The 2025 CFL global draft was a selection of non-Canadian and non-American players by Canadian Football League (CFL) teams that took place on April 29, 2025, at 11:00 am ET. It was the fifth CFL draft that pools all of the global players together after previously having separate drafts for Mexican players and European players in 2019.
Draft format This year's draft featured two rounds with a total of 18 selections. The draft order was based on the waiver priority (reverse standings from the previous year).
Draft order Round one Pick # CFL team Player Position University Nationality 1 Calgary Stampeders Fraser Masin P Mississippi 2 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Hamilton) Kemari Munier-Bailey DL Weber State 3 Edmonton Elks Richard Jibunor LB Troy 4 BC Lions Ross Bolger K/P Idaho State 5 Ottawa Redblacks Callum Eddings K/P Stephen F. Austin 6 Saskatchewan Roughriders Sylvain Yondjouen DL Georgia Tech 7 Montreal Alouettes Joshua Sloan P Memphis 8 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Winnipeg) Josh Green P Oregon State 9 Toronto Argonauts Valentin Senn OL Connecticut
Round two Pick # CFL team Player Position University Nationality 10 Calgary Stampeders Mark Vassett P Colorado 11 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Maximilian Mang TE Syracuse 12 Edmonton Elks Alex Raich LB Kansas 13 BC Lions Mark McNamee K 14 Ottawa Redblacks James Burnip P Alabama 15 Saskatchewan Roughriders Jesse Mirco P Vanderbilt 16 Montreal Alouettes Joshua Hutley P Concord 17 Winnipeg Blue Bombers James Evans P Indiana 18 Toronto Argonauts Soane Toia DL San Jose State
Trades In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft. Round one Winnipeg ↔ Hamilton (D). Winnipeg traded the eighth overall pick in this year's draft, the 36th overall pick in the 2025 CFL draft, and Kyle Samson to Hamilton in exchange for Matthew Peterson, the second overall pick in this year's draft, and the 39th overall pick in the 2025 CFL draft.
See also 2025 CFL draft 2025 NFL draft References Trade references
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