The 1979 CFL Draft composed of seven rounds where 81 Canadian football

Canadian football

Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...

 players were chosen from eligible Canadian universities and Canadian players playing in the NCAA

National Collegiate Athletic Association

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. A total of 18 players were selected as territorial exemptions, with all nine teams making at least one selection in this stage of the draft.

Territorial exemptions

Toronto Argonauts

Toronto Argonauts

The Toronto Argonauts are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League. The Toronto, Ontario based team was founded in 1873 and is one of the oldest existing professional sports teams in North America, after the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta...

  Mike McTague  WR North Dakota

North Dakota Fighting Sioux

The North Dakota Fighting Sioux are the athletic teams of the University of North Dakota , which is located in the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota, in the United States. The logo is a Native American figure. The logo was designed by Bennett Brien, a local artist and UND graduate of Ojibwa...

Saskatchewan Roughriders

Saskatchewan Roughriders

The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a Canadian Football League team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. They were founded in 1910. They play their home games at 2940 10th Avenue in Regina, which has been the team's home base for its entire history, even prior to the construction of Mosaic Stadium at Taylor...

  Al Johns  DT Pacific University

Pacific University

Pacific University is a private university located in Oregon, United States. The first campus began more than 160 years ago and is located about 38 km west of Portland in Forest Grove...

Saskatchewan Roughriders Tim Hook  G Montana

Montana Grizzlies

Montana Grizzlies is the nickname given to the athletic teams of the University of Montana. The women's basketball team, however, uses the moniker Lady Griz...

British Columbia Lions

British Columbia Lions

The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team competing in the West Division of Canadian Football League . Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Lions play their home games at BC Place Stadium in Downtown Vancouver, having previously played at Empire Stadium in East Vancouver from 1954...

  Nick Hebeler

Nick Hebeler

Nick Hebeler is a former professional Canadian football defensive lineman who played eight years in the Canadian Football League, for the BC Lions from 1979 to 1985 and the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1986....

  DT Simon Fraser

Simon Fraser

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British Columbia Lions Ron Morehouse  LB San Diego State

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton, Ontario, founded in 1950 with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Wildcats. The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Ivor Wynne Stadium...

  John Priestner  LB Western Ontario

Western Ontario Mustangs

The Western Ontario Mustangs are the athletic teams that represent the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada...

Hamilton Tiger-Cats Jim Reid

Jim Reid (Canadian football)

Jim Reid is a former Canadian football fullback who played in the Canadian Football League for most of his career with the Ottawa Rough Riders....

  TB Wilfrid Laurier

Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks

The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks is the name used by the varsity sports teams of Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The university's varsity teams compete in the Ontario University Athletics conference of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport and, where applicable, in the west...

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League . They play their home games at Canad Inns Stadium, and plan to move to a new stadium for the 2012 season.The Blue Bombers were founded...

  Rick Chernoff  TE Manitoba

Manitoba Bisons

The Manitoba Bisons are the athletic teams that represent the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The football and soccer teams play their games at University Stadium, which also serves as the location of track & field events...

Winnipeg Blue Bombers Bill Yaworsky  DE Manitoba

Ottawa Rough Riders

Ottawa Rough Riders

The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded in 1876. One of the oldest and longest lived professional sports teams in North America, the Rough Riders won the Grey Cup championship nine times. Their most dominant era was the 1960s and 1970s, a...

  Malcolm Inglis  OT Carleton

Carleton Ravens

The Carleton Ravens football team is a future varsity team that was approved for 2013 membership on July 6, 2011. The team will be a member of the Ontario University Athletics conference of Canadian Interuniversity Sport, returning football to Carleton University after a 15-year absence...

Ottawa Rough Riders Pat Stoqua  DB Carleton

Calgary Stampeders

Calgary Stampeders

The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary, Alberta and named in reference to the Calgary Stampede. The Stampeders play their home games at McMahon Stadium...

  Tom Krebs  G Utah

Utah Utes

The Utah Utes are the athletics teams of the University of Utah. They are named after the Ute tribe of Native Americans. The men's basketball team is known as the "Runnin' Utes"; the women's basketball team, formerly known as the "Lady Utes," now prefers to be referred to as the "Utes"; and the...

Calgary Stampeders Doug Battershill  DB Weber State

Weber State University

Weber State University is a public university located in the city of Ogden in Weber County, Utah, USA. It was founded in 1889 and is a coeducational, publicly supported university offering professional, liberal arts and technical certificates, as well as associate, bachelor's and master's degrees...

