The 1983

1983 CFL season

The 1983 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 30th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 26th Canadian Football League season.-CFL News in 1983:...

 CFL Draft composed of eight rounds where over 72 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

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...

. Additional players were selected as territorial exemptions, but the following exemptions comprise of an incomplete list.

Known territorial exemptions

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...

  Jim Mills

Jim Mills

James Anthony Mills is a former American football and Canadian football offensive lineman....

  OL Hawaii

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...

  Roger Cattelan  OT Boston College

Boston College Eagles

The Boston College Eagles are the athletic teams representing Boston College. They compete in NCAA Division I as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The men's and women's ice hockey teams compete in Hockey East. The women's crew team competes in the Eastern Association of Women's Rowing...

Ottawa Rough Riders Mike Hudson  TE 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...

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...

  Kelvin Pruenster  OT Cal-Poly

Cal Poly Mustangs football

The Mustang football team is the college football team of California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California. The team plays its home games in Alex G. Spanos Stadium. The current head coach is Tim Walsh, who began his tenure in 2009....

1st Round

1. 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...

  Jeff Dobrovolny  T 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...

2. Ottawa Rough Riders Steve Harrison  LB British Columbia

3. 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...

  Mike Emery  LB British Columbia

4. 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...

  Peter Vanden Bos  G British Columbia

5. Calgary Stampeders Jacques Chapdelaine

Jacques Chapdelaine

Jacques Chapdelaine is the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the BC Lions. He was formerly the Edmonton Eskimos offensive coordinator in 2007 and played as a slotback between 1983 and 1989 for four different Canadian Football League teams.Jacques was the head coach of the Université...

  WR 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...

6. Calgary Stampeders Chris Byrne  TB Western Ontario

Western Ontario Mustangs

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

7. 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...

  Jason Riley  DE British Columbia

8. British Columbia Lions Jamie Buis  T Simon Fraser

9. Edmonton Eskimos Tony Lawson  DE 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...

2nd Round

10. Montreal Concordes  Mark Hopkins  LB York

11. Ottawa Rough Riders Junior Robinson  DB Guelph

12. Saskatchewan Roughriders Ray Elgaard

Ray Elgaard

Raymond Elgaard is a former Canadian Football League slotback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1983 through 1996, including winning the 77th Grey Cup in 1989. A big man, he was noted for his reliability as a receiver and his toughness on the field...

  TE 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...

13. 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...

  Paul Palma  T Concordia

Concordia Stingers

The Concordia Stingers are the athletic teams that represent Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They compete with other schools in Canadian Interuniversity Sport, and more specifically, in the Quebec Student Sports Federation and the Quebec University Football League...

14. British Columbia Lions Kevin Lapa  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...

15. Calgary Stampeders John Lynch  DB Western Ontario

16. Edmonton Eskimos Dale Kinney  DE 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:...

17. British Columbia Lions Peter LeClaire  FB British Columbia

18. Edmonton Eskimos Steve McAndrews  LB 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:...

3rd Round

19. Montreal Concordes Blake Nill

Blake Nill

Blake Nill is a former Canadian football defensive lineman and the current head coach for the University of Calgary's football team, the Calgary Dinos. Nill became Calgary's head coach in 2006 after serving as head coach for the Saint Mary's Huskies football team for eight years...

  DL 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...

20. Ottawa Rough Riders Sam Benincasa  LB Guelph

21. Saskatchewan Roughriders Richard White  LB Simon Fraser

22. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Carey Lapa  LB British Columbia

23. British Columbia Lions William Bickowski  FB 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...

24. Calgary Stampeders Bill Mintsoulis  WR Toronto

25. Winnipeg Blue Bombers John Pitts  LB Western Ontario

26. Toronto Argonauts Kevin Adams  DB Waterloo

Waterloo Warriors

The Waterloo Warriors are the athletic teams that represent the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The Warriors have found success over certain spans in football, hockey, rugby, golf and basketball among others, and the Warriors have won national championships in hockey ,...

