The 2021 CFL Global Draft took place on April 15, 2021 and was the first
CFL Draft
The CFL Draft (also known as the CFL Canadian Draft, CFL College Draft or the Canadian College Draft) is an annual sports draft in which the teams of the Canadian Football League (CFL) select eligible Canadian/non-import players, typically from t ...
that pooled all of the
global players together after previously having separate
drafts
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for
Mexican players and
European players in
2019
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.
36 players were chosen from among eligible players following a virtual
CFL Combine
The CFL Combine (formerly known as the Evaluation Camp or E-Camp) is a three-day program in which athletes from Canadian universities and Canadians in the NCAA are scouted by general managers, coaches and scouts of the Canadian Football League (C ...
.
The order of the draft was determined by random lottery, similar to the system used for the
2021 CFL Draft.
As a snake draft, each odd round was in the opposite order of each even round.
Background
The
Canadian Football League
The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a ...
introduced global players for the
2019 CFL season
The 2019 CFL season was the 66th season of modern-day Canadian football. Officially, it was the 62nd Canadian Football League season. The regular season began on June 13 and concluded with the playing of the 107th Grey Cup in Calgary on November ...
through the
LFA and
European drafts where each team was required to have one of these player on the active roster and up to two on the practice roster.
The league had planned to have
one single draft for global players in 2020 just before the start of the season, but with the
2020 CFL season
The 2020 CFL season would have been the 67th season of modern-day Canadian football. Officially, it would have been the 63rd season of the Canadian Football League.
It was originally scheduled to begin on June 11; on April 7, the start of the s ...
cancelled, so was this draft.
The 2020 draft was planned to have five rounds
For the
2021 CFL season
The 2021 CFL season was the 67th season of modern-day Canadian football. Officially, it was the 63rd season of the Canadian Football League. The regular season began on August 5, 2021, and ended November 20, 2021. Each team played 14 regular sea ...
, teams are required to keep two global players on the active roster and up to three on the practice roster.
Global players are required to sign their first contracts for a length of two years plus a one-year club option.
Trades
In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.
Round three
* Toronto → Calgary (PD). Toronto traded this selection and a fifth-round pick in the
2021 CFL Draft to Calgary in exchange for a sixth-round pick in the
2021 CFL Draft, a fourth-round pick in the 2021 Global Draft, and the rights to
Eric Rogers,
Cordarro Law, and
Robertson Daniel.
Round four
* Calgary → Toronto (PD). Calgary traded this selection, a sixth-round pick in the
2021 CFL Draft, and the rights to
Eric Rogers,
Cordarro Law, and
Robertson Daniel to Toronto in exchange for a fifth-round pick in the
2021 CFL Draft and a third-round pick in the 2021 Global Draft.
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Draft order
Round one
Round two
Round three
Round four
See also
* 2021 CFL Draft
References
Trade references
General references
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Canadian College Draft
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