1998 CFL Draft

The 1998 CFL Draft took place on April 7, 1998.[1] 43 Canadian football players were chosen from among 490 eligible players from Canadian universities as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA.[2]

Round one

= CFL Division All-Star

= CFL All-Star

= Hall of Famer

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
1	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Tim Fleiszer	DL	Harvard
2	Toronto Argonauts (via Winnipeg)	Dave Miller-Johnston	P/K	Concordia
3	BC Lions	Steve Hardin	T	Oregon
4	Calgary Stampeders	Marc Pilon	LB	Syracuse
5	Edmonton Eskimos	Phillippe Girard	DB	Mount Allison
6	Montreal Alouettes	Ben Cahoon	WR	Brigham Young
7	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Curtis Galick	DB	British Columbia
–	Toronto Argonauts	Forfeit Pick[3]

Round two

= CFL Division All-Star

= CFL All-Star

= Hall of Famer

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
8	Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Hamilton)	Ousmane Tounkara	WR	Ottawa
–	Toronto Argonauts (via Winnipeg)	Forfeit Pick[3]
9	BC Lions	Ryan Thelwell	SB	Minnesota
10	Calgary Stampeders	Andre Arlain	SB	St. Francis Xavier
11	Edmonton Eskimos	Samir Chahine	G	McGill
–	Montreal Alouettes	Forfeit Pick[3]
12	Toronto Argonauts (via Saskatchewan)	Roger Dunbrack	DL	Western Ontario
–	Toronto Argonauts	Forfeit Pick[3]

Round three

= CFL Division All-Star

= CFL All-Star

= Hall of Famer

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
13	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Devin Grant	OL	Utah
14	BC Lions (via Winnipeg)	Matt Kellett	K	Saskatchewan
15	Montreal Alouettes (via Winnipeg via BC)	Scott Flory	OL	Saskatchewan
16	Calgary Stampeders	Harland Ah You	DL	Brigham Young
17	Edmonton Eskimos	Scott Deibert	RB	Minot State
18	Montreal Alouettes	William Loftus	D	Manitoba
19	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Kevin Pressburger	LB	Waterloo
20	Toronto Argonauts	Jermaine Brown	RB	Winona State

Round four

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
21	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Tarek Jayoussi	WR	Calgary
22	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Garrett Sutherland	LB	Northern Illinois
23	Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via BC)	Jean Daniel Roy	DL	Ottawa
24	Calgary Stampeders	Aubrey Cummings	WR	Acadia
25	Edmonton Eskimos	Chris Evraire	SB	Ottawa
26	Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Montreal)	Eddie Williams	WR	Southwest State
27	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Jason Van Geel	LB	Waterloo
28	Toronto Argonauts	Brian Mlachak	K	Calgary

Round five

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
29	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Jeff Brown	CB	Acadia
30	BC Lions (via Winnipeg)	Bernard Gravel	DB	Laval
31	BC Lions	Francesco Pepe-Esposito	LB	Laval
32	Calgary Stampeders	Gene Stahl	RB	Calgary
33	Edmonton Eskimos	James Cooper	OL	British Columbia
34	Montreal Alouettes	Daniel Lafontaine	OL	McGill
35	Toronto Argonauts (via Saskatchewan)	Eric Shilts	WR	Toronto
–	Toronto Argonauts	Forfeit Pick[3]

Round six

Pick #	CFL Team	Player	Position	College
36	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	Benjie Hutchison	DL	British Columbia
37	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	John Baunemann	K	Manitoba
38	Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via BC)	Chad Vath	LB	Manitoba
39	Calgary Stampeders	Jodi Bednarek	LB	Calgary
40	Edmonton Eskimos	Adam Kossack	OL	Hastings College
41	Montreal Alouettes	Kelly Ireland	OL	Saint Mary's
42	Saskatchewan Roughriders	James Rapesse	LB	Saskatchewan
43	Toronto Argonauts	Bill Mitoulas	LB	Notre Dame

References

1. 1998 CFL Canadian College Draft prospects
2. Fleiszer first pick in CFL Draft
3. Fleiszer picked first in CFL Draft

External links

• "1998 Canadian Draft". Canadian Football League. Archived from the original on 2012-08-13. Retrieved 2017-08-23.