2026 CFL draft

The draft featured eight rounds of selections, with each team receiving one selection per round in reverse standings order from the 2025 CFL season. 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 (the Edmonton Elks and Winnipeg Blue Bombers) were each awarded an additional second-round pick. The first two rounds were broadcast on TSN and streamed on TSN+, while rounds 3 through 8 were streamed solely on TSN+. ==Top prospects==

:Source: CFL Scouting Bureau rankings. ==Draft order==

• Source: Round one Round two Round three Round four Round five Round six Round seven Round eight ==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. • Ottawa ←→ Winnipeg (D). Ottawa traded the 10th overall pick in this year's draft to Winnipeg in exchange for the 13th overall pick in this year's draft and a second-round pick in the 2027 CFL draft. 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. • Edmonton ←→ Ottawa (PD). Edmonton traded the 23rd overall pick in this year's draft, Nyles Morgan, and a fifth-round pick in this year's draft to Ottawa in exchange for the 21st overall pick and a fourth-round pick in this year's draft. • Ottawa → Toronto (PD). Ottawa traded the 23rd overall pick in this year's draft and a conditional third-round pick in the 2027 CFL draft to Toronto in exchange for the playing rights to Luiji Vilain and the 31st overall pick in this year's draft. Round four • Calgary → Ottawa (PD). Calgary traded a fourth-round pick in this year's draft to Ottawa in exchange for Lorenzo Mauldin. • Ottawa → Edmonton (PD). Ottawa traded the 35th overall pick in this year's draft and a third-round pick in this year's draft to Edmonton in exchange for a third-round pick, Nyles Morgan, and a fifth-round pick in this year's draft. This was confirmed to be upgraded to a fourth-round pick upon the release of the draft order. • Toronto → Edmonton (PD). Toronto traded a conditional eighth-round pick in this year's draft to Edmonton in exchange for the negotiation rights to Spencer Brown. This was confirmed to be upgraded to a seventh-round pick while the Argonauts received the Elks' eighth-round pick upon the release of the draft order. Round eight • Edmonton → Toronto (PD). Edmonton traded an eighth-round pick in this year's draft and the negotiation rights to Spencer Brown to Toronto in exchange for a seventh-round pick. ==References==