devine-ScottDBWestern New England{{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
align=center| 26Ottawa RedblacksGabriel BallinasKAlbany State{{flagicon|MEX}} Mexico
align=center| 27Hamilton Tiger-CatsRalfs RusinsDTLiberty{{flagicon|LAT}} Latvia

Trades

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

  • Edmonton ←→ Hamilton (PD). Edmonton traded the second overall selection in this draft, Kyle Saxelid, and Grant McDonald to Hamilton in exchange for the ninth overall selection in this draft, along with the eighth and 28th overall selections in the 2022 CFL national draft.{{cite news|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2022/05/02/elks-ticats-make-pre-draft-trade/ |title=Elks, Ticats make pre-draft trade |publisher=Canadian Football League |date=May 2, 2022}}

See also

References

Trade references

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General references

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{{CFL Drafts}}

{{2022 CFL season by team}}

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