The 1987 CFL Draft composed of eight rounds where 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...

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1st Round

1. 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...

  Leo Groenewegen

Leo Groenewegen

Leo Groenewegen is a former all-star offensive lineman in the Canadian Football League. He played from 1987 to 2004 for the Ottawa Rough Riders, British Columbia Lions and Edmonton Eskimos. He was an All-Star three times and won one Grey Cup with Edmonton. He holds the CFL record for consecutive...

  OL 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. 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...

  Blake Marshall

Blake Marshall

Blake Marshall was Canadian football player with the Edmonton Eskimos for 8 seasons. He won the CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award in 1991 and was a CFL All-Star three years in a row....

  FB Western Ontario

Western Ontario Mustangs

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

3. Edmonton Eskimos Todd Storme  OL Utah State

Utah State Aggies football

The Utah State Aggies are a college football team that competes in the Western Athletic Conference of the Football Bowl Subdivision of NCAA Division I, representing Utah State University. The Utah State college football program began in 1892 and has played home games at Romney Stadium since 1968...

4. 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...

  Tony Visco  DL Purdue

Purdue Boilermakers football

The Purdue Boilermakers football team is the intercollegiate football program of the Purdue University Boilermakers. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I Bowl Subdivision, and the team competes in the Big Ten Conference. The Boilermakers have an all-time record of...

5. 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...

  Rocco Romano

Rocco Romano

Rocco Romano CFL's DeMarco-Becket Memorial Trophy winner in 1994 & 1996 for the Calgary Stampeders; Awarded originally to the player selected as the outstanding lineman in the West Division. Inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2007. Born January 23, 1963 Hamilton, Ontario...

  OL 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...

6. 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...

  Andrew McConnell  DL 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:...

7. British Columbia Lions Larry Clarkson  OL Montana

8. Montreal Alouettes

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...

  Matthew Salo  OL 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...

9. 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...

  Joe Germain  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...

2nd Round

10. Ottawa Rough Riders Kyle Hall  DB Western Ontario

11. Montreal Alouettes Doug Davies  OL Simon Fraser

12. Ottawa Rough Riders Patrick Wayne  LB Simon Fraser

13. British Columbia Lions Todd Wiseman  DB Simon Fraser

14. Calgary Stampeders Andy McVey  FB Toronto

15. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Sean Orr  OL British Columbia

16. British Columbia Lions Luc Gerritsen  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...

17. Edmonton Eskimos Pierre Vercheval

Pierre Vercheval

Pierre Vercheval is a former all star offensive lineman in the Canadian Football League.Vercheval played his university football at the University of Western Ontario, where he won the J.P. Metras Trophy top lineman in Canadian university football in 1987...

  OC Western Ontario

18. British Columbia Lions Paul Shorten  WR Toronto

3rd Round

19. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Jeff Johnson  FB Cornell

Cornell Big Red football

The Cornell Big Red football team represents Cornell University in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Championship Subdivision college football competition as a member of the Ivy League. It is one of the oldest and most storied football programs in the nation...

20. Edmonton Eskimos David Brathwaite  DL Toronto

21. 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...

  Jake Vaughan  DB Bishop's

22. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Steve Rodehutskors  OL/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...

23. British Columbia Lions Karl Jovanovic  OL Simon Fraser

24. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Matt MacLeod  K Oregon

Oregon Ducks football

The Oregon Ducks football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the University of Oregon located in the U.S. state of Oregon. The team competes at the NCAA Division I level in the Football Bowl Subdivision and is a member of the Pacific-12 Conference. Known as the Ducks, the...

25. British Columbia Lions Jamie Taras

Jamie Taras

Jamie Taras is a former professional Canadian football player with the Canadian Football League British Columbia Lions, and current Director of Community Relations with the BC Lions...

  OG Western Ontario

26. Edmonton Eskimos Mark Norman  DB British Columbia

27. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Lou Godry  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...

4th Round

28. Ottawa Rough Riders Rae Robiritis  OC British Columbia

29. Montreal Alouettes David Stroud  DB Minot State

Minot State Beavers football

The Minot State Beavers football team is a NAIA program that competes in the Dakota Athletic Conference. The current head coach is Paul Rudolph.-Head coaches:-External links:**...

30. 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...

  Oral Sybblis  OL 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...

31. Toronto Argonauts Scott Lesperance  OL Colgate

Colgate Raiders football

The Colgate Raiders football team represents Colgate University in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Championship Subdivision college football competition as a member of the Patriot League.-History:...