Calgary Stampeders Rob Forbes  FB Drake

Drake University

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Montreal Alouettes

Montreal Alouettes

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  Nick Arakgi

Nick Arakgi

Nick Arakgi is a former professional Canadian football star receiver in the Canadian Football League.- Early years :Arakgi was born in Cairo, Egypt and graduated from Bishop's University in Sherbrooke, Quebec in 1978, where he played CIS football for the Bishop's Gaiters...

  TE Bishop's

Bishop's Gaiters

The Bishop's Gaiters is the name of the men's and women's athletic teams that represent Bishop's University in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Although their logo and mascot suggest the term stems from the word alligator, "Gaiter" actually refers to a boot covering worn by Anglican bishops up until the...

Montreal Alouettes Phil Colwell  TB Wilfrid Laurier

Edmonton Eskimos

Edmonton Eskimos

The Edmonton Eskimos are a Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. They currently play in the West Division of the Canadian Football League . Edmonton is currently the third-youngest franchise in the CFL, although there were clubs with the name Edmonton Eskimos as early as 1895...

  Marco Cyncar

Marco Cyncar

Marco Cyncar is a former Canadian Football League receiver who played eleven seasons for the Edmonton Eskimos. He was a member of four Grey Cup Championship teams in Edmonton....

  DB Alberta

Alberta Golden Bears

The Alberta Golden Bears are the men's athletic teams that represent the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The women's teams are known as the Alberta Pandas.-History:...

Edmonton Eskimos Kerry O'Connor  TB Alberta

1st Round

1. Toronto Argonauts Kevin Powell

Kevin Powell (Canadian football)

Kevin Powell is a former professional Canadian football offensive lineman who played 12 seasons in the Canadian Football League for five different teams. He was named CFL All-Star in 1983...

  OT Utah State

2. Saskatchewan Roughriders Al Chorney  DB British Columbia

UBC Thunderbirds

The UBC Thunderbirds are the athletic teams that represent the University of British Columbia in the University Endowment Lands just outside the city limits of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. They are one of the most successful teams in the CIS, though a few of their teams are members of the U.S...

3. British Columbia Lions Mark Houghton  TB California State

California State University

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4. Saskatchewan Roughriders Gerry Hornett  OT Simon Fraser

5. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Rick House

Rick House

Rick House is a former professional Canadian football player who was a receiver for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League from 1979 to 1984 and 1989 to 1991. He also played for the Edmonton Eskimos. He won two Grey Cups with the Bombers, in 1984 and 1990, in addition to one...

  TB Simon Fraser

6. Ottawa Rough Riders Carman Cartieri  LB Montana

7. Calgary Stampeders Darrell Moir  WR Calgary

Calgary Dinos

The Calgary Dinos football team has won the Vanier Cup national championship four times, the most out of any of the Canada West teams and most recently in 1995. The Dinos also won in 1983, 1985 and 1988. The team most recently appeared in the 2010 Vanier Cup, but lost to the Laval Rouge et Or...

8. Calgary Stampeders Daryl Burko  LB Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan Huskies

The University of Saskatchewan began in 1907 and has operated teams that compete with others since 1911. The term Huskie Athletics is defined as those student athletes from the University of Saskatchewan that compete in elite interuniversity competition administered by Canadian Interuniversity...

9. Edmonton Eskimos Dan Brown  TE Calgary

2nd Round

10. Toronto Argonauts Dan Huculak  TB Simon Fraser

11. Saskatchewan Roughriders Bernie Crump  DB British Columbia

12. British Columbia Lions Chris Curran  DB Western Ontario

13. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Jim O'Keefe  DB Wilfrid Laurier

14. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Jim Dziedzina  TE Simon Fraser

15. Ottawa Rough Riders Al Dosant  DB Windsor

Windsor Lancers

The Windsor Lancers are the varsity athletic teams that represent the University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.The Lancers compete in Ontario University Athletics as part of Canadian Interuniversity Sport ....

16. Calgary Stampeders Ed Thomas  DB Boise State

Boise State Broncos

The Boise State Broncos are the official athletic program of Boise State University. The Broncos compete in a wide variety of sports. Perhaps the most well-known of these sports is the football program. The program attained a 13-0 season in 2006 capped by a memorable overtime win in the 2007 Fiesta...

17. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Walt Payerl  WR Western Ontario

18. Edmonton Eskimos Paul Shugart  TE Queen's

Queen's Golden Gaels

The Queen's Gaels are the athletic teams that represent Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Team colours are blue, red, and gold. Its main home is Richardson Memorial Stadium on West Campus....

3rd Round

19. Montreal Alouettes Ed Szpytma  DE McMaster

McMaster Marauders

The McMaster Marauders are the athletic teams that represent McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Athletics at McMaster is currently managed by the university's student affairs, under their athletics & recreation department. The university's varsity teams compete in the Ontario...

