{{Short description|Canadian football draft}} {{Infobox sports draft | name = 2008 CFL draft | logoalt = 2008 CFL draft logo | sport = Football | date = April 30 | time = 12:00 PM EST | location = Toronto | network = TSN.ca | overall = 48 | first = Dylan Barker | fewest = Hamilton Tiger-Cats (4) | most = Toronto Argonauts (7)<br />BC Lions (7) | prev = 2007 | next = 2009 }}

The '''2008 CFL draft''' took place on Wednesday, April 30, 2008, live at 12:00 PM ET on TSN.ca.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/news_story/?ID=231196&hubname= |title=Duane Forde joins TSN broadcast team |date=2008-03-04 |publisher=TSN.ca |access-date=25 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308140735/http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/news_story/?ID=231196&hubname= |archive-date=8 March 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/article/2008_cfl_canadian_draft_live_on_cfl_ca |title=2008 CFL Canadian draft live on CFL.ca |access-date=2017-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090322070835/http://www.cfl.ca/article/2008_cfl_canadian_draft_live_on_cfl_ca |archive-date=2009-03-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A total of 48 players were chosen from among 752 eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.cfl.ca/pdf/2008_draft_list.pdf| title=Draft List for Year 2008| publisher=Canadian Football League| date=2008-01-28| access-date=11 March 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081031073815/http://www.cfl.ca/pdf/2008_draft_list.pdf| archive-date=2008-10-31| url-status=dead}}</ref> Of the 48 draft selections, 33 players were drafted from Canadian Interuniversity Sport institutions.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120724161607/http://www.cfl.ca/article/cis_products_a_hot_commodity CIS products a hot commodity]</ref>

The first two rounds were broadcast on TSN.ca with host Rod Black. CFL Commissioner Mark Cohon was in the studio to announce each selection. The CFL on TSN panel included Duane Forde, Greg Marshall, Brian Towriss, Farhan Lalji, Jock Climie, Matt Dunigan, and Chris Schultz who analyzed the teams' needs and picks.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=235791|title=Commissioner Cohon joins CFL on TSN team for Draft day|date=2008-04-25|publisher=TSN.ca|access-date=2008-04-26| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080504134058/http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=235791| archive-date= 4 May 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats, with the league-worst 3–15 record in the 2007 CFL season had several offers for their first-overall selection but kept their pick and chose Saskatchewan Huskies safety Dylan Barker.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jpLJxvQFu7By_4t7gCbH3wnAiiig|title=Ticats select Saskatchewan safety Dylan Barker first overall in CFL draft|date=2008-04-30|publisher=Canadian Press|access-date=2008-04-30| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080501102510/http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jpLJxvQFu7By_4t7gCbH3wnAiiig| archive-date= 1 May 2008 | url-status= dead}}</ref> Barker, a native of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan is a two-time Canadian Interuniversity Sport first-team all-Canadian. He led the Huskies with 53 tackles, three interceptions, and four breakups last season. It is expected that he will be able to help the Tiger-Cats in the 2008 CFL season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/postedsports/archive/2008/04/30/cfl-ticats-take-safety-barker-no-1.aspx |title=CFL: Ticats take safety Barker No. 1 |last=Bray |first=Jim |date=2008-04-30 |publisher=National Post |access-date=2008-04-30 }}{{dead link|date=October 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==Forfeitures== * '''Montreal''' forfeited their first round selection after a CFL investigation found that they had exceeded the league salary cap by $108,285 (the minimum for a forfeiture is $100,000). That draft pick (originally the fourth overall) reverted to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats at the end of the first round as they were first in the order of waiver priority after finishing last in the 2007 standings.<ref name="Montreal forfeit">{{cite news |url=https://www.cfl.ca/article/salary_management_system_completes_1st_year |title=Salary management system completes 1st year |access-date=11 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090324063556/http://www.cfl.ca/article/salary_management_system_completes_1st_year |archive-date=24 March 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Draft order== {| |- |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 |}

===Round one=== {| 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 || Hamilton Tiger-Cats || Dylan Barker || DB || Saskatchewan |- |align=center| 2 || Calgary Stampeders (via Edmonton Eskimos<ref name="CalEdm Trade">{{cite web |url=http://www.cfl.ca/article/transaction_1937 |title=Eskimos - Stampeders Transactions &#124; CFL.ca &#124; Official Site of the Canadian Football League |website=www.cfl.ca |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115085136/http://www.cfl.ca/article/transaction_1937 |archive-date=15 January 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>) || bgcolor="#B0E0E6"| Dimitri Tsoumpas || OL || Weber State |- |align=center| 3 || Calgary Stampeders || Jesse Newman || OL || Louisiana-Lafayette |- |align=center| 4 || Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Toronto Argonauts<ref name="Draft Trades">{{Cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/article/2008_canadian_draft_selection_order__trades_ |title = 2008 Canadian draft selection order: trades {{!}} CFL.ca {{!}} Official Site of the Canadian Football League |access-date=2017-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829151411/http://www.cfl.ca/article/2008_canadian_draft_selection_order__trades_ |archive-date=2012-08-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>) || Keith Shologan || DL || Central Florida |- |align=center| 5 || BC Lions || bgcolor="#FFCC00"| Justin Sorensen || OL || South Carolina |- |align=center| 6 || Winnipeg Blue Bombers || bgcolor="#B0E0E6"| Brendon LaBatte || OL || Regina |- |align=center| 7 || Montreal Alouettes (via Saskatchewan<ref name="Draft Trades" />) || bgcolor="#B0E0E6"| Shea Emry || LB || UBC |- |align=center| 8 || Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Montreal forfeiture<ref name="Montreal forfeit"/>) || Samuel Giguère || WR || Sherbrooke |}

