# 2000 CFL draft

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The **[2000](/source/2000_CFL_season) [CFL draft](/source/Canadian_College_Draft)** took place on Tuesday, April 18, 2000.[2] 46 players were chosen for [Canadian Football League](/source/Canadian_Football_League) teams from among the 504 eligible [CIAU football](/source/CIAU_football) players from Canadian universities, as well as Canadian players playing in the [NCAA](/source/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association).[3] Of the 46 draft selections, 22 players were drafted from [Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union](/source/Canadian_Interuniversity_Athletics_Union) institutions.[4]

## 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](/source/2001_CFL_draft) to Calgary in exchange for [Ed Philion](/source/Ed_Philion).[5]
- **Hamilton → Calgary (PD).** Hamilton traded a first-round selection to Calgary in a trade for [Chris Burns](/source/Chris_Burns_(Canadian_football)).[6]

### Round four

- **BC → Winnipeg (PD).** BC traded a fourth-round selection and [Khari Jones](/source/Khari_Jones) to Winnipeg in exchange for [Chris Perez](/source/Chris_Perez_(gridiron_football)).[7]
- **Winnipeg → Toronto (D).** Winnipeg traded the 24th overall selection and Brad Elberg to Toronto in exchange for [Dave Mudge](/source/Dave_Mudge).[8]

## Forfeitures

- **Calgary** forfeited their first round selection after selecting Wayne Blair in the 1999 Supplemental Draft.[1][9]

## Draft order

### Round one

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

Pick # CFL team Player Position School 1 Saskatchewan Roughriders Tyson St. James LB British Columbia 2 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Daaron McField DL British Columbia 3 Edmonton Eskimos Tim Bakker C Western Ontario 4 Toronto Argonauts Donnavan Carter S Northern Illinois 5 Calgary Stampeders (via Montreal[5]) Ibrahim Tounkara SB Ottawa 6 BC Lions Adriano Belli DE Houston – Calgary Stampeders Forfeit Pick[1] 7 Calgary Stampeders (via Hamilton[6]) Scott Regimbald TE Houston

### 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[8]) Benoit Meloche LB Laval 25 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via BC[7] 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

## References

1. ["Canadian college draft set for Tuesday"](https://web.archive.org/web/20030302140002/http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews0004/apr17_can.html). [Canadian Football League](/source/Canadian_Football_League). April 17, 2001. Archived from [the original](http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews0004/apr17_can.html) on March 2, 2003.

1. ["2000 Canadian College Draft"](https://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews/2000draft.html). Canadian Football League. 2000. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20000510081455/http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews/2000draft.html) 2000-05-10 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2009-10-01.

1. ["2000 CFL draft"](https://www.cfl.ca/draft-tracker/2000/). [Canadian Football League](/source/Canadian_Football_League). Retrieved February 15, 2021.

1. ["2020 CFL Draft Guide"](https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/a3afe8c6-ac4e-470b-8848-62e1a8e647f1/-/inline/no/2020-en-cfl-draft-guide.pdf). [Canadian Football League](/source/Canadian_Football_League). April 30, 2020.

1. ["Stamps trade Philion"](https://web.archive.org/web/20030307084353/http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews9906/jun18_trade.html). [Canadian Football League](/source/Canadian_Football_League). June 18, 1999. Archived from [the original](http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews9906/jun18_trade.html) on March 7, 2003.

1. ["CFL Draft one day away"](https://web.archive.org/web/20021227173013/http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews0004/apr17_cfl.html). [Canadian Football League](/source/Canadian_Football_League). April 17, 2000. Archived from [the original](http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews0004/apr17_cfl.html) on December 27, 2002.

1. ["Lions deal with Winnipeg"](https://web.archive.org/web/20030302144133/http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews0002/feb29_lio.html). [Canadian Football League](/source/Canadian_Football_League). February 29, 2000. Archived from [the original](http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews0002/feb29_lio.html) on March 2, 2003.

1. ["Blue trade for top tackle"](https://web.archive.org/web/20030302133927/http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews0004/apr18_blu.html). [Canadian Football League](/source/Canadian_Football_League). April 18, 2000. Archived from [the original](http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews0004/apr18_blu.html) on March 2, 2003.

1. ["CFL Canadian Draft For Dummies"](https://www.cfl.ca/2007/05/02/cfl_canadian_draft_for_dummies/). [Canadian Football League](/source/Canadian_Football_League). May 5, 2007.

## Further reading

- ["2000 CFL Evaluation Camp results"](https://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews/evaluation.html). Canadian Football League. 2000-04-04. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20000510155009/http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews/evaluation.html) 2000-05-10 at the Wayback Machine.

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