Edmonton takes American Samoa’s Eteva Mauga-Clements 1st overall in 2024 CFL Global Draft
Linebacker among 18 global players drafted from nine countries
The Edmonton Elks selected American Samoan linebacker Eteva Mauga-Clements with the first overall selection in the 2024 Canadian Football League (CFL) Global Draft.
At No. 2, the Ottawa REDBLACKS drafted Australian punter Matt Hayball before Samoan defensive lineman Tyrone Taleni was taken by the Saskatchewan Roughriders to round out the Top-3 selections.
2023 CFL GLOBAL DRAFT – RESULTS
(No. (Overall) | Team | Position | Name | College/Team | Country)
First Round
- Edmonton | LB | Eteva Mauga-Clements | Nebraska | American Samoa
- Ottawa | P | Matt Hayball | Vanderbilt | Australia
- Saskatchewan | DL | Tyrone Taleni | USC | Samoa
- Calgary | TE | Ron Tiavaasue | New Mexico State | New Zealand
- Hamilton | P | Nik Constantinou | Texas A&M | Australia
- BC | K | Carl-Heinrich Meyer | N/A | South Africa
- Toronto | P | Jeremy Edwards | Eastern Kentucky | Australia
- Winnipeg | LB | Fabian Weitz | Cologne Centurions (ELF) | Germany
- Montreal | P | Sam Clark | James Madison | Australia
Second Round
- (10) | Edmonton | DL | David Olajiga | Central Missouri | England
- (11) | Ottawa | LB | Heston Lameta | Northern Arizona | American Samoa
- (12) | Saskatchewan | P | Jordy Sandy | TCU | Australia
- (13) | Calgary | DL | Julius Welschof | UNC-Charlotte | Germany
- (14) | Hamilton | TE | Thomas Yassmin | Utah | Australia
- (15) | BC | P | Tory Taylor | Iowa | Australia
- (16) | Toronto | DL | Denzel Daxon | Illinois | Bahamas
- (17) | Winnipeg | DB | Lucky Ogbevoen | Tirol Raiders (ELF) | Austria
- (18) | Montreal | OL | Nouredin Nouili | Nebraska | Germany
SELECTIONS BY COUNTRY
- Seven – Australia
- Three – Germany
- Two – American Samoa
- One – Austria, Bahamas, England, New Zealand, Samoa, and South Africa
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