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The '''[[1998 CFL season|1998]] [[CFL Draft]]''' took place on April 7, 1998.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19980507151229/http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews/mar31_draft.html 1998 CFL Canadian College Draft prospects]</ref> 43 [[Canadian football]] players were chosen from among 490 eligible players from [[List of universities in Canada|Canadian universities]] as well as Canadian players playing in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19980507151210/http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews/apr7_draftstory.html Fleiszer first pick in CFL Draft]</ref>

== Round one ==
{|
|-
|style="background-color:#FFCC00; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"|
|= CFL Division All-Star||
|style="background-color:#B0E0E6; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"|
|= CFL All-Star||
|style="background-color:#CCFFCC; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"|
|= [[Canadian Football Hall of Fame|Hall of Famer]]
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%"
|-
! style="background:#a8bdec; width:7%;"| Pick # !! style="width:40%; background:#a8bdec;"| CFL Team !! style="width:20%; background:#a8bdec;"| Player !! style="width:13%; background:#a8bdec;"| Position !! style="width:20%; background:#a8bdec;"| School
|-
|align=center| 1 || [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]] || [[Tim Fleiszer]] || DL || [[Harvard University|Harvard]]
|-
|align=center| 2 || [[Toronto Argonauts]] (via [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers|Winnipeg]]) || [[Dave Miller-Johnston]] || P/K || [[Concordia Stingers|Concordia]]
|-
|align=center| 3 || [[BC Lions]] || [[Steve Hardin (Canadian football)|Steve Hardin]] || T || [[University of Oregon|Oregon]]
|-
|align=center| 4 || [[Calgary Stampeders]] || [[Marc Pilon]] || LB || [[Syracuse University|Syracuse]]
|-
|align=center| 5 || [[Edmonton Eskimos]] || [[Phillippe Girard]] || DB || [[Mount Allison University|Mount Allison]]
|-
|align=center| 6 || [[Montreal Alouettes]] || bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| [[Ben Cahoon]] || WR || [[Brigham Young University|Brigham Young]]
|-
|align=center| 7 || [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]] || [[Curtis Galick]] || DB || [[University of British Columbia|British Columbia]]
|-
|align=center| – || Toronto Argonauts || colspan="3"|Forfeit Pick<ref name="order">[https://web.archive.org/web/19980507151217/http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews/apr7_draft.html Fleiszer picked first in CFL Draft]</ref>
|}

== Round two ==
{|
|-
|style="background-color:#FFCC00; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"|
|= CFL Division All-Star||
|style="background-color:#B0E0E6; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"|
|= CFL All-Star||
|style="background-color:#CCFFCC; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"|
|= [[Canadian Football Hall of Fame|Hall of Famer]]
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%"
|-
! style="background:#a8bdec; width:7%;"| Pick # !! style="width:40%; background:#a8bdec;"| CFL Team !! style="width:20%; background:#a8bdec;"| Player !! style="width:13%; background:#a8bdec;"| Position !! style="width:20%; background:#a8bdec;"| School
|-
|align=center| 8 || Saskatchewan Roughriders (via Hamilton) || [[Ousmane Tounkara]] || WR || [[University of Ottawa|Ottawa]]
|-
|align=center| – || Toronto Argonauts (via Winnipeg) || colspan="3"|Forfeit Pick<ref name="order"/>
|-
|align=center| 9 || BC Lions || bgcolor="#FFCC00"| [[Ryan Thelwell]] || SB || [[University of Minnesota|Minnesota]]
|-
|align=center| 10 || Calgary Stampeders || [[Andre Arlain]] || SB || [[St. Francis Xavier University|St. Francis Xavier]]
|-
|align=center| 11 || Edmonton Eskimos || [[Samir Chahine]] || G || [[McGill University|McGill]]
|-
|align=center| – || Montreal Alouettes || colspan="3"|Forfeit Pick<ref name="order"/>
|-
|align=center| 12 || Toronto Argonauts (via Saskatchewan) || [[Roger Dunbrack]] || DL || [[University of Western Ontario|Western Ontario]]
|-
|align=center| – || Toronto Argonauts || colspan="3"|Forfeit Pick<ref name="order"/>
|}

== Round three ==
{|
|-
|style="background-color:#FFCC00; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"|
|= CFL Division All-Star||
|style="background-color:#B0E0E6; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"|
|= CFL All-Star||
|style="background-color:#CCFFCC; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"|
|= [[Canadian Football Hall of Fame|Hall of Famer]]
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%"
|-
! style="background:#a8bdec; width:7%;"| Pick # !! style="width:40%; background:#a8bdec;"| CFL Team !! style="width:20%; background:#a8bdec;"| Player !! style="width:13%; background:#a8bdec;"| Position !! style="width:20%; background:#a8bdec;"| School
|-
|align=center| 13 || Hamilton Tiger-Cats || [[Devin Grant]] || OL || [[University of Utah|Utah]]
|-
|align=center| 14 || BC Lions (via Winnipeg) || [[Matt Kellett]] || K || [[University of Saskatchewan|Saskatchewan]]
|-
|align=center| 15 || Montreal Alouettes (via Winnipeg via BC) || bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| [[Scott Flory]] || OL || Saskatchewan
|-
|align=center| 16 || Calgary Stampeders || [[Harland Ah You]] || DL || Brigham Young
|-
|align=center| 17 || Edmonton Eskimos || [[Scott Deibert]] || RB || [[Minot State University|Minot State]]
|-
|align=center| 18 || Montreal Alouettes || [[William Loftus (Canadian football)|William Loftus]] || D || [[University of Manitoba|Manitoba]]
|-
|align=center| 19 || Saskatchewan Roughriders || [[Kevin Pressburger]] || LB || [[University of Waterloo|Waterloo]]
|-
|align=center| 20 || Toronto Argonauts || [[Jermaine Brown (Canadian football)|Jermaine Brown]] || RB || [[Winona State University|Winona State]]
|}

