The 2019 CPL–U Sports Draft was the second annual CPL–U Sports Draft. It was held on November 11, 2019 in Montreal, Quebec. Seven Canadian Premier League (CPL) teams selected 14 eligible U Sports athletes in total.
Format
Each CPL team will make two selection in the U Sports Draft. Players can be selected if they have years of U Sports eligibility remaining and have declared for the draft.
For the non-finalist teams, the CPL combined standings were used to determine the order for the first round, with last-placed HFX Wanderers FC selecting first. Finals runner-up Cavalry FC selected sixth, while champions Forge FC selected seventh. A "snake draft" was used, with the order reversing in the second round.
Player selection * Denotes player who has signed a professional contract for the 2020 season ^ Denotes player who has signed a developmental contract for the 2020 season Round 1 Pick # CPL team Player Position Nationality University 1 HFX Wanderers Cory Bent* LW Cape Breton 2 Valour FC Marcus Campanile CAM Cape Breton 3 Pacific FC Jan Pirretas Glasmacher CB Thompson Rivers 4 FC Edmonton David Chung CM Alberta 5 York9 FC Stefan Karajovanovic ST Carleton 6 Cavalry FC Gabriel Bitar ST Carleton 7 Forge FC Gabriel Balbinotti^ FW UQTR
Round 2
Pick # CPL team Player Position Nationality University 8 Forge FC Alex Zis CAM Guelph 9 Cavalry FC Moe El Gandour CM Mount Royal 10 York9 FC Isaiah Johnston* RM Cape Breton 11 FC Edmonton Jakob Bosch CM Alberta 12 Pacific FC Thomas Gardner FW British Columbia 13 Valour FC Charlie Waters ST Cape Breton 14 HFX Wanderers Jake Ruby^ RB Trinity Western Source:
Selection statistics
Draftees by nationality RankCountrySelections11022 311
Canadian draftees by province
RankProvinceSelections133322
Draftees by university RankUniversitySelections1Cape Breton4 2Alberta2Carleton2 4Mount Royal1Thompson Rivers1Trinity Western1UQTR1British Columbia1Guelph1
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