2015 CFL DRAFT (1ST ROUND): Mateas selected 1st overall, record 6 OL’s chosen, many firsts

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

Sukh chungh

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).

Sean McEwen

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.

Chris Ackie CFL Combine

Multiple Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks (Ackie and Mrabure-Ajufo) were selected in the first round for the first time since 1970

Danny Groulx

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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