32. Calgary Stampeders Bruno Geremia  DB Calgary

33. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Rob Pavan  LB Guelph

34. British Columbia Lions Andrew Murray  WR 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...

35. Edmonton Eskimos Jeff Funtasz  TB 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:...

36. British Columbia Lions Robin Belanger  DB 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...

5th Round

37. Ottawa Rough Riders Brent Lewis  LB Western Ontario

38. Montreal Alouettes Andre Schad  LB Carleton

39. Saskatchewan Roughriders Bruce Lowe  NT Wilfrid Laurier

40. Toronto Argonauts Veron Stiliadis  DL/LB Wilfrid Laurier

41. Calgary Stampeders Paul Kerber  OL Calgary

42. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Gus Alevizos  OL Guelph

43. British Columbia Lions Ray Ljubistic  OL Hawai'i-Manoa

Hawaii Warriors football

The Hawaii Warriors football team represents the University of Hawaii at Mānoa in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The team, which is currently coached by Greg McMackin, is part of the Western Athletic Conference until 2012, when the team joins the Mountain West Conference.The Hawaii Warriors...

44. Edmonton Eskimos Tim Spirel  TE Western Ontario

45. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Bill McIntyre  WR St. Francis Xavier

6th Round

46. Ottawa Rough Riders Gary Lehmberg  DL Simon Fraser

47. Montreal Alouettes Joe Barnabe  WR Carleton

48. Saskatchewan Roughriders Joe Marchildon  LB York

49. Toronto Argonauts Ron Klein  DB Wilfrid Laurier

50. Calgary Stampeders Tony Pierson  WR Alberta

51. Winnipeg Blue Bombers John Sutton  RB/FB McMaster

McMaster Marauders

The McMaster Marauders are the athletic teams that represent McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Athletics at McMaster is currently managed by the university's student affairs, under their athletics & recreation department. The university's varsity teams compete in the Ontario...

52. British Columbia Lions Roald Kovacik  LB British Columbia

53. Edmonton Eskimos Darrell Skuse  TB Guelph

54. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Joe Fortune  OL McMaster

7th Round

55. Ottawa Rough Riders Rick Wolkensperg  WR Western Ontario

56. Montreal Alouettes Mike Bertone  OL Concordia

57. Saskatchewan Roughriders Kevin Stroud  OL Minot State

58. Toronto Argonauts Rob Raycroft  OL Toronto

59. Calgary Stampeders Craig Robson  OL North Dakota

North Dakota Fighting Sioux football

The North Dakota Fighting Sioux are a college football program that competes in the Great West Conference in the NCAA Division I's Football Championship Subdivision...

60. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Allan Lekun  OC McGill

61. British Columbia Lions Rob Moretto  DB British Columbia

62. Edmonton Eskimos Tony Spoletini  TB Calgary

63. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Sean Guy  DL Purdue

8th Round

64. Ottawa Rough Riders David Waterhouse  TB Ottawa

65. Montreal Alouettes Jordan Leith  DB British Columbia

66. Saskatchewan Roughriders Byron McCorkell  DT 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...

67. Toronto Argonauts Dave Kohler  LB Wilfrid Laurier

68. Calgary Stampeders Kent Lapa  DL Murray State

Murray State Racers

Murray State University features 15 varsity sports teams. Both men's and women's teams are called the Racers, with the exception of the baseball team which is known as the Thoroughbreds. They participate in the NCAA's Division I, in the Ohio Valley Conference. Football competes the Football...

69. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Pete Riley  QB Livingston

West Alabama Tigers

The University of West Alabama currently features 13 sports teams. Men's soccer will become the 14th sport in the fall of 2012. Both the male and female athletic teams are called the West Alabama Tigers. Eleven of the thirteen teams participate in the NCAA's Division II as a member of the Gulf...

70. British Columbia Lions Mike Murphy

Mike Murphy (Canadian football)

Mike Murphy is a former award winning Canadian Football League fullback.A graduate of University of Ottawa, Murphy was a member of the famed 1975 Vanier Cup champion Ottawa Gee-Gees team. The Ottawa Rough Riders claimed him as a territorial exemption in the 1977 CFL Draft. In his first CFL season...

  DB Central Washington

Central Washington University

Central Washington University, often abbreviated CWU, is a public university in Ellensburg, Washington in the United States.This location was selected by the state legislature as a consolation prize after Ellensburg lost its bid to be state capital...

71. Edmonton Eskimos Ken Hoppus  OL Whitworth

Whitworth University

Whitworth University is a private Christian liberal arts college located in Spokane, Washington, United States, that offers Bachelor's and Master's degrees in a variety of academic disciplines. It is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church...

72. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Greg Doren  OL Nevada-Reno

Nevada Wolf Pack football

The Nevada Wolf Pack Football program represents the University of Nevada, Reno in college football. The Wolf Pack competes in the Western Athletic Conference at the Football Bowl Subdivision level of the NCAA...