2000 CFL Draft
2000 CFL Draft
General information
Date April 18
Overview
46 total selections in 6 rounds
Fewest selections (4) BC Lions CIAU selections 22
NCAA selections 23
← 1999 2001 →
The 2000 CFL draft took place on Tuesday, April 18, 2000. 46 players were chosen for Canadian Football League teams from among the 504 eligible CIAU football players from Canadian universities, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA . Of the 46 draft selections, 22 players were drafted from Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union institutions.
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 Montreal → Calgary (PD). Montreal traded a first-round selection and an undisclosed pick in the 2001 CFL draft to Calgary in exchange for Ed Philion .Hamilton → Calgary (PD). Hamilton traded a first-round selection to Calgary in a trade for Chris Burns .Round four BC → Winnipeg (PD). BC traded a fourth-round selection and Khari Jones to Winnipeg in exchange for Chris Perez .Winnipeg → Toronto (D). Winnipeg traded the 24th overall selection and Brad Elberg to Toronto in exchange for Dave Mudge .Forfeitures Calgary forfeited their first round selection after selecting Wayne Blair in the 1999 Supplemental Draft.Draft order Round one = CFL Division All-Star = CFL All-Star = Hall of Famer
Round two Pick # CFL team Player Position School 8 Saskatchewan Roughriders Shawn Gallant DB Eastern Kentucky 9 Edmonton Eskimos (via Winnipeg) Rob Harrod WR Ottawa 10 Edmonton Eskimos Craig Carr RB Manitoba 11 Toronto Argonauts Richard Clarke WR Weber State 12 Montreal Alouettes Mat Petz DE Wake Forest – BC Lions Forfeit Pick 13 Calgary Stampeders Ryan Ward OL New Hampshire 14 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Mike Juhasz WR North Dakota
Round three = CFL Division All-Star = CFL All-Star = Hall of Famer
Pick # CFL team Player Position School 15 Saskatchewan Roughriders Dylan Ching WR San Diego 16 Montreal Alouettes (via BC via Winnipeg) Morgan Kane RB Wake Forest 17 Edmonton Eskimos George Hudson G New Mexico State 18 Toronto Argonauts Carson Souter K Montana State 19 Montreal Alouettes Jason Gavadza TE Kent State 20 BC Lions Brent Johnson DL Ohio State 21 Calgary Stampeders Clinton Wayne DE Ohio State 22 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Paul Lambert G Western Michigan
Round four Pick # CFL team Player Position School 23 Saskatchewan Roughriders Michael O'Brien QB /P Western Ontario 24 Toronto Argonauts (via Winnipeg) Benoit Meloche LB Laval 25 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via BC via Edmonton) Markus Howell WR Texas Southern 26 Toronto Argonauts Kojo Millington DE Wilfrid Laurier 27 Montreal Alouettes Harvey Stables WR Wilfrid Laurier 28 BC Lions Loren Padelford OL Guelph 29 Calgary Stampeders Kent Ring LB Simon Fraser 30 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Joe McCullum OL Utah
Round five Pick # CFL team Player Position School 31 Saskatchewan Roughriders Hudson Clark TE Western Ontario 32 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Eric Schwab DE Wilfrid Laurier 33 Edmonton Eskimos Rob Vickers T Wilfrid Laurier 34 Toronto Argonauts Brad Coutts WR British Columbia 35 Montreal Alouettes Ian Hewitt K/P Minot State 36 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via BC) Grant Everett G North Dakota 37 Calgary Stampeders Paul Blenkhorn OL Western Ontario 38 Hamilton Tiger-Cats James MacLean SB Queen's
Round six Pick # CFL team Player Position School 39 Saskatchewan Roughriders Jamie Forsythe OL Western Ontario 40 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Matthew Sheridan OL Manitoba 41 Edmonton Eskimos Yves Dossous LB Kent State 42 Toronto Argonauts Jean-Vincent Posy-Audette DB Laval 43 Montreal Alouettes Andre Clark DB SE Missouri State 44 BC Lions Fabian Rayne RB Western Ontario 45 Calgary Stampeders Brock Balog DB Calgary 46 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Doug Van Moorsel OL California, PA
Further reading . Canadian Football League. 2000-04-04. Archived from on 2000-05-10.