27. Edmonton Eskimos Rick Makos  G Toronto

4th Round

28. Montreal Concordes Jim Kardash  TE Western Ontario

29. Ottawa Rough Riders John Kane  OL Michigan State

Michigan State Spartans

The Michigan State Spartans are the athletic team that represent Michigan State University. The school's athletic program includes 25 varsity sports teams. Their mascot is a Spartan warrior named Sparty, and the school colors are green and white...

30. Saskatchewan Roughriders Art Heier  WR Waterloo

31. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Rory Radford  LB Guelph

32. British Columbia Lions Jerome Erdman  WR Simon Fraser

33. Calgary Stampeders Brian Strong  OL Montana State

34. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Pat Cantner  TE British Columbia

35. Toronto Argonauts Boyd Young  DL Ottawa

36. Edmonton Eskimos Steve Hall  DB Guelph

5th Round

37. Montreal Concordes Steve Nagel  DE Wilfrid Laurier

38. Ottawa Rough Riders Courtney Taylor  DB Wilfrid Laurier

39. Saskatchewan Roughriders Joel Johnston  FB Simon Fraser

40. Hamilton Tiger-Cats George Piva  T British Columbia

41. British Columbia Lions Harold Jackman  T Moorhead State

42. Calgary Stampeders Tim Petros  TB Calgary

43. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Todd Turnbull  G Wilfrid Laurier

44. Toronto Argonauts Bryan Black  G Guelph

45. Edmonton Eskimos Jerry Phillip  DB York

6th Round

46. Montreal Concordes Ed Slabikowski  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 ....

47. Ottawa Rough Riders Francois Payer  DE 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...

48. Saskatchewan Roughriders Todd McGauley  DE Western Ontario

49. Hamilton Tiger-Cats David Brace  TE Western Connecticut State

Western Connecticut State University

Western Connecticut State University is a public university in Danbury, Connecticut. Founded in 1903, WestConn has an arts and sciences curriculum, a business school, and several professional programs including elementary and secondary education, nursing, music performance, and social work...

50. British Columbia Lions Kyle Barrow  LB Western Ontario

51. Calgary Stampeders Matt Janes  LB Western Ontario

52. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Fred Lyseyko  LB 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...

53. Toronto Argonauts Joel Tynes  TB St. Francis Xavier

54. Edmonton Eskimos Paul Hickle  K 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...

7th Round

55. Montreal Concordes Ken Ross  DE 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...

56. Ottawa Rough Riders Chris Rhora  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...

57. Saskatchewan Roughriders Alain Groleau  DB Ottawa

58. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Mike Zivolak  C Western Ontario

59. British Columbia Lions Mike Brown  DB Toronto

60. Calgary Stampeders Mike Kurchak  K Nevada-Las Vegas

UNLV Rebels

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas' sports teams are called the Rebels. The Rebels participate in NCAA Division I and in the Mountain West Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. The school's colors are Scarlet and Grey. The Rebels' main rival is the Wolf Pack of the University...

61. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Dave Bowness  TE Manitoba

62. Toronto Argonauts Dave Waud  LB Wilfrid Laurier

63. Edmonton Eskimos Gord Reinich  SB Alberta

8th Round

64. Montreal Concordes Scott Leckie

Scott leckie

Scott Leckie is an international human rights and global housing advocate in the field of economic, social and cultural rights. He established several human rights organisations and remedial institutions....

  DB Toronto

65. Ottawa Rough Riders Don Clow  WR Acadia

66. Saskatchewan Roughriders Reindy Dundas  DT Minot State

Minot State Beavers

The Minot State Beavers are the intercollegiate athletic teams of Minot State University , located in Minot, North Dakota. The Beavers currently in the process of transitioning from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics to the NCAA Division II...

67. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Jack Kalthof  LB Saskatchewan

68. British Columbia Lions Ken Munroe  WR British Columbia

69. Calgary Stampeders Yorg Gromer  TE Montana-Western

70. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Danny Jakobs  DB Manitoba

71. Toronto Argonauts Rick Van Maanen  DL Western Ontario

72. Edmonton Eskimos Jaimie Crawford QB Alberta