The 2010 CFL draft took place on Sunday, May 2, 2010, at 12:00 PM ET on TSN. 47 players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. After a number of trades, including ones made on draft day, Toronto and BC wound up with the most picks with nine apiece. The defending Grey Cup champions, the Montreal Alouettes, had seven, while the Calgary Stampeders had six. The Edmonton Eskimos, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Saskatchewan Roughriders each had four. Of the 47 draft selections, 36 players were drafted from Canadian Interuniversity Sport institutions.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders also had the option to increase their number of draft picks as part of the three-way trade that was completed with Winnipeg and Hamilton in April, 2009. The Roughriders could have either swapped first round picks with Winnipeg in this year's draft or in the 2011 CFL draft, or receive two second round picks in 2011 and 2012. This was done due to the uncertainty of the Stefan LeFors trade where the traded draft pick to Edmonton was conditional upon Lefors' performance. It was then confirmed that the Roughriders had chosen to swap first round picks with the Blue Bombers in this year's draft.

Top prospects Source: CFL Scouting Bureau final rankings.

Finalranking Decemberranking Septemberranking Player Position School 1 4 15 Shomari Williams Linebacker Queen's 2 1 6 John Bender Offensive guard Nevada 3 2 3 Cory Greenwood Linebacker Concordia 4 3 2 Danny Watkins Offensive tackle Baylor 5 11 4 Joe Eppele Offensive tackle Washington State 6 7 12 Rob Maver Kicker/Punter Guelph 7 10 1 Brian Bulcke Defensive lineman Stanford 8 13 13 Taurean Allen Defensive back Wilfrid Laurier 9 12 – Eddie Steele Defensive tackle Manitoba 10 – – Shawn Gore Wide receiver Bishop's Gaiters 11 – – Joel Reinders Offensive lineman Waterloo Warriors 12 5 9 J'Michael Deane Offensive lineman Michigan State 13 8 8 Joash Gesse Linebacker Montreal 14 – – Steven Turner Wide receiver Bishop's 15 6 14 Cory Watson Wide receiver Concordia – 9 5 Akeem Foster Wide receiver St. Francis Xavier – 14 7 Chima Ihekwoaba Defensive end Wilfrid Laurier – 15 11 Nasser Jamal Offensive tackle Louisiana–Lafayette – – 10 Chris Rwabukamba Defensive back Duke

Forfeitures Hamilton forfeited their first round selection after selecting Zac Carlson in the 2009 Supplemental Draft.

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

Round one Pick # CFL team Player Position School 1 Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Toronto) Shomari Williams LB Queen's 2 Toronto Argonauts (via Saskatchewan via Winnipeg) Joe Eppele OT Washington State 3 Toronto Argonauts (via BC) Cory Greenwood LB Concordia 4 BC Lions (via Toronto via Saskatchewan via Edmonton) Danny Watkins OT Baylor – Hamilton Tiger-Cats Forfeit Pick 5 Calgary Stampeders Rob Maver K/P Guelph 6 Edmonton Eskimos (via Winnipeg via Saskatchewan) Brian Bulcke DL Stanford 7 Montreal Alouettes Kristian Matte OL Concordia

Round two Pick # CFL team Player Position School 8 Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Toronto via Saskatchewan via Toronto) Jordan Sisco WR Regina 9 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Edmonton via Winnipeg) Cory Watson WR Concordia 10 BC Lions Shawn Gore WR Bishop's 11 Toronto Argonauts (via Edmonton) Grant Shaw K Saskatchewan 12 Edmonton Eskimos (via Hamilton) Saleem Borhot DB Saint Mary's 13 Calgary Stampeders Taurean Allen DB Wilfrid Laurier 14 Montreal Alouettes (via Saskatchewan) Chima Ihekwoaba DL Wilfrid Laurier 15 Montreal Alouettes Curtis Dublanko LB North Dakota

Round three Pick # CFL team Player Position School 16 BC Lions (via Toronto) Joash Gesse LB Montréal 17 Calgary Stampeders (via Winnipeg) John Bender OL Nevada 18 Toronto Argonauts (via BC) Spencer Watt WR Simon Fraser 19 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Edmonton) Samuel Fournier RB Laval 20 BC Lions (via Toronto via Hamilton) Hamid Mahmoudi DB Montréal 21 Calgary Stampeders J'Michael Deane OL Michigan State 22 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Winnipeg via Edmonton via Toronto via Saskatchewan) Eddie Steele DT Manitoba 23 Montreal Alouettes Marc-Olivier Brouillette QB Montréal

Round four Pick # CFL team Player Position School 24 BC Lions (via Toronto) Nate Binder WR Tusculum College 25 BC Lions (via Toronto via Edmonton via Winnipeg) Akeem Foster WR St. Francis Xavier 26 Toronto Argonauts (via BC) Joel Reinders OT Waterloo 27 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Edmonton) Chris Rwabukamba DB Duke 28 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Hamilton) Christopher Smith LB Queen's 29 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Calgary) Anthony Woodson RB Calgary 30 Toronto Argonauts (via BC via Saskatchewan) Steven Turner WR Bishop's 31 Montreal Alouettes Ryan Bomben OL Guelph

Round five Pick # CFL team Player Position School 32 Toronto Argonauts Michael Warner OL Waterloo 33 Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Winnipeg) Patrick Neufeld OL Saskatchewan 34 BC Lions Cauchy Muamba DB St. Francis Xavier 35 Edmonton Eskimos Scott Ferguson OL St. Cloud State 36 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Justin Palardy K/P Saint Mary's 37 Calgary Stampeders Karl McCartney LB Saint Mary's 38 Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Toronto via Saskatchewan) Bruno LaPointe DL Buffalo 39 Montreal Alouettes Brian Ridgeway LB Simon Fraser

Round six Pick # CFL team Player Position School 40 Toronto Argonauts Nasser Jamal OL Louisiana–Lafayette 41 BC Lions (via Winnipeg) Adam Baboulas OL Saint Mary's 42 BC Lions Matthew Chapdelaine WR Simon Fraser 43 Edmonton Eskimos Corbin Sharun DB St. Francis Xavier 44 Toronto Argonauts (via Hamilton) Conor Elliott LB Western 45 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Calgary) Christopher Greaves DL Western 46 Calgary Stampeders (via Winnipeg via Saskatchewan) Oamo Culbreath OL British Columbia 47 Montreal Alouettes Justin Conn LB Bishop's

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