1996 CFL Draft
The 1996 CFL Draft took place on May 31, 1996. 61 Canadian football players were chosen from eligible Canadian universities as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. This would be the last time that a CFL draft would have seven rounds, switching to six rounds in 1997, until the league went back to seven in 2013. The Edmonton Eskimos obtained the first overall pick, along with Nick Mazzoli, from the Ottawa Rough Riders in exchange for Dan Murphy and Jay Chistenson. In the fifth round, the Montreal Alouettes drafted defensive end James Eggink who tragically had died from cancer in December 1995. This would be the last time that a CFL draft would have seven rounds, switching to six rounds in 1997, until the league went back to seven in 2013. The Edmonton Eskimos obtained the first overall pick, along with Nick Mazzoli, from the Ottawa Rough Riders in exchange for Dan Murphy and Jay Chistenson.Round one
| Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | College |
| 1 | Edmonton Eskimos | Donnavan Blair | SB | Calgary |
| 2 | Toronto Argonauts | Kelly Wiltshire | CB | James Madison |
| 3 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | Mike Sutherland | OL | Northern Illinois |
| 4 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | Andrew Henry | DB | C.W. Post |
| 5 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | Justin Ring | LB | Simon Fraser |
| 6 | BC Lions | Mike Pimisken | LB | Washington State |
| 7 | Edmonton | Duane Arrindell | OL | Northern Illinois |
| 8 | Calgary Stampeders | Farell Duclair | LB | Concordia |
| 9 | Montreal Alouettes | Denis Montana | WR | Concordia |
Round two
| Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | College |
| 10 | Hamilton | Kyle Walters | RB | Guelph |
| 11 | Winnipeg | Harry Van Hofwegen | DL | Carleton |
| 12 | Saskatchewan | Tom Monois | WR | Northeastern |
| 13 | Winnipeg | Sean Reade | RB | Western Ontario |
| 14 | Hamilton | Mike Mehelic | OT | Indiana |
| 15 | BC | Andrew English | WR | British Columbia |
| 16 | Edmonton | Jayson Hamilton | RB | Alberta |
| 17 | Calgary | Rob Robinson | DT | Cincinnati |
| 18 | Montreal | Bryan Chiu | DT | Washington State |
Round three
| Pick # | CFL Team | Player | Position | College |
| 19 | Ottawa | Sammie Brennan | DB | University |
| 20 | Toronto | L.J. Eiben | WR | Humboldt State |
| 21 | Calgary | Jean-Agnes Charles | DB | Michigan |
| 22 | Winnipeg | Shane Speena | LB | Henderson State |
| 23 | Saskatchewan | Alton Francis | RB/K | Northern Illinois |
| 24 | BC | Brad Yamaoka | RB | British Columbia |
| 25 | Edmonton | Sheldon Napastuk | DT | Iowa State |
| 26 | Calgary | Cory Stevens | P/K | Minot State |
| 27 | Montreal | Adam Cassidy | OL | Alberta |
Round four
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Round seven
