{{Short description|Canadian football draft}} {{Infobox sports draft | name = 2001 CFL Draft | logoalt = 2001 CFL draft logo | sport = Canadian football | date = April 26 | time = 11:00 AM EST<ref name="Call in">{{cite web|url=http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews0104/23_draft.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010828040021/http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews0104/23_draft.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 28, 2001|title=2001 Canadian College Draft call-in number|publisher=Canadian Football League|date=April 23, 2001}}</ref> | overall = 48 | rounds = 6 | league = CFL | first = {{nowrap|Scott Schultz, DL}}<br>Saskatchewan Roughriders | fewnum = 4 | fewest = Winnipeg Blue Bombers | mostnum = 8 | most = BC Lions<br>Calgary Stampeders<br>Montreal Alouettes | ciau = 26 | ncaa = 18 | prev = 2000 | next = 2002 }} The '''2001 CFL draft''' took place on Thursday, April 26, 2001.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://cfl.ca/CFLNews0104/26_ciau.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010625125028/http://cfl.ca/CFLNews0104/26_ciau.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 25, 2001|title=26 CIAU football players selected in CFL draft|publisher=Canadian Football League|date=April 26, 2001|access-date=February 13, 2021}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/draft-tracker/2001/ |title=2001 CFL draft |publisher=Canadian Football League |access-date=February 13, 2021 }}</ref> Of the 48 draft selections, 26 players were drafted from Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union institutions.<ref>[http://www.bclions.com/uploads/assets/BC/pages/CFL_Draft/2011/2011_Canadian_Draft_Guide.pdf 2011 Canadian Draft Guide] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211000303/http://www.bclions.com/uploads/assets/BC/pages/CFL_Draft/2011/2011_Canadian_Draft_Guide.pdf |date=December 11, 2011 }}</ref>
==Round one== {| |- |style="background-color:#FFCC00; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"| |= CFL Division All-Star|| |style="background-color:#B0E0E6; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"| |= CFL All-Star|| |style="background-color:#CCFFCC; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"| |= Hall of Famer |}
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%| Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| CFL team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| Position !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| School |- |align=center| 1 || Saskatchewan Roughriders || bgcolor="#B0E0E6"| Scott Schultz || DL || North Dakota |- |align=center| 2 || BC Lions (via Toronto<ref name="order">{{cite web|url=http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews0104/4_cfl1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020617145938/http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews0104/4_cfl1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 17, 2002|title=2001 Canadian College Draft Order|publisher=Canadian Football League|date=April 4, 2001}}</ref>) || Ian Williams || LB || Memphis |- |align=center| 3 || BC Lions (via Winnipeg<ref name="order"/>)|| Lyle Green || FB || Toledo |- |align=center| 4 || Toronto Argonauts (via Hamilton<ref name="order"/>) || bgcolor="#B0E0E6"| Angus Reid || G || Simon Fraser |- |align=center| 5 || Edmonton Eskimos || Randy Chevrier || DT || McGill |- |align=center| 6 || Calgary Stampeders || bgcolor="#FFCC00"| Kamau Peterson || WR || New Hampsphire |- |align=center| 7 || Montreal Alouettes || Luke Fritz || OL || Eastern Washington |- |align=center| 8 || BC Lions || Leif Thorsen || G || Montana |}
==Round two== {| |- |style="background-color:#FFCC00; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"| |= CFL Division All-Star|| |style="background-color:#B0E0E6; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"| |= CFL All-Star|| |style="background-color:#CCFFCC; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"| |= Hall of Famer |}
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%| Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| CFL team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| Position !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| School |- |align=center| 9 || Saskatchewan Roughriders || Jason French || WR || Murray State |- |- |align=center| 10 || Calgary Stampeders (via Toronto<ref name="order"/>) || Lawrence Deck || DB || Fresno State |- |align=center| 11 || Montreal Alouettes (via BC via Winnipeg<ref name="order"/>) || Pat Woodcock || WR || Syracuse |- |align=center| 12 || Hamilton Tiger-Cats || Karim Grant || LB || Acadia |- |align=center| 13 || Edmonton Eskimos || Fabian Burke || CB || Toledo |- |align=center| 14 || Calgary Stampeders || bgcolor="#FFCC00"| Duncan O'Mahony || K || British Columbia |- |align=center| 15 || Montreal Alouettes || Jesse Palmer || QB || Florida |- |align=center| 16 || BC Lions || Jamie Boreham || K/S || Manitoba |}
