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{{Infobox sports draft
| name = 2003 CFL Draft
| logoalt = 2003 CFL draft logo
| sport = [[Canadian football]]
| date = April 30
| time = 11:00 AM [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]<ref name="Call in">{{cite web|url=http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews0304/29_ott.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010828040021/http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews0104/23_draft.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 28, 2001|title=2001 Canadian College Draft call-in number|publisher=[[Canadian Football League]]|date=April 23, 2001}}</ref>
| overall = 53
| rounds = 6
| league = [[Canadian Football League|CFL]]
| first = {{nowrap|[[Steve Morley]], [[Offensive lineman|OL]]}}<br>[[Calgary Stampeders]]
| fewnum = 4
| fewest = [[BC Lions]]<br>[[Saskatchewan Roughriders]]<br>[[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]]
| mostnum = 11
| most = [[Calgary Stampeders]]
| cis = 32
| ncaa = 21
| prev = [[2002 CFL Draft|2002]]
| next = [[2004 CFL Draft|2004]]
}}
The '''[[2003 CFL season|2003]] [[CFL Draft]]''' took place on Wednesday, April 30, 2003. 53 players were chosen for [[Canadian Football League]] teams from among the eligible [[CIS football]] players from Canadian universities, as well as Canadian players playing in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/draft-tracker/2003/ |title=2003 CFL draft |publisher=[[Canadian Football League]] |access-date=February 15, 2021}}</ref> Of the 53 draft selections, 32 players were drafted from [[Canadian Interuniversity Sport]] institutions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/a3afe8c6-ac4e-470b-8848-62e1a8e647f1/-/inline/no/2020-en-cfl-draft-guide.pdf |title=2020 CFL Draft Guide |publisher=[[Canadian Football League]] |date=April 30, 2020}}</ref>

Notably, the [[Calgary Stampeders]] had the first and second overall picks in the draft, which was only the third time in CFL Draft history that a team had the first two selections in a draft.<ref name="Doubled">{{cite web|url=http://cfl.ca/CFLNews0304/30_cfl2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030624011650/http://cfl.ca/CFLNews0304/30_cfl2.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 24, 2003 |title=Steven Morley Selected First Overall In 2003 CFL Canadian College Draft |publisher=[[Canadian Football League]] |date=April 30, 2003}}</ref> The [[Toronto Argonauts]] were the first to accomplish this via trade in the [[1982 CFL Draft]] and the [[Ottawa Renegades]] had done this the year before as they were awarded the first and second overall selections as an expansion team in the [[2002 CFL Draft]].<ref name="Doubled"/>

==Trades==
In the explanations below, '''(D)''' denotes trades that took place during the draft, while '''(PD)''' indicates trades completed pre-draft. This is a partial list due to references being limited.

===Round one===
* '''Ottawa → Edmonton (PD).''' Ottawa traded a first-round selection to Edmonton in exchange for [[Darren Davis (Canadian football)|Darren Davis]].<ref name="Davis">{{cite web|url=http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews0304/29_ott.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030620072704/http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews0304/29_ott.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 20, 2003 |title=Top Canadian talent available on CFL Draft Day |publisher=[[Canadian Football League]] |date=April 29, 2003}}</ref>
* '''Edmonton ←→ Calgary (PD).''' Edmonton traded the first overall selection and the 43rd overall selection to Calgary in exchange for the fourth overall selection and Deitan Dubuc.<ref name="First">{{cite web|url=http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews0304/30_cal2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030624010359/http://cfl.ca/CFLNews0304/30_cal2.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 24, 2003 |title=Stampeders and Eskimos swing major deal |publisher=[[Canadian Football League]] |date=April 30, 2003}}</ref>
* '''Toronto → Calgary (PD).''' Toronto traded the fourth overall selection to Calgary in a trade for the playing rights to [[Michael Bishop (gridiron football)|Michael Bishop]].<ref name="Order">{{cite web|url=http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews0304/29_cal2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030620072113/http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews0304/29_cal2.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 20, 2003 |title=2003 draft order |publisher=[[Canadian Football League]] |date=April 29, 2003}}</ref>
* '''Saskatchewan → Calgary (PD).''' Saskatchewan traded the fifth overall selection to Calgary in exchange for [[Travis Moore]] and Chris Hoople.<ref name="Fifth">{{cite web|url=http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews0304/30_cal3.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030620073629/http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews0304/30_cal3.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 20, 2003 |title=Let's make a deal! |publisher=[[Canadian Football League]] |date=April 30, 2003}}</ref>
* '''Winnipeg → Calgary (PD).''' Winnipeg traded the seventh overall selection to Calgary in a trade for [[Pat Barnes]].<ref name="Order"/>

