# 1998 CFL draft

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The **[1998](/source/1998_CFL_season) [CFL draft](/source/CFL_draft)** took place on April 7, 1998.[1] 43 [Canadian football](/source/Canadian_football) players were chosen from among 490 eligible players from [Canadian universities](/source/List_of_universities_in_Canada) as well as Canadian players playing in the [NCAA](/source/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association).[2]

## Round one

= CFL Division All-Star = CFL All-Star = Hall of Famer

Pick # CFL team Player Position School 1 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Tim Fleiszer DL Harvard 2 Toronto Argonauts (via Winnipeg) Dave Miller-Johnston P/K Concordia 3 BC Lions Steve Hardin T Oregon 4 Calgary Stampeders Marc Pilon LB Syracuse 5 Edmonton Eskimos Phillippe Girard DB Mount Allison 6 Montreal Alouettes Ben Cahoon WR Brigham Young 7 Saskatchewan Roughriders Curtis Galick DB British Columbia – Toronto Argonauts Forfeit Pick[3]

## Round two

= CFL Division All-Star = CFL All-Star = Hall of Famer

Pick # CFL team Player Position School 8 Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Hamilton) Ousmane Tounkara WR Ottawa – Toronto Argonauts (via Winnipeg) Forfeit Pick[3] 9 BC Lions Ryan Thelwell SB Minnesota 10 Calgary Stampeders Andre Arlain SB St. Francis Xavier 11 Edmonton Eskimos Samir Chahine G McGill – Montreal Alouettes Forfeit Pick[3] 12 Toronto Argonauts (via Saskatchewan) Roger Dunbrack DL Western Ontario – Toronto Argonauts Forfeit Pick[3]

## Round three

= CFL Division All-Star = CFL All-Star = Hall of Famer

Pick # CFL team Player Position School 13 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Devin Grant OL Utah 14 BC Lions (via Winnipeg) Matt Kellett K Saskatchewan 15 Montreal Alouettes (via Winnipeg via BC) Scott Flory OL Saskatchewan 16 Calgary Stampeders Harland Ah You DL Brigham Young 17 Edmonton Eskimos Scott Deibert RB Minot State 18 Montreal Alouettes William Loftus D Manitoba 19 Saskatchewan Roughriders Kevin Pressburger LB Waterloo 20 Toronto Argonauts Jermaine Brown RB Winona State

## Round four

Pick # CFL team Player Position School 21 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Tarek Jayoussi WR Calgary 22 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Garrett Sutherland LB Northern Illinois 23 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via BC) Jean Daniel Roy DL Ottawa 24 Calgary Stampeders Aubrey Cummings WR Acadia 25 Edmonton Eskimos Chris Evraire SB Ottawa 26 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Montreal) Eddie Williams WR Southwest State 27 Saskatchewan Roughriders Jason Van Geel LB Waterloo 28 Toronto Argonauts Brian Mlachak K Calgary

## Round five

Pick # CFL team Player Position School 29 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Jeff Brown CB Acadia 30 BC Lions (via Winnipeg) Bernard Gravel DB Laval 31 BC Lions Francesco Pepe-Esposito LB Laval 32 Calgary Stampeders Gene Stahl RB Calgary 33 Edmonton Eskimos James Cooper OL British Columbia 34 Montreal Alouettes Daniel Lafontaine OL McGill 35 Toronto Argonauts (via Saskatchewan) Eric Shilts WR Toronto – Toronto Argonauts Forfeit Pick[3]

## Round six

Pick # CFL team Player Position School 36 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Benjie Hutchison DL British Columbia 37 Winnipeg Blue Bombers John Baunemann K Manitoba 38 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via BC) Chad Vath LB Manitoba 39 Calgary Stampeders Jodi Bednarek LB Calgary 40 Edmonton Eskimos Adam Kossack OL Hastings College 41 Montreal Alouettes Kelly Ireland OL Saint Mary's 42 Saskatchewan Roughriders James Rapesse LB Saskatchewan 43 Toronto Argonauts Bill Mitoulas LB Notre Dame

## References

1. [1998 CFL Canadian College Draft prospects](https://web.archive.org/web/19980507151229/http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews/mar31_draft.html)

1. [Fleiszer first pick in CFL Draft](https://web.archive.org/web/19980507151210/http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews/apr7_draftstory.html)

1. [Fleiszer picked first in CFL Draft](https://web.archive.org/web/19980507151217/http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews/apr7_draft.html)

## External links

- ["1998 Canadian Draft"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120813103246/http://www.cfl.ca/canadian_draft/list/year/1998). Canadian Football League. Archived from [the original](https://www.cfl.ca/canadian_draft/list/year/1998) on 2012-08-13. Retrieved 2017-08-23.

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