The 2001 CFL Draft took place on Thursday, April 26, 2001.[2] 48 players were chosen for Canadian Football League teams from among the eligible CIAU football players from Canadian universities, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA and the NAIA .[3] Of the 48 draft selections, 26 players were drafted from Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union institutions.[4]
Round one
Round two
Round three
Pick #
CFL Team
Player
Position
College
17
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Teddy Neptune
LB
Ottawa
18
Montreal Alouettes (via Toronto[5] )
Phil Gibson
DL
Toledo
19
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Ben Wearing
WR
McGill
20
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Randy Bowles
TE
Simon Fraser
21
Edmonton Eskimos
Glenn Carson
OL
Saskatchewan
22
Calgary Stampeders
Farwan Zubedi
WR
Washington State
23
Calgary Stampeders (via Montreal[5] )
Lukas Shaver
S
Ottawa
24
BC Lions
Scott Robinson
WR
Simon Fraser
Round four
Pick #
CFL Team
Player
Position
College
25
Montreal Alouettes (via Saskatchewan[5] )
Shawn Gifford
OT
Charleston Southern
26
Toronto Argonauts
Kevin Eiben
S
Bucknell
27
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Nick Tsatsaronis
RB
Memphis
28
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Ryan Donnelly
OL
McMaster
29
Montreal Alouettes (via Edmonton[5] )
Peter Moore
DL
Syracuse
30
Calgary Stampeders
Andrew Carter
OL
Bishop's
31
Montreal Alouettes
Steven Maheu
WR/QB
Simon Fraser
32
BC Lions
Kelly Bates
OL
Saskatchewan
Round five
Pick #
CFL Team
Player
Position
College
33
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Mike Di Battista
WR
Ottawa
34
Toronto Argonauts
Andre Talbot
WR
Wilfrid Laurier
35
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Howie Dryden
DB
Manitoba
36
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Mike Waszczuk
LB
Slippery Rock
37
Edmonton Eskimos
Guillaume Petit
DL
Alberta
38
Calgary Stampeders
Jeffrey Simmer
LB
Regina
39
Toronto Argonauts (via Montreal[5] )
Jermaine Romans
DB
Acadia
40
BC Lions
Dave Tucker
LB
Manitoba
Round six
Pick #
CFL Team
Player
Position
College
41
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Jocelyn Frenette
G
Ottawa
42
Toronto Argonauts
Matt McKnight
S
Waterloo
43
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Darryl Fabiani
DB
Western Ontario
44
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Will Grant
QB
Acadia
45
Edmonton Eskimos
William Wright
DB
Bishop's
46
Calgary Stampeders
David D'Onofrio
LB
York
47
Montreal Alouettes
Phil Côté
QB
Ottawa
48
BC Lions
Eric Collings
OL
British Columbia
References
^ "2001 Canadian College Draft call-in number". Canadian Football League . April 23, 2001. Archived from the original on August 28, 2001.
^ "26 CIAU football players selected in CFL draft". Canadian Football League . April 26, 2001. Archived from the original on June 25, 2001. Retrieved February 13, 2021 .
^ "2001 CFL draft". Canadian Football League . Retrieved February 13, 2021 .
^ 2011 Canadian Draft Guide Archived December 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ a b c d e f g h i j "2001 Canadian College Draft Order". Canadian Football League . April 4, 2001. Archived from the original on June 17, 2002.
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