CALGARY TAKES AUSTRALIA’S FRASER MASIN FIRST OVERALL IN 2025 CFL GLOBAL DRAFT
Punter headlines 18 players selected from 10 countries
TORONTO (April 29, 2025) – The Calgary Stampeders have selected Australian punter Fraser Masin with the first overall selection in the 2025 Canadian Football League (CFL) Global Draft.
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers traded up to No. 2 to draft British defensive lineman Kemari Munier-Bailey, before Nigerian linebacker Richard Jibunor was taken by the Edmonton Elks to complete the Top-3.
The 2025 CFL Draft, beginning this evening at 6 p.m. ET, will be broadcast on TSN, tsn.ca, rds.ca and the TSN and RDS apps. Exclusive coverage of Rounds 3-8 can be seen on TSN+.
2025 CFL GLOBAL DRAFT – RESULTS
(No. (Overall) | Team | POS | Name | College/Team | Country)
First Round
- Calgary | P | Fraser Masin | Mississippi | Australia
- Winnipeg (via HAM) | DL | Kemari Munier-Bailey | Weber State | Great Britain
- Edmonton | LB | Richard Jibunor | Troy | Nigeria
- BC | K/P | Ross Bolger | Idaho State | Ireland
- Ottawa | P | Callum Eddings | Stephen F. Austin | Australia
- Saskatchewan | DL | Sylvain Yondjouen | Georgia Tech | Belgium
- Montreal | P | Joshua Sloan | Memphis | Australia
- Hamilton (via WPG) | P | Josh Green | Oregon State | Australia
- Toronto | OL | Valentin Senn | Connecticut | Austria
Second Round
- (10) | Calgary | P | Mark Vassett | Colorado | Australia
- (11) | Hamilton | TE | Maximilian Mang | Syracuse | Germany
- (12) | Edmonton | LB | Alex Raich | Kansas | Switzerland
- (13) | BC | K | Mark McNamee | N/A | Ireland
- (14) | Ottawa | P | James Burnip | Alabama | Australia
- (15) | Saskatchewan | P | Jesse Mirco | Vanderbilt | Australia
- (16) | Montreal | P | Joshua Hutley | Concord | Australia
- (17) | Winnipeg | P | James Evans | Indiana | New Zealand
- (18) | Toronto | DL | Soane Toia | San Jose State | Tonga
BY THE NUMBERS
- Position breakdown
- 11 – K/P
- Three – DL
- Two – LB
- One – OL, TE
- Country breakdown
- Eight – Australia
- Two – Ireland
- One – Great Britain, Nigeria, Belgium, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, New Zealand, Tonga
Lucas Barrett
Associate Vice-President, Communications & Public Affairs, Canadian Football League