2010 CFL Draft
# 2010 CFL Draft

The 2010 CFL Draft took place on Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 12:00 PM ET on TSN. 47 players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. After a number of trades, including ones made on draft day, Toronto and BC wound up with the most picks with nine apiece. The defending Grey Cup champions, the Montreal Alouettes, had seven, while the Calgary Stampeders had six. The Edmonton Eskimos, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Saskatchewan Roughriders each had four. Of the 47 draft selections, 36 players were drafted from Canadian Interuniversity Sport institutions.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders also had the option to increase their number of draft picks as part of the three-way trade that was completed with Winnipeg and Hamilton in April, 2009. The Roughriders could have either swapped first round picks with Winnipeg in this year's draft or in the 2011 CFL Draft, or receive two second round picks in 2011 and 2012. This was done due to the uncertainty of the Stefan LeFors trade where the traded draft pick to Edmonton was conditional upon Lefors' performance. It was then confirmed that the Roughriders had chosen to swap first round picks with the Blue Bombers in this year's draft.

## Top prospects

    Source: CFL Scouting Bureau final rankings.

| Final Ranking | December Ranking | September Ranking | Player | Position | College |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | 15 | Shomari Williams | Linebacker | Queen's |
| 2 | 1 | 6 | John Bender | Offensive guard | Nevada |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Cory Greenwood | Linebacker | Concordia |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Danny Watkins | Offensive tackle | Baylor |
| 5 | 11 | 4 | Joe Eppele | Offensive tackle | Washington State |
| 6 | 7 | 12 | Rob Maver | Kicker/Punter | Guelph |
| 7 | 10 | 1 | Brian Bulcke | Defensive lineman | Stanford |
| 8 | 13 | 13 | Taurean Allen | Defensive back | Wilfrid Laurier |
| 9 | 12 | – | Eddie Steele | Defensive tackle | Manitoba |
| 10 | – | – | Shawn Gore | Wide receiver | Bishop's Gaiters |
| 11 | – | – | Joel Reinders | Offensive lineman | Waterloo Warriors |
| 12 | 5 | 9 | J'Michael Deane | Offensive lineman | Michigan State |
| 13 | 8 | 8 | Joash Gesse | Linebacker | Montreal |
| 14 | – | – | Steven Turner | Wide receiver | Bishop's |
| 15 | 6 | 14 | Cory Watson | Wide receiver | Concordia |
| – | 9 | 5 | Akeem Foster | Wide receiver | St. Francis Xavier |
| – | 14 | 7 | Chima Ihekwoaba | Defensive end | Wilfrid Laurier |
| – | 15 | 11 | Nasser Jamal | Offensive tackle | Louisiana–Lafayette |
| – | – | 10 | Chris Rwabukamba | Defensive back | Duke |

## Forfeitures

* Hamilton forfeited their first round selection after selecting Zac Carlson in the 2009 Supplemental Draft.

## Draft order

| = CFL Division All-Star | = CFL All-Star | = Hall of Famer |
| - | - | - |

### Round one

| Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | College |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Toronto) | Shomari Williams | LB | Queen's |
| 2 | Toronto Argonauts (via Saskatchewan via Winnipeg) | Joe Eppele | OT | Washington State |
| 3 | Toronto Argonauts (via BC) | Cory Greenwood | LB | Concordia |
| 4 | BC Lions (via Toronto via Saskatchewan via Edmonton) | Danny Watkins | OT | Baylor |
| – | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Forfeit Pick | Forfeit Pick | Forfeit Pick |
| 5 | Calgary Stampeders | Rob Maver | K/P | Guelph |
| 6 | Edmonton Eskimos (via Winnipeg via Saskatchewan) | Brian Bulcke | DL | Stanford |
| 7 | Montreal Alouettes | Kristian Matte | OL | Concordia |

### Round two

| Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | College |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Toronto via Saskatchewan via Toronto) | Jordan Sisco | WR | Regina |
| 9 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Edmonton via Winnipeg) | Cory Watson | WR | Concordia |
| 10 | BC Lions | Shawn Gore | WR | Bishop's |
| 11 | Toronto Argonauts (via Edmonton) | Grant Shaw | K | Saskatchewan |
| 12 | Edmonton Eskimos (via Hamilton) | Saleem Borhot | DB | Saint Mary's |
| 13 | Calgary Stampeders | Taurean Allen | DB | Wilfrid Laurier |
| 14 | Montreal Alouettes (via Saskatchewan) | Chima Ihekwoaba | DL | Wilfrid Laurier |
| 15 | Montreal Alouettes | Curtis Dublanko | LB | North Dakota |

### Round three

| Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | College |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 | BC Lions (via Toronto) | Joash Gesse | LB | Montréal |
| 17 | Calgary Stampeders (via Winnipeg) | John Bender | OL | Nevada |
| 18 | Toronto Argonauts (via BC) | Spencer Watt | WR | Simon Fraser |
| 19 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Edmonton) | Samuel Fournier | RB | Laval |
| 20 | BC Lions (via Toronto via Hamilton) | Hamid Mahmoudi | DB | Montréal |
| 21 | Calgary Stampeders | J'Michael Deane | OL | Michigan State |
| 22 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Winnipeg via Edmonton via Toronto via Saskatchewan) | Eddie Steele | DT | Manitoba |
| 23 | Montreal Alouettes | Marc-Olivier Brouillette | QB | Montréal |

### Round four

| Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | College |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 24 | BC Lions (via Toronto) | Nate Binder | WR | Tusculum College |
| 25 | BC Lions (via Toronto via Edmonton via Winnipeg) | Akeem Foster | WR | St. Francis Xavier |
| 26 | Toronto Argonauts (via BC) | Joel Reinders | OT | Waterloo |
| 27 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Edmonton) | Chris Rwabukamba | DB | Duke |
| 28 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Hamilton) | Christopher Smith | LB | Queen's |
| 29 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Calgary) | Anthony Woodson | RB | Calgary |
| 30 | Toronto Argonauts (via BC via Saskatchewan) | Steven Turner | WR | Bishop's |
| 31 | Montreal Alouettes | Ryan Bomben | OL | Guelph |

### Round five

| Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | College |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 32 | Toronto Argonauts | Michael Warner | OL | Waterloo |
| 33 | Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Winnipeg) | Patrick Neufeld | OL | Saskatchewan |
| 34 | BC Lions | Cauchy Muamba | DB | St. Francis Xavier |
| 35 | Edmonton Eskimos | Scott Ferguson | OL | St. Cloud State |
| 36 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Justin Palardy | K/P | Saint Mary's |
| 37 | Calgary Stampeders | Karl McCartney | LB | Saint Mary's |
| 38 | Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Toronto via Saskatchewan) | Bruno LaPointe | DL | Buffalo |
| 39 | Montreal Alouettes | Brian Ridgeway | LB | Simon Fraser |

### Round six

| Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | College |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 40 | Toronto Argonauts | Nasser Jamal | OL | Louisiana–Lafayette |
| 41 | BC Lions (via Winnipeg) | Adam Baboulas | OL | Saint Mary's |
| 42 | BC Lions | Matthew Chapdelaine | WR | Simon Fraser |
| 43 | Edmonton Eskimos | Corbin Sharun | DB | St. Francis Xavier |
| 44 | Toronto Argonauts (via Hamilton) | Conor Elliott | LB | Western |
| 45 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Calgary) | Christopher Greaves | DL | Western |
| 46 | Calgary Stampeders (via Winnipeg via Saskatchewan) | Oamo Culbreath | OL | British Columbia |
| 47 | Montreal Alouettes | Justin Conn | LB | Bishop's |