20. British Columbia Lions Kevin Aver  DB St. Francis Xavier

St. Francis Xavier X-Men

The St. Francis Xavier X-Men and X-Women are the men's and women's athletic teams that represent St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada. Their primary home turf is Oland Stadium located at the University's campus.-History:...

21. British Columbia Lions Murray Watson  DE Western Ontario

22. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Walt Passaglia  WR Simon Fraser

23. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Doug Biggerstaff  DE British Columbia

24. Montreal Alouettes Adrian Polesel  T McMaster

25. Calgary Stampeders Jeff Inglis  OT Guelph

Guelph Gryphons

The Guelph Gryphons are the athletic teams that represent the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. The university's varsity teams compete in the Ontario University Athletics conference of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport and, where applicable, in the west division.-Varsity...

26. Montreal Alouettes Jim Rutka  WR Queen's

27. Edmonton Eskimos Dave Roberts  LB Queen's

4th Round

28. Toronto Argonauts Brent Racette  DE British Columbia

29. Saskatchewan Roughriders Joe Sturby  LB Saskatchewan

30. British Columbia Lions Torinado Panetta  LB Carleton

31. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Chris Brewer  DE Acadia

Acadia Axemen

In their history, the Axemen Canadian football teams have appeared in four Vanier Cup national championships, winning two of those in 1979 and in 1981...

32. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Jim McHugh  LB McMaster

33. Ottawa Rough Riders Dave Green  TB Carleton

34. Calgary Stampeders Clay Richards  DB Gavilan College

Gavilan College

Gavilan College is a community college located in Gilroy, California.The college was established in 1919 as the San Benito County Junior College. It operated as such until 1963, when a new community college district was drawn that included both San Benito County and southern Santa Clara County...

35. Montreal Alouettes Roland Mangold  OG Northeast Missouri State

36. Edmonton Eskimos Blair Shier  T Bishop's

5th Round

37. Toronto Argonauts Mark Forsyth  DB Wilfrid Laurier

38. Saskatchewan Roughriders Lyle Bauer

Lyle Bauer

Lyle Bauer is the president and chief operating officer of the Calgary Stampeders and is a former Canadian Football League offensive lineman who played ten seasons in the CFL, all for Winnipeg....

  OG Weber State

39. British Columbia Lions John Mackay  TB British Columbia

40. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Mark Heidebrecht  DT Springfield College

Springfield College

Springfield College is a private, coeducational university located in the City of Springfield, Massachusetts. Springfield College is most famous as the site where the sport of basketball was invented...

41. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Bob McEachern  LB Weber State

42. Ottawa Rough Riders Blaine Shore  K Queen's

43. Calgary Stampeders Dan Hagen  TE Waterloo-Seneca

Seneca College

Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology is a Canadian public college in the greater Toronto area. Seneca College is currently Canada's largest college with approximately 108,000 students.-History:...

44. Montreal Alouettes Harry Webster  OT Bishop's

45. Edmonton Eskimos Gary Simpson  DB Carleton

6th Round

46. Toronto Argonauts Peter Racey  OT Simon Fraser

47. Saskatchewan Roughriders Paul Krepinski  DT Utah State

Utah State Aggies

The Utah State Aggies are the athletics teams of Utah State University. The school fields men's varsity teams in basketball, cross country, football, golf, tennis, and track and field. Women's varsity teams include basketball, cross country, gymnastics, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field,...

48. British Columbia Lions Berry Muis  WR British Columbia

49. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Jack Davis  DT Wilfrid Laurier

50. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Gerry Hatherly  LB Manitoba

51. Ottawa Rough Riders Scott Spurgeon  DB St. Francis Xavier

52. Calgary Stampeders Ossie Wilson  DB McMaster

53. Montreal Alouettes Richard Payne  LB Wilfrid Laurier

54. Edmonton Eskimos Bob Colak  LB Windsor

7th Round

55. Toronto Argonauts John Goodrow  TB Toronto

56. Saskatchewan Roughriders Lorne DeGroot  DT Alberta

57. British Columbia Lions Paul Jaffe  G Carleton

58. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Peter Hepburn  DT Wilfrid Laurier

59. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Barry Safinuik  TB Manitoba

60. Ottawa Rough Riders Dave Behm  TB Ottawa

61. Calgary Stampeders George Fieber  C Manitoba

62. Montreal Alouettes Keir Cutler  WR McGill

McGill Redmen

The McGill Redmen CIS football team is one of the oldest in all of Canada, having begun organized competition in 1898. The team has appeared in three Vanier Cup national championships, in 1969, 1973 and 1987, with the Redmen finally winning the title in the 1987 game...

63. Edmonton Eskimos Paul Shugart TE Queen's