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2026 CFL Draft
General information
SportCanadian football
LocationToronto
Overview
74 total selections in 8 rounds
LeagueCFL
Most selections (9)Toronto Argonauts
Fewest selections (7)BC Lions
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The 2026 CFL national draft is a selection of national players by Canadian Football League teams that is scheduled to take place in the spring of 2026. Seventy-four players are scheduled to be chosen from among eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. That number is subject to change if there are any forfeited selections.

Format

As per the 2022 collective bargaining agreement, the two teams that had National players featured in the highest percentage of snaps played in the 2025 CFL season will each be awarded an additional second-round pick.

Trades

In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.

Round two

  • Calgary → BC (PD). Calgary traded a second-round pick in this year's draft and the ninth overall pick and the 29th overall pick in the 2025 CFL draft to BC in exchange for Vernon Adams, a third-round pick in this year's draft, and the 32nd overall pick in the 2025 CFL draft.
  • BC → Toronto (PD). BC traded a second-round pick in this year's draft and Ryder Varga to Toronto in exchange for Dejon Allen.

Round three

  • BC → Calgary (PD). BC traded a third-round pick in this year's draft, Vernon Adams, and the 32nd overall pick in the 2025 CFL draft to Calgary in exchange for a second-round pick in this year's draft and the ninth overall pick and the 29th overall in the 2025 CFL draft.

Conditional trades

  • Ottawa → Toronto (PD). Ottawa traded a conditional sixth-round pick in this year's draft and the negotiation rights to Andre Carter to Toronto in exchange for Daniel Adeboboye.

References

Trade references

  1. ^ "Big Play: Stamps acquire Vernon Adams Jr. in trade with Lions". Canadian Football League. November 26, 2024.
  2. "Lions acquire OL Dejon Allen in trade with Argonauts". Canadian Football League. January 6, 2025.
  3. "Redblacks acquire National running back Daniel Adeboboye from Toronto". Ottawa Redblacks. January 14, 2025.

General references

  1. "Canadian Football League expands draft to eight rounds". Canadian Football League. May 4, 2016.
  2. ^ "Details of the CFL's new CBA: salary cap increases, ratio changes, and guaranteed contracts". 3DownNation. May 26, 2022.
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