==Round three== {| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%| Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| CFL team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| Position !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| School |- |align=center| 17 || Saskatchewan Roughriders || Teddy Neptune || LB || Ottawa |- |align=center| 18 || Montreal Alouettes (via Toronto<ref name="order"/>) || Phil Gibson || DL || Toledo |- |align=center| 19 || Winnipeg Blue Bombers || Ben Wearing || WR || McGill |- |align=center| 20 || Hamilton Tiger-Cats || Randy Bowles || TE || Simon Fraser |- |align=center| 21 || Edmonton Eskimos || Glenn Carson || OL || Saskatchewan |- |align=center| 22 || Calgary Stampeders || Farwan Zubedi || WR || Washington State |- |align=center| 23 || Calgary Stampeders (via Montreal<ref name="order"/>) || Lukas Shaver || S || Ottawa |- |align=center| 24 || BC Lions || Scott Robinson || WR || Simon Fraser |}
==Round four== {| |- |style="background-color:#FFCC00; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"| |= CFL Division All-Star|| |style="background-color:#B0E0E6; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"| |= CFL All-Star|| |style="background-color:#CCFFCC; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"| |= Hall of Famer |}
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%| Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| CFL team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| Position !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| School |- |align=center| 25 || Montreal Alouettes (via Saskatchewan<ref name="order"/>) || Shawn Gifford || OT || Charleston Southern |- |align=center| 26 || Toronto Argonauts || bgcolor="#B0E0E6"| Kevin Eiben || S || Bucknell |- |align=center| 27 || Winnipeg Blue Bombers || Nick Tsatsaronis || RB || Memphis |- |align=center| 28 || Hamilton Tiger-Cats || Ryan Donnelly || OL || McMaster |- |align=center| 29 || Montreal Alouettes (via Edmonton<ref name="order"/>) || Peter Moore || DL || Syracuse |- |align=center| 30 || Calgary Stampeders || Andrew Carter || OL || Bishop's |- |align=center| 31 || Montreal Alouettes || Steven Maheu || WR/QB || Simon Fraser |- |align=center| 32 || BC Lions || bgcolor="#B0E0E6"| Kelly Bates || OL || Saskatchewan |}
==Round five== {| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%| Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| CFL team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| Position !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| School |- |align=center| 33 || Saskatchewan Roughriders || Mike Di Battista || WR || Ottawa |- |align=center| 34 || Toronto Argonauts || Andre Talbot || WR || Wilfrid Laurier |- |align=center| 35 || Winnipeg Blue Bombers || Howie Dryden || DB || Manitoba |- |align=center| 36 || Hamilton Tiger-Cats || Mike Waszczuk || LB || Slippery Rock |- |align=center| 37 || Edmonton Eskimos || Guillaume Petit || DL || Alberta |- |align=center| 38 || Calgary Stampeders || Jeffrey Simmer || LB || Regina |- |align=center| 39 || Toronto Argonauts (via Montreal<ref name="order"/>) || Jermaine Romans || DB || Acadia |- |align=center| 40 || BC Lions || Dave Tucker || LB || Manitoba |}
==Round six== {| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%" |- !style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%| Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| CFL team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| Position !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| School |- |align=center| 41 || Saskatchewan Roughriders || Jocelyn Frenette || G || Ottawa |- |align=center| 42 || Toronto Argonauts || Matt McKnight || S || Waterloo |- |align=center| 43 || Winnipeg Blue Bombers || Darryl Fabiani || DB || Western Ontario |- |align=center| 44 || Hamilton Tiger-Cats || Will Grant || QB || Acadia |- |align=center| 45 || Edmonton Eskimos || William Wright || DB || Bishop's |- |align=center| 46 || Calgary Stampeders || David D'Onofrio || LB || York |- |align=center| 47 || Montreal Alouettes || Phil Côté || QB || Ottawa |- |align=center| 48 || BC Lions || Eric Collings || OL || British Columbia |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{CFL Drafts}} {{2001 CFL season by team}}
Category:CFL draft Cfl Draft, 2001