1995 CFL Draft
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The 1995
CFL Draft composed of seven rounds and 55 Canadian football
players that were chosen from eligible Canadian universities as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA
.
1995 CFL season
The 1995 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 42nd season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 38th Canadian Football League season.-CFL News in 1995:...
CFL Draft composed of seven rounds and 55 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 that were chosen from eligible Canadian universities as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
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Round one
| Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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... |
Tom Nutten Tom Nütten Tom Nütten is a former American football guard who played eight seasons in the National Football League with the St. Louis Rams. He was raised in Oelde, Germany and played high school football in ]]Champlain CEGEP, Lennoxville, Quebec and at Bishop's College School in Lennoxville, Quebec... |
OL | Western Michigan Western Michigan University Western Michigan University is a public university located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. The university was established in 1903 by Dwight B. Waldo, and as of the Fall 2010 semester, its enrollment is 25,045.... |
| 2 | 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... |
Stefan Reid | LB | Boise State Boise State University Boise State University is a public university located in Boise, Idaho. Originally founded in 1932 as a junior college by the Episcopal Church, the university became an independent institution in 1934, and has been awarding baccalaureate and master degrees since 1965... |
| 3 | 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... |
Mark Montreuil | DB | Concordia Concordia University Concordia University is a comprehensive Canadian public university located in Montreal, Quebec, one of the two universities in the city where English is the primary language of instruction... |
| 4 | 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... |
Troy Alexander | LB | Eastern Washington Eastern Washington University Eastern Washington University is an American public, coeducational university located in Cheney, Washington.Founded in 1882, the university is academically divided into four colleges: Arts and Letters; Business and Public Administration; Science, Health and Engineering; and Social & Behavioral... |
| 5 | 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... |
Hitchem El Mashtoub | C | Arizona University of Arizona The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885... |
| 6 | 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... |
Seab Graham | SB | British Columbia University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley... |
| 7 | 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... |
Kevin Reid | WR | Guelph University of Guelph The University of Guelph, also known as U of G, is a comprehensive public research university in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1964 after the amalgamation of Ontario Agricultural College, the Macdonald Institute, and the Ontario Veterinary College... |
| 8 | BC Lions BC 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... |
Mark Hatfield | OL | Bishop's Bishop's University Bishop's University is a predominantly undergraduate university in Lennoxville, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Bishop's is one of three universities in the province of Quebec that teach primarily in the English language... |
Round two
| Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Hamilton | John Murphy | OL | Morningside College Morningside College Morningside College is a private, liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church located in Sioux City, Iowa. Founded in 1894 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, Morningside College is a private, four-year, co-educational liberal arts institution. Morningside has 21 buildings on a ... |
| 10 | Saskatchewan | Dwayne Provo Dwayne Provo Dwayne Provo is a Canadian athlete, school administrator, and politician. Provo was born in North Preston, Nova Scotia and attended university at St. Mary's University where he played Canadian football and was drafted in 1995 by the Saskatchewan Roughriders... |
DB | Saint Mary's Saint Mary's Huskies The Saint Mary's Huskies are the men's and women's athletic teams that represent Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Their primary home turf is Huskies Stadium located in the centre of the University's campus.... |
| 11 | Toronto | Sheldon Benoit | LB | Western Kentucky Western Kentucky University Western Kentucky University is a public university in Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA. It was formally founded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1906, though its roots reach back a quarter-century earlier.... |
| 12 | Saskatchewan | Rob Lazeo Rob Lazeo Robert "Rob" Lazeo is a retired professional Canadian football offensive lineman who spent 14 seasons playing in the Canadian Football League. He spent the last four years of his career with the Calgary Stampeders where he won the 96th Grey Cup in the Stampeders' 2008 season... |
OT | Western Illinois Western Illinois University Western Illinois University is a public university founded in 1899 as Western Illinois State Normal School. Like many similar institutions of the time, Western Illinois State Normal School focused on teacher training for its relatively small body of students. As the normal school grew, it became... |
| 13 | Edmonton | Mark Lawson | DB/LB | Western Ontario University of Western Ontario The University of Western Ontario is a public research university located in London, Ontario, Canada. The university's main campus covers of land, with the Thames River cutting through the eastern portion of the main campus. Western administers its programs through 12 different faculties and... |
| 14 | Winnipeg | Jason Mallett | DB | Carleton Carleton University Carleton University is a comprehensive university located in the capital of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. The enabling legislation is The Carleton University Act, 1952, S.O. 1952. Founded as a small college in 1942, Carleton now offers over 65 programs in a diverse range of disciplines. Carleton has... |
| 15 | Calgary | Steve Mattison | FB | Illinois |
