2025 CFL global draft

The 2025 CFL global draft was a selection of non-Canadian and non-American players by Canadian Football League 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.

Draft order

Round one

Round two

Trades

In the explanations below, ' denotes trades that took place during the draft, while ' indicates trades completed pre-draft.

Round one

Winnipeg ↔ Hamilton. 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.