CFL to stage one-round draft of European players who participated in combine
TORONTO — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats will have the first overall pick when the CFL conducts its first-ever European player draft next Thursday.
The nine CFL teams will have an opportunity to select one of the 18 Europeans who attended the league’s national combine last month in Toronto.
The league held a weighted lottery — the last-place team in 2018 had the best chance to get top selection, while the first-place team had the worst chance — to determine the order of picks in the one-round draft.
After Hamilton, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers will make the No. 2 selection. The remainder of the draft order will consist of Montreal, Edmonton, Toronto, Saskatchewan, B.C., Ottawa and Calgary.