1996 CFL draft

The 1996 CFL draft took place on May 31, 1996. 61 Canadian football players were chosen from eligible Canadian universities as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. This would be the last time that a CFL draft would have seven rounds, switching to six rounds in 1997, until the league reverted to seven in 2013. The Edmonton Eskimos obtained the first overall pick, along with Nick Mazzoli, from the Ottawa Rough Riders in exchange for Dan Murphy and Jay Chistenson. In the fifth round, the Montreal Alouettes drafted defensive end James Eggink who had died from cancer in December 1995. The Edmonton Eskimos obtained the first overall pick, along with Nick Mazzoli, from the Ottawa Rough Riders in exchange for Dan Murphy and Jay Chistenson.

Round one

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	School
1	Edmonton Eskimos	Donnavan Blair	SB	Calgary
2	Toronto Argonauts	Kelly Wiltshire	CB	James Madison
3	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Mike Sutherland	OL	Northern Illinois
4	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Andrew Henry	DB	C.W. Post
5	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Justin Ring	LB	Simon Fraser
6	BC Lions	Mark Pimisken	LB	Washington State
7	Edmonton	Duane Arrindell	OL	Northern Illinois
8	Calgary Stampeders	Farell Duclair	LB	Concordia
9	Montreal Alouettes	Denis Montana	WR	Concordia

Round two

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	School
10	Hamilton	Kyle Walters	RB	Guelph
11	Winnipeg	Harry Van Hofwegen	DL	Carleton
12	Saskatchewan	Tom Monois	WR	Northeastern
13	Winnipeg	Sean Reade	RB	Western Ontario
14	Hamilton	Mike Mehelic	OT	Indiana
15	BC	Andrew English	WR	British Columbia
16	Edmonton	Jayson Hamilton	RB	Alberta
17	Calgary	Rob Robinson	DT	Cincinnati
18	Montreal	Bryan Chiu	DT	Washington State

Round three

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	School
19	Ottawa	Sammie Brennan	DB	University
20	Toronto	L.J. Eiben	WR	Humboldt State
21	Calgary	Jean-Agnes Charles	DB	Michigan
22	Winnipeg	Shane Speena	LB	Henderson State
23	Saskatchewan	Alton Francis	RB/K	Northern Illinois
24	BC	Brad Yamaoka	RB	British Columbia
25	Edmonton	Sheldon Napastuk	DT	Iowa State
26	Calgary	Cory Stevens	P/K	Minot State
27	Montreal	Adam Cassidy	OL	Alberta

Round four

Round five

Round six

Round seven