===Round two===
* '''Hamilton → Calgary (PD).''' Hamilton traded a second-round selection to Calgary in exchange for Ryan Ward.<ref name="Twelvth">{{cite web|url=http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews0205/27_cal4.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030427040040/http://www.cfl.ca/CFLNews0205/27_cal4.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 27, 2003 |title=Stamps trade Ward! |publisher=[[Canadian Football League]] |date=May 27, 2002}}</ref>

===Round five===
* '''Edmonton → Calgary (PD).''' Edmonton traded the 43rd overall selection and the first overall selection to Calgary in exchange for the fourth overall selection and Deitan Dubuc.<ref name="First"/>

==Draft order==
===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 # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| CFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| Position !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| School
|-
|align=center| 1 || [[Calgary Stampeders]] (via Edmonton<ref name="First"/> via Ottawa<ref name="Davis"/>) || [[Steve Morley]] || OL || [[Saint Mary's Huskies|Saint Mary's]]
|-
|align=center| 2 || Calgary Stampeders || [[Joe McGrath (Canadian football)|Joe McGrath]] || OT || [[Miami Hurricanes football|Miami]]
|-
|align=center| 3 || [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]] || [[Julian Radlein]] || RB || [[UBC Thunderbirds|British Columbia]]
|-
|align=center| 4 || [[Edmonton Eskimos]] (via Calgary<ref name="First"/> via Toronto<ref name="Order"/>) || [[Emmanuel Casseus]] || LB || [[Michigan Wolverines football|Michigan]]
|-
|align=center| 5 || Calgary Stampeders (via Saskatchewan<ref name="Fifth"/>) || bgcolor="#FFCC00"| [[Wes Lysack]] || DB || [[Manitoba Bisons|Manitoba]]
|-
|align=center| 6 || [[BC Lions]] || bgcolor="#FFCC00"| [[Paris Jackson (footballer)|Paris Jackson]] || WR || [[Utah Utes football|Utah]]
|-
|align=center| 7 || Calgary Stampeders (via Winnipeg<ref name="Order"/>) || [[Marc Calixte]] || LB || [[University of Tennessee at Martin|Tennessee (Martin)]]
|-
|align=center| 8 || Edmonton Eskimos || [[Randy Spencer]] || DT || [[Weber State University|Weber State]]
|-
|align=center| 9 || [[Montreal Alouettes]] || Andrew Noel || WR || [[Acadia Axemen|Acadia]]
|}

===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 # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| CFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| Position !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| School
|-
|align=center| 10 || Edmonton Eskimos (via Ottawa) || [[Kojo Aidoo]] || FB || [[McMaster Marauders|McMaster]]
|-
|align=center| 11 || Calgary Stampeders || bgcolor="#FFCC00"| [[Taylor Robertson]] || OL || [[UCF Knights football|Central Florida]]
|-
|align=center| 12 || Calgary Stampeders (via Hamilton<ref name="Twelvth"/>) || [[Sandro Sciortino]] || K || [[Boston College]]
|-
|align=center| 13 || [[Ottawa Renegades]] (via Toronto) || [[Trevor Kine]] || OT || [[New Mexico State Aggies football|New Mexico State]]
|-
|align=center| 14 || Montreal Alouettes (via Saskatchewan) || bgcolor="#B0E0E6"| [[Richard Karikari]] || CB || [[St. Francis Xavier X-Men|St. Francis Xavier]]
|-
|align=center| 15 || BC Lions || bgcolor="#FFCC00"| [[Javier Glatt]] || LB || British Columbia
|-
|align=center| 16 || Ottawa Renegades (via Winnipeg) || [[Louis Hobson]] || DL || [[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford]]
|-
|align=center| 17 || Ottawa Renegades (via Edmonton) || [[Israel Idonije]] || DE || Manitoba
|-
|align=center| 18 || Montreal Alouettes || [[Kerry Carter]] || RB || Stanford
|}

===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 # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| CFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| Position !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| School
|-
|align=center| 19 || Ottawa Renegades || bgcolor="#FFCC00"| [[Patrick Kabongo]] || DT || [[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska]]
|-
|align=center| 20 || Edmonton Eskimos (via Calgary) || [[Dounia Whitehouse]] || CB || [[Charleston Southern Buccaneers|Charleston Southern]]
|-
|align=center| 21 || Hamilton Tiger-Cats || [[Kevin Scott (Canadian football linebacker)|Kevin Scott]] || LB || [[California Vulcans|California PA]]
|-
|align=center| 22 || [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] (via Toronto) || [[Todd Krenbrink]] || OL || [[Regina Rams|Regina]]
|-
|align=center| 23 || [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]] || [[Mike McCullough (Canadian football)|Mike McCullough]] || LB || St. Francis Xavier
|-
|align=center| 24 || BC Lions || [[Carl Gourgues]] || OL || [[Laval Rouge et Or|Laval]]
|-
|align=center| 25 || Calgary Stampeders (via Winnipeg) || [[Mike Labinjo]] || DL || Michigan State
|-
|align=center| 26 || Edmonton Eskimos || [[Joseph Bonaventura]] || LB || Saint Mary's
|-
|align=center| 27 || Montreal Alouettes || [[Matt Brandt]] || TE || [[Miami University|Miami (Ohio)]]
|}

