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The 2025 CFL national draft is a selection of
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by Canadian Football League teams that is scheduled to take place in the spring of 2025. Seventy-two players are scheduled to be chosen from among eligible players from
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across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. That number is subject to change if there are any more 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
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will each be awarded an additional second-round pick.


Top prospects

:Source: CFL Scouting Bureau rankings.


Trades

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


Round three

* Ottawa → Edmonton (PD).
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traded a third-round pick in this year's draft to Edmonton in exchange for
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. * BC → Montreal (PD). BC traded a third-round pick in this year's draft to Montreal in exchange for
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.


Conditional trades

* Hamilton → Toronto (PD). Hamilton traded a conditional third-round pick in this year's draft, the fifth overall selection and two third-round picks in the
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, and the negotiation rights to
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to Toronto in exchange for Jordan Williams, the seventh overall selection, a second-round pick, and a fourth-round pick in the
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, and a conditional fourth-round pick in this year's draft. * Toronto → Hamilton (PD). Toronto traded a conditional fourth-round pick in this year's draft, Jordan Williams, and the seventh overall selection, a second-round pick, and a fourth-round pick in the
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to Hamilton in exchange for a conditional third-round pick in this year's draft, the fifth overall selection and two third-round picks in the
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, and the negotiation rights to
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.


Forfeitures

* Edmonton forfeited their first-round pick after selecting Zach Mathis in the 2024 supplemental draft. * Edmonton forfeited their eighth-round pick after selecting
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in the 2024 supplemental draft.


References

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