===Round two=== {| 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 || BC Lions (via Hamilton<ref name="Draft Trades" />) || Rolly Lumbala || RB || Idaho |- |align=center| 10 || Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Edmonton<ref name="Draft Trades" /> via Toronto via Edmonton) || Jonathan St. Pierre || OL || Illinois State |- |align=center| 11 || Edmonton Eskimos (via Calgary<ref name="CalEdm Trade"/>) || bgcolor="#FFCC00"| Greg Wojt || OL || Central Michigan |- |align=center| 12 || Montreal Alouettes || Andrew Woodruff || OL || Boise State |- |align=center| 13 || Toronto Argonauts || Mike Bradwell || WR || McMaster |- |align=center| 14 || Saskatchewan Roughriders (via BC) || Mike Stadnyk || DE || Montana |- |align=center| 15 || Winnipeg Blue Bombers || Aaron Hargreaves || WR || Simon Fraser |- |align=center| 16 || Calgary Stampeders (via Edmonton<ref name="CalEdm Trade"/> via Saskatchewan<ref name="Draft Trades" />) || Fernand Kashama || DE || Western Michigan |}

===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 || Hamilton Tiger-Cats || Michael Giffin || RB/FB || Queen's |- |align=center| 18 || BC Lions (via Edmonton<ref name="Draft Trades" />) || Justin Shaw ||DL || Manitoba |- |align=center| 19 || Edmonton Eskimos (via Calgary<ref>{{Cite web|date=30 April 2008|title=Esks Unveil Draft Class of '08|url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3632620}}</ref>) || Tim St. Pierre || LB || Saint Mary's |- |align=center| 20 || BC Lions (via Saskatchewan via Montreal<ref name="Draft Trades" />) || bgcolor="#FFCC00"| Jason Arakgi || LB || McMaster |- |align=center| 21 || Toronto Argonauts || Jean-Nicolas Carrière || LB || McGill |- |align=center| 22 || BC Lions || Mike McEachern || DB || Western Illinois |- |align=center| 23 || Edmonton Eskimos (via BC Lions<ref name="Draft Trades" /> via Winnipeg) || Justin Cooper ||DL || Manitoba |- |align=center| 24 || Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Edmonton<ref name="Draft Trades" /> via Saskatchewan) || Daryl Stephenson || RB || Windsor |}

===Round four=== {| 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 || Edmonton Eskimos (via Hamilton<ref name="Draft Trades" />) || Sammy Okpro || DB || Concordia |- |align=center| 26 || Edmonton Eskimos || Jonathan Hood || DB || St.FX |- |align=center| 27 || Calgary Stampeders || Ronald Hilaire || DL || Buffalo |- |align=center| 28 || Montreal Alouettes || Terence Firr || REC || Manitoba |- |align=center| 29 || Toronto Argonauts || Delroy Clarke || DB || Ottawa |- |align=center| 30 || Saskatchewan (via BC) || Jean-François Morin-Roberge || OL || Montréal |- |align=center| 31 || Winnipeg Blue Bombers || Marc Beswick || DB || Saint Mary's |- |align=center| 32 || Montreal Alouettes (via Saskatchewan<ref name="Draft Trades" />) || Gurminder Thind || OL || South Carolina |}

===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 || Hamilton Tiger-Cats || Laurent Lavigne Masse || REC || Laval |- |align=center| 34 || Edmonton Eskimos || Dante Luciani || REC || Laurier |- |align=center| 35 || Calgary Stampeders || bgcolor="#B0E0E6"| Jon Gott || OL || Boise State |- |align=center| 36 || Montreal Alouettes || Paul Woldu || DB || Saskatchewan |- |align=center| 37 || Toronto Argonauts || Richard Zulys || OL || Western |- |align=center| 38 || BC Lions || Brady Browne || DB || Manitoba |- |align=center| 39 || Winnipeg Blue Bombers || Don Oramasionwu || DL || Manitoba |- |align=center| 40 || Saskatchewan Roughriders || Jeff Zelinski || DB || Saint Mary's |}

===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 (via Hamilton) || Teale Orban || QB || Regina |- |align=center| 42 || Toronto Argonauts (via Edmonton<ref name="Draft Trades" />) || Mark Dewit || OL || Calgary |- |align=center| 43 || Calgary Stampeders || Jonathan Lapointe || FB || Montréal |- |align=center| 44 || Toronto Argonauts (via Montreal) || Tyler Scott || WR || Western |- |align=center| 45 || Toronto Argonauts || Matt Black || DB || Saginaw Valley |- |align=center| 46 || BC Lions || Hubert Buydens || OL || Saskatchewan |- |align=center| 47 || Winnipeg Blue Bombers || Pierre-Luc Labbé || LB || Sherbrooke |- |align=center| 48 || Montreal Alouettes (via Saskatchewan<ref name="Draft Trades" />) || bgcolor="#B0E0E6"| Luc Brodeur-Jourdain || OL || Laval |}

==References== {{Refbegin}} <references/> *{{Cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/feature/?fid=6685&hubname= |title=Canadian College Draft Order of Selection |publisher=TSN.ca |access-date=25 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080311133304/http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/feature/?fid=6685&hubname= |archive-date=11 March 2008 |url-status=live }} *{{cite news|url=https://www.cfl.ca/index.php?module=newser&func=display&nid=23537|title=Predicting the draft – picks 1–4|last=Madani|first=Arash |date=2008-04-22|publisher=CFL.ca|access-date=2008-04-23| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080511193747/http://www.cfl.ca/index.php?module=newser&func=display&nid=23537| archive-date= 11 May 2008 | url-status= live}} {{Refend}}

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