===Round four===
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%"
|-
!style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%| Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| CFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| Position !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| School
|-
|align=center| 28 || [[Toronto Argonauts]] (via Ottawa) || [[Ray Mariuz]] || LB || McMaster
|-
|align=center| 29 || Calgary Stampeders || [[Hassan Probherbs]] || WR || [[Portland State Vikings|Portland State]]
|-
|align=center| 30 || Hamilton Tiger-Cats || [[Agustin Barrenechea]] || LB || [[Calgary Dinos|Calgary]]
|-
|align=center| – || Toronto Argonauts || colspan="3"|Forfeit pick
|-
|align=center| 31 || Saskatchewan Roughriders || [[Jim Merrick]] || OG || [[McGill Redmen|McGill]]
|-
|align=center| 32 || Winnipeg Blue Bombers (via Ottawa via BC) || [[Sebastian Roy]] || LB || [[Mount Allison Mounties|Mount Allison]]
|-
|align=center| 33 || Winnipeg Blue Bombers || [[Ian Shelswell]] || DL || Stanford
|-
|align=center| 34 || Edmonton Eskimos || [[Larry Ram]] || OL || [[Florida A&M Rattlers football|Florida A&M]]
|-
|align=center| 35 || Montreal Alouettes || [[Paul Archer (Canadian football)|Paul Archer]] || OL || Saint Mary's
|}

===Round five===
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%"
|-
!style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%| Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| CFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| Position !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| School
|-
|align=center| 36 || Ottawa Renegades || [[Marc Parenteau]] || OG || Boston College
|-
|align=center| 37 || Calgary Stampeders || [[Blake Machan]] || SB || Calgary
|-
|align=center| 38 || Hamilton Tiger-Cats || [[David Kasouf]] || WR || [[Holy Cross Crusaders football|Holy Cross]]
|-
|align=center| 39 || Toronto Argonauts || [[Derik Fury]] || LB || Mount Allison
|-
|align=center| 40 || Saskatchewan Roughriders || [[Mike Thomas (Canadian football)|Mike Thomas]] || WR || Regina
|-
|align=center| 41 || BC Lions || [[Nicholas Hoffman]] || FB || McGill
|-
|align=center| 42 || Winnipeg Blue Bombers || [[Cory Olynick]] || WR || Regina
|-
|align=center| 43 || Calgary Stampeders (via Edmonton<ref name="First"/>) || [[Travis Arnold]] || OL || Manitoba
|-
|align=center| 44 || Montreal Alouettes || [[Mathieu Bertrand]] || QB || Laval
|}

===Round six===
{|
|-
|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 # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| CFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| Player !!width=13% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| Position !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| School
|-
|align=center| 45 || Ottawa Renegades || [[Todd Seely]] || LB || [[Ottawa Gee-Gees|Ottawa]]
|-
|align=center| 46 || Calgary Stampeders || [[Greg Schafer]] || OT || British Columbia
|-
|align=center| 47 || Hamilton Tiger-Cats || [[Erico-Olivier Hakim]] || FB || Saint Mary's
|-
|align=center| 48 || Toronto Argonauts || [[Michael Palmer (Canadian football)|Michael Palmer]] || WR || [[Guelph Gryphons|Guelph]]
|-
|align=center| 49 || Saskatchewan Roughriders || [[Adrian Olenick]] || OL || [[Saskatchewan Huskies football|Saskatchewan]]
|-
|align=center| 50 || Montreal Alouettes (via BC) || bgcolor="#FFCC00"| [[Dave Stala]] || K || Saint Mary's
|-
|align=center| 51 || Montreal Alouettes (via BC via Winnipeg) || [[Michael Botterill]] || LB || McMaster
|-
|align=center| 52 || Edmonton Eskimos || [[Didier Ormejuste]] || DL || [[Toledo Rockets football|Toledo]]
|-
|align=center| 53 || Montreal Alouettes || [[Ed Becker]] || K || [[Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks|Wilfrid Laurier]]
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{CFL Drafts}}
{{2003 CFL season by team}}

[[Category:CFL draft]]
[[Category:2003 in Canadian football|Cfl Draft, 2003]]

2003 CFL draft - Revision history

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