Toronto (May 12, 2015) — With the first pick in the 2015 CFL Draft, the Ottawa REDBLACKS selected offensive lineman Alex Mateas from the University of Connecticut.
CFL Commissioner Jeffrey L. Orridge made each first round selection announcement live on TSN2. Prior to the draft, Hamilton and Montreal completed a trade. Montreal acquired Hamilton’s first round pick (8th overall) and third round pick (24th overall) in exchange for Ryan Bomben.
Selection | Team | Name | Position | Hometown | School |
1 | Ottawa REDBLACKS | Alex Mateas | OL | Ottawa | Connecticut |
2 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Sukh Chungh | OL | Port Coquitlam | Calgary |
3 | Toronto Argonauts | Sean McEwen | OL | Calgary | Calgary |
4 | Montreal Alouettes | Chris Ackie | DB | Cambridge | Wilfrid Laurier |
5 | BC Lions | Ese Mrabure-Ajufo | DL | Mississauga | Wilfrid Laurier |
6 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Nic Demski | WR | Winnipeg | Manitoba |
7 | Edmonton Eskimos | Danny Groulx | OL | Gatineau | Laval |
8 | Montreal Alouettes (via HAM) | Jacob Ruby | OL | London | Richmond |
9 | Calgary Stampeders | Karl Lavoie | OL | Quebec City | Laval |
By the numbers
This is the first time in CFL history that the top-3 picks were all offensive linemen.
The six offensive linemen drafted in the first round set a new record; the previous record for selections of offensive linemen in the first round was set in 1987 (five).
With the selections of Sukh Chungh and Sean McEwen, 2015 marks the third time since 2011 that multiple Calgary Dinos were drafted in the first round.
Multiple Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks (Ackie and Mrabure-Ajufo) were selected in the first round for the first time since 1970
For the first time since 2005, multiple players from the Laval Rouge et Or (Groulx and Lavoie) were drafted in the first round.
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