2003 CFL draft


The 2003 CFL draft took place on Wednesday, April 30, 2003. 53 players were chosen for Canadian Football League teams from among the eligible CIS football players from Canadian universities, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. Of the 53 draft selections, 32 players were drafted from Canadian Interuniversity Sport institutions.
Notably, the Calgary Stampeders had the first and second overall picks in the draft, which was only the third time in CFL Draft history that a team had the first two selections in a draft. The Toronto Argonauts were the first to accomplish this via trade in the 1982 CFL draft and the Ottawa Renegades had done this the year before as they were awarded the first and second overall selections as an expansion team in the 2002 CFL draft.

Trades

In the explanations below, ' denotes trades that took place during the draft, while ' indicates trades completed pre-draft. This is a partial list due to references being limited.

Round one

  • Ottawa → Edmonton. Ottawa traded a first-round selection to Edmonton in exchange for Darren Davis.
  • Edmonton ←→ Calgary. Edmonton traded the first overall selection and the 43rd overall selection to Calgary in exchange for the fourth overall selection and Deitan Dubuc.
  • Toronto → Calgary. Toronto traded the fourth overall selection to Calgary in a trade for the playing rights to Michael Bishop.
  • Saskatchewan → Calgary. Saskatchewan traded the fifth overall selection to Calgary in exchange for Travis Moore and Chris Hoople.
  • Winnipeg → Calgary. Winnipeg traded the seventh overall selection to Calgary in a trade for Pat Barnes.

    Round two

  • Hamilton → Calgary. Hamilton traded a second-round selection to Calgary in exchange for Ryan Ward.

    Round five

  • Edmonton → Calgary. Edmonton traded the 43rd overall selection and the first overall selection to Calgary in exchange for the fourth overall selection and Deitan Dubuc.

    Draft order

Round one

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionSchool
1Calgary Stampeders Steve MorleyOLSaint Mary's
2Calgary StampedersJoe McGrathOTMiami
3Hamilton Tiger-CatsJulian RadleinRBBritish Columbia
4Edmonton Eskimos Emmanuel CasseusLBMichigan
5Calgary Stampeders Wes LysackDBManitoba
6BC LionsParis JacksonWRUtah
7Calgary Stampeders Marc CalixteLBTennessee
8Edmonton EskimosRandy SpencerDTWeber State
9Montreal AlouettesAndrew NoelWRAcadia

Round two

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionSchool
10Edmonton Eskimos Kojo AidooFBMcMaster
11Calgary StampedersTaylor RobertsonOLCentral Florida
12Calgary Stampeders Sandro SciortinoKBoston College
13Ottawa Renegades Trevor KineOTNew Mexico State
14Montreal Alouettes Richard KarikariCBSt. Francis Xavier
15BC LionsJavier GlattLBBritish Columbia
16Ottawa Renegades Louis HobsonDLStanford
17Ottawa Renegades Israel IdonijeDEManitoba
18Montreal AlouettesKerry CarterRBStanford

Round three

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionSchool
19Ottawa RenegadesPatrick KabongoDTNebraska
20Edmonton Eskimos Dounia WhitehouseCBCharleston Southern
21Hamilton Tiger-CatsKevin ScottLBCalifornia PA
22Winnipeg Blue Bombers Todd KrenbrinkOLRegina
23Saskatchewan RoughridersMike McCulloughLBSt. Francis Xavier
24BC LionsCarl GourguesOLLaval
25Calgary Stampeders Mike LabinjoDLMichigan State
26Edmonton EskimosJoseph BonaventuraLBSaint Mary's
27Montreal AlouettesMatt BrandtTEMiami

Round four

Round five

Round six

Pick #CFL TeamPlayerPositionSchool
45Ottawa RenegadesTodd SeelyLBOttawa
46Calgary StampedersGreg SchaferOTBritish Columbia
47Hamilton Tiger-CatsErico-Olivier HakimFBSaint Mary's
48Toronto ArgonautsMichael PalmerWRGuelph
49Saskatchewan RoughridersAdrian OlenickOLSaskatchewan
50Montreal Alouettes Dave StalaKSaint Mary's
51Montreal Alouettes Michael BotterillLBMcMaster
52Edmonton EskimosDidier OrmejusteDLToledo
53Montreal AlouettesEd BeckerKWilfrid Laurier