== Round four ==
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%"
|-
! style="background:#a8bdec; width:7%;"| Pick # !! style="width:40%; background:#a8bdec;"| CFL Team !! style="width:20%; background:#a8bdec;"| Player !! style="width:13%; background:#a8bdec;"| Position !! style="width:20%; background:#a8bdec;"| School
|-
|align=center| 21 || Hamilton Tiger-Cats || [[Tarek Jayoussi]] || WR || [[University of Calgary|Calgary]]
|-
|align=center| 22 || Winnipeg Blue Bombers || [[Garrett Sutherland]] || LB || [[Northern Illinois University|Northern Illinois]]
|-
|align=center| 23 || Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via BC) || [[Jean Daniel Roy]] || DL || [[University of Ottawa|Ottawa]]
|-
|align=center| 24 || Calgary Stampeders || [[Aubrey Cummings (Canadian football)|Aubrey Cummings]] || WR || [[Acadia University|Acadia]]
|-
|align=center| 25 || Edmonton Eskimos || [[Chris Evraire]] || SB || Ottawa
|-
|align=center| 26 || Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Montreal) || [[Eddie Williams (Canadian football)|Eddie Williams]] || WR || [[Southwest State University|Southwest State]]
|-
|align=center| 27 || Saskatchewan Roughriders || [[Jason Van Geel]] || LB || [[University of Waterloo|Waterloo]]
|-
|align=center| 28 || Toronto Argonauts || [[Brian Mlachak]] || K || Calgary
|}

== Round five ==
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%"
|-
! style="background:#a8bdec; width:7%;"| Pick # !! style="width:40%; background:#a8bdec;"| CFL Team !! style="width:20%; background:#a8bdec;"| Player !! style="width:13%; background:#a8bdec;"| Position !! style="width:20%; background:#a8bdec;"| School
|-
|align=center| 29 || Hamilton Tiger-Cats || [[Jeff Brown (Canadian football)|Jeff Brown]] || CB || Acadia
|-
|align=center| 30 || BC Lions (via Winnipeg) || [[Bernard Gravel]] || DB || [[Université Laval|Laval]]
|-
|align=center| 31 || BC Lions || [[Francesco Pepe-Esposito]] || LB || Laval
|-
|align=center| 32 || Calgary Stampeders || [[Gene Stahl]] || RB || Calgary
|-
|align=center| 33 || Edmonton Eskimos || [[James Cooper (Canadian football)|James Cooper]] || OL || British Columbia
|-
|align=center| 34 || Montreal Alouettes || [[Daniel Lafontaine]] || OL || McGill
|-
|align=center| 35 || Toronto Argonauts (via Saskatchewan) || [[Eric Shilts]] || WR || [[University of Toronto|Toronto]]
|-
|align=center| – || Toronto Argonauts || colspan="3"|Forfeit Pick<ref name="order"/>
|}

== Round six ==
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%"
|-
! style="background:#a8bdec; width:7%;"| Pick # !! style="width:40%; background:#a8bdec;"| CFL Team !! style="width:20%; background:#a8bdec;"| Player !! style="width:13%; background:#a8bdec;"| Position !! style="width:20%; background:#a8bdec;"| School
|-
|align=center| 36 || Hamilton Tiger-Cats || [[Benjie Hutchison]] || DL || British Columbia
|-
|align=center| 37 || Winnipeg Blue Bombers || [[John Baunemann]] || K || Manitoba
|-
|align=center| 38 || Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via BC) || [[Chad Vath]] || LB || Manitoba
|-
|align=center| 39 || Calgary Stampeders || [[Jodi Bednarek]] || LB || Calgary
|-
|align=center| 40 || Edmonton Eskimos || [[Adam Kossack]] || OL || [[Hastings College]]
|-
|align=center| 41 || Montreal Alouettes || [[Kelly Ireland]] || OL || Saint Mary's
|-
|align=center| 42 || Saskatchewan Roughriders || [[James Rapesse]] || LB || Saskatchewan
|-
|align=center| 43 || Toronto Argonauts || [[Bill Mitoulas]] || LB || [[University of Notre Dame|Notre Dame]]
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/canadian_draft/list/year/1998|title=1998 Canadian Draft|publisher=Canadian Football League|access-date=2017-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813103246/http://www.cfl.ca/canadian_draft/list/year/1998|archive-date=2012-08-13|url-status=dead}}

{{CFL Drafts}}
{{1998 CFL season by team}}

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[[Category:1998 in sports|Cfl Draft, 1998]]

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imported>Earl Andrew at 16:51, 8 April 2025