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The 2000 CFL Draft
Canadian College Draft
The Canadian College Draft is an annual sports draft in which the teams of the Canadian Football League select eligible Canadian/non-import players, typically from the ranks of CIS football or NCAA college football...

took place on April 18, 2000. From a list of 504 eligible CIS football

CIS football

Twenty-six universities across Canada compete in football under the auspices of Canadian Interuniversity Sport . The teams are divided into four conferences, drawing from the four regional associations of the CIS: Canada West Universities Athletic Association, Ontario University Athletics, Quebec...

players from Canadian universities and Canadian players in the National Collegiate Athletic Association

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...

, 46 players were chosen.

Round one

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	School
1	Saskatchewan 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...	Tyson St. James Tyson St. James Tyson St. James is a former Canadian football linebacker for the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted first overall by the Roughriders in the 2000 CFL Draft. He played CIS football for the UBC Thunderbirds.-References:...	LB Linebacker A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...	UBC 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...
2	Winnipeg 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...	Daaron McField	DL	UBC
3	Edmonton 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...	Tim Bakker Tim Bakker Tim Bakker is an offensive lineman for the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos. He is originally from Oakville, Ontario....	C	Western Ontario Western Ontario Mustangs The Western Ontario Mustangs are the athletic teams that represent the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada...
4	Toronto 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...	Donnavan Carter	S	Northern Illinois Northern Illinois University Northern Illinois University is a state university and research institution located in DeKalb, Illinois, with satellite centers in Hoffman Estates, Naperville, Rockford, and Oregon. It was originally founded as Northern Illinois State Normal School on May 22, 1895 by Illinois Governor John P...
5	Calgary 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... (via Montreal)	Ibrahim Tounkara	SB Slotback Slotback is a position in Gridiron football . The slotback is similar to the wide receiver but also has many of the same traits as a running back, lines up closer to the offensive line and often farther back...	Ottawa
6	BC 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...	Adriano Belli Adriano Belli Adriano Belli is a former defensive tackle in the Canadian Football League. Belli is nicknamed "The Kissing Bandit" for his penchant for kissing people on their cheeks...	DE Defensive end Defensive end is the name of a defensive position in the sport of American and Canadian football.This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formations have substantially changed how the position is played over the years...	Houston University of Houston The University of Houston is a state research university, and is the flagship institution of the University of Houston System. Founded in 1927, it is Texas's third-largest university with nearly 40,000 students. Its campus spans 667 acres in southeast Houston, and was known as University of...
–	Calgary (forfeited by choosing Wayne Blair in 1999 CFL season 1999 CFL season -1999 CFL Awards:CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Danny McManus , Hamilton Tiger-CatsCFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Mike O'Shea , Toronto Argonauts*CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Calvin Tiggle , Hamilton Tiger-Cats... supplementary draft)
7	Calgary (via Hamilton)	Scott Regimbald	TE Tight end The tight end is a position in American football on the offense. The tight end is often seen as a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver. Like offensive linemen, they are usually lined up on the offensive line and are large enough to be...	Houston

Round two

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	School
8	Saskatchewan	Shawn Gallant Shawn Gallant Shawn Gallant was a Canadian football defensive back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted by the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the third round of the 2000 CFL Draft...	DB Defensive back In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of...	Eastern Kentucky Eastern Kentucky University Eastern Kentucky University, commonly referred to as Eastern or by the acronym EKU by local residents, is an undergraduate and graduate teaching and research institution located in Richmond, Kentucky, U.S.A.. EKU is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools...
9	Edmonton (via Winnipeg)	Rob Harrod	WR Wide receiver A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...	Ottawa
10	Edmonton	Craig Carr	RB Running back A running back is a gridiron football position, who is typically lined up in the offensive backfield. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a rushing play, to catch passes from out of the backfield, and to block.There are usually one or two running...	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...
11	Toronto	Richard Clarke	WR	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...
12	Montreal Montreal Alouettes The Montreal Alouettes are a Canadian Football League team based in Montreal, Quebec.The current franchise named the Alouettes moved to Montreal from Baltimore, Maryland, in 1996 where they had been known as the Baltimore Stallions...	Mat Petz	DE	Wake Forest Wake Forest University Wake Forest University is a private, coeducational university in the U.S. state of North Carolina, founded in 1834. The university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina, the state capital. The Reynolda Campus, the university's main campus, is...
–	BC (forfeited)
13	Calgary	Ryan Ward	OL	New Hampshire
14	Hamilton 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...	Mike Juhasz Mike Juhasz Mike Juhasz is a former professional Canadian football wide receiver who played for the Calgary Stampeders of Canadian Football League.-College years:...	WR	North Dakota

Round three

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	School
15	Saskatchewan	Dylan Ching	WR	San Diego
16	Montreal (via BC via Winnipeg)	Morgan Kane	RB	Wake Forest
17	Edmonton	George Hudson George Hudson (Canadian football) George Hudson is a professional Canadian football centre for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted by the Edmonton Eskimos in the third round of the 2000 CFL Draft...	G Guard (American football) In American and Canadian football, a guard is a player that lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team....	New Mexico St.
18	Toronto	Carson Souter	K	Montana St.
19	Montreal	Jason Gavadza Jason Gavadza Jason Gavadza was a Canadian Football League fullback for the Toronto Argonauts and BC Lions. He graduated from Michael Power/St. Joseph High School, and from the University of Toronto.- References :...	TE	Kent St.
20	BC	Brent Johnson	DL	Ohio St.
21	Calgary	Clinton Wayne	DE	Ohio St.
22	Hamilton	Paul Lambert	G	Western Michigan

Round four

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	School
23	Saskatchewan	Michael O'Brien	QB Quarterback Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line... /P	Western Ontario
24	Toronto (via Winnipeg)	Benoit Meloche	LB	Laval
25	Winnipeg (via BC via Edmonton)	Markus Howell Markus Howell Markus Howell is retired professional Canadian football wide receiver and kick returner who is currently the defensive and special teams assistant for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He was drafted in the fourth round of the 2000 CFL Draft by the Blue Bombers...	WR	Texas Southern
26	Toronto	Kojo Millington	DE	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...
27	Montreal	Harvey Stables	WR	Wilfrid Laurier
28	BC	Loren Padelford	OL	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...
29	Calgary	Kent Ring	LB	Simon Fraser Simon Fraser Clan Simon Fraser Clan are the athletic teams that represent Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.SFU's teams formerly played in the United States National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for all sports. In 1997, Simon Fraser sought to join the U.S. NCAA as a Division II...
30	Hamilton	Joe McCullum	OL	Utah

Round five

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	School
31	Saskatchewan	Hudson Clark	TE	Western Ontario
32	Winnipeg	Eric Schwab	DE	Wilfrid Laurier
33	Edmonton	Rob Vickers	T	Wilfrid Laurier
34	Toronto	Brad Coutts	WR	UBC
35	Montreal	Ian Hewitt	K/P	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	Winnipeg (via B.C.)	Grant Everett	G	North Dakota
37	Calgary	Paul Blenkhorn	OL	Western Ontario
38	Hamilton	James MacLean	SB	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....

Round six