Foreign drafts For the first time in its history, the CFL held drafts for foreign players from
Mexico and
Europe. Like all other CFL teams, the Argonauts held three non-tradeable selections in the
2019 CFL–LFA Draft, which took place on January 14, 2019. The
2019 European CFL draft took place on April 11, 2019, where all teams held one non-tradeable pick.
CFL draft The
2019 CFL draft took place on May 2, 2019. The Argonauts had the first selection in each round of the draft by virtue of finishing last in league standings, less any traded picks. Consequently, the club
selected first overall for the first time since the
1997 CFL draft and hold nine selections in total. The Argos acquired another third-round pick from the
Edmonton Eskimos after trading
Martese Jackson to them. The team also acquired another seventh-round selection after trading
Brian Jones to the
Saskatchewan Roughriders and sent their eighth-round pick to
Hamilton in exchange for
Abdul Kanneh. == Preseason ==