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2025 CFL draft

The 2025 CFL national draft was a selection of national players by Canadian Football League teams that took place on April 29, 2025 at 6:00 pm ET. Seventy-two players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA.

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 2024 CFL season were each awarded an additional second-round pick. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers and BC Lions were awarded these selections for the second consecutive year. ==Top prospects==
Draft order
• Source: Round one Round two Round three Round four Round five Round six Round seven Round eight ==Trades==
Trades
In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft. Round twoCalgary → BC (PD). Calgary traded the ninth overall pick and the 29th overall pick in this year's draft and a second-round pick in the 2026 CFL draft to BC in exchange for Vernon Adams, the 32nd overall pick in this year's draft, and a third-round pick in the 2026 CFL draft. • Toronto ↔ BC (D). Toronto traded the 16th and 37th overall picks to BC in exchange for the 19th and 29th overall picks. Round threeOttawa → Edmonton (PD). Ottawa traded a third-round pick in this year's draft to Edmonton in exchange for Peter Adjey. • BC → Montreal (PD). BC traded a third-round pick in this year's draft to Montreal in exchange for Jeshrun Antwi. • 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 2024 CFL draft 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 2024 CFL draft, and the negotiation rights to Deontay Burnett. • 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 2024 CFL draft, and the negotiation rights to Deontay Burnett to Toronto in exchange for Jordan Williams, the seventh overall selection, a second-round pick, and a fourth-round pick in the 2024 CFL draft, and a conditional fourth-round pick in this year's draft. The condition was not met and Hamilton traded a fourth-round pick instead. • Toronto ↔ BC (D). Toronto traded the 16th and 37th overall picks to BC in exchange for the 19th and 29th overall picks. This became a seventh-round pick when Maier re-signed with Saskatchewan on January 9, 2025. ==Forfeitures==
Forfeitures
Supplemental draftEdmonton forfeited their first-round pick after selecting Zach Mathis in the 2024 supplemental draft. • Edmonton forfeited their eighth-round pick after selecting Antonio Alfano in the 2024 supplemental draft. Salary capBC forfeited the highest of their first-round and second-round picks (third and ninth overall) after exceeding the salary cap by more than $300,000 ($347,889). As the team with the highest priority waiver, Calgary was awarded BC's forfeited selections at the end of the first and second rounds (eighth and 17th overall). ==References==
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