| 16 | BC | Brian Conlan | OT | British Columbia |
Round three
| Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Hamilton | Rob Hitchcock | LB | 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... |
| 18 | Ottawa | Stewart Masi | G | Western Michigan |
| 19 | Toronto | Frank Jones | WR | Missouri University of Missouri The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses... |
| 20 | Hamilton | Jude St. John Jude St. John Jude St. John is a Canadian Football League guard who is currently retired.-External links:**... |
OL | Western Ontario |
| 21 | Edmonton | Derrick Sholdice | OT | Northern Illinois |
| 22 | Winnipeg | Ante Skorput | G | Michigan University of Michigan The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan... |
| 23 | Saskatchewan | Gene Makowsky Gene Makowsky Gene Makowsky is an offensive lineman for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League and a politician. He was selected in the second round of the 1995 CFL Draft from the University of Saskatchewan... |
OL | Saskatchewan University of Saskatchewan The University of Saskatchewan is a Canadian public research university, founded in 1907, and located on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. An "Act to establish and incorporate a University for the Province of Saskatchewan" was passed by the... |
| 24 | Saskatchewan | Brian Yorston | DT | Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee State University Middle Tennessee State University, commonly abbreviated as MTSU, is a public university located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States.... |
Round four
| Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Ottawa | Keith Hiscock | G | Simon Fraser Simon Fraser University Simon Fraser University is a Canadian public research university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, and satellite campuses in Vancouver and Surrey. The main campus in Burnaby, located from downtown Vancouver, was established in 1965 and has more than 34,000... |
| 26 | Toronto | Sean Ralph | RB | Ottawa University of Ottawa The University of Ottawa is a bilingual, research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada. It was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate... |
| 27 | Ottawa | Heron Tait | DB | Guelph |
| 28 | Edmonton | Blake Bunting | TE | Evangel College |
| 29 | Winnipeg | Peter Pejovic | OT | Simon Fraser |
| 30 | Calgary | Ryan Hudecki | RB | McMaster McMaster University McMaster University is a public research university whose main campus is located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land in the residential neighbourhood of Westdale, adjacent to Hamilton's Royal Botanical Gardens... |
| 31 | Ottawa | Steve Sarty | WR | Saint Mary's |
Round five
| Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | Hamilton | Charles Assman | DB | Guelph |
| 33 | Ottawa | Glen Fowles | OT | Willamette Willamette University Willamette University is an American private institution of higher learning located in Salem, Oregon. Founded in 1842, it is the oldest university in the Western United States. Willamette is a member of the Annapolis Group of colleges, and is made up of an undergraduate College of Liberal Arts and... |
| 34 | Ottawa | Pierre-Paul Dorenlien | OT | Ottawa |
| 35 | Calgary | Sheldon Warawa | OT | Minot State Minot State University Minot State University is a four-year institution of higher learning in Minot, North Dakota. Founded in 1913 as a normal school, Minot State University is the third-largest university in North Dakota, offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs.Minot State University was founded in 1913... |
| 36 | Edmonton | Kevin Algajer | LB | Alberta University of Alberta The University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the best universities in Canada... |
| 37 | Winnipeg | Wade Miller | LB | Manitoba University of Manitoba The University of Manitoba , in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is the largest university in the province of Manitoba. It is Manitoba's most comprehensive and only research-intensive post-secondary educational institution. It was founded in 1877, making it Western Canada’s first university. It placed... |
| 38 | Saskatchewan | Gerry Smith | LB | Wilfrid Laurier Wilfrid Laurier University Wilfrid Laurier University is a university located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It also has campuses in Brantford, Ontario, Kitchener, Ontario and Toronto, Ontario and a future proposed campus in Milton, Ontario. It is named in honour of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the seventh Prime Minister of Canada.... |
| 39 | Ottawa | Sean Marriott | LB | Saint Mary's |
Round six
| Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Hamilton | Kip Wigmore | WR | Guelph |
| 41 | Ottawa | Massaki Kono | SB | Bishop's |
| 42 | Toronto | John Raposo | DE | Toronto University of Toronto The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada... |
| 43 | Ottawa | Danny Lavallee | DL | Concordia |
| 44 | Edmonton | Steve Dallison | DL | Alberta |
| 45 | Winnipeg | Todd Graham | NG | Glenville State Glenville State College Glenville State College is a public four-year college located in Glenville, a town in the rural north-central part of the U.S. state of West Virginia.-History:... |
| 46 | Calgary | Mark Clarke | WR | Simon Fraser |
| 47 | BC Lions | Larry Jusdanis | QB | Acadia Acadia University Acadia University is a predominantly undergraduate university located in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada with some graduate programs at the master's level and one at the doctoral level... |
Round seven
| Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hamilton | Mark Holmstrom | TE | McMaster |
| 49 | Ottawa | Troy Russel | OL | Concordia |
| 50 | Toronto | Bryan Bourne | DT | Princeton Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution.... |
| 51 | Saskatchewan | Darcy Park | QB | Saskatchewan |
| 52 | Edmonton | David Lane | TE | Western Ontario |
| 53 | Winnipeg | Adrian Rainbow | LB | Utah University of Utah The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest... |
| 54 | Calgary | Michael Hendricks | DT | St. Francis Xavier St. Francis Xavier University St. Francis Xavier University is a post-secondary institution located in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. The school was founded in 1853, but did not offer degrees until 1868. The university has approximately 5000 students.-History:... |
| 55 | BC Lions | Craig Poole | WR | Bishop's |