A trio of Bears heard their names called on Tuesday night, as Jake Taylor (LB), Kwadwo Boahen (DL) and Jonathan Rosery (REC) were selected in the 2023 Canadian Football League Draft. 

Taylor was the first Bear off the board, going 18th overall to the Edmonton Elks at the tail end of the second round. Boahen, who spent four years with the York Lions before transferring to the University of Alberta, went four picks later to the Calgary Stampeders at 22nd overall. Rosery rounded out the Alberta talent in the CFL Draft, going 62nd overall to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. 

Since taking over as head coach of the Bears prior to the 2013 season, Chris Morris has seen 16 Bears drafted, including seven over the past two drafts alone. Seven players selected over two drafts is the second most in Bears history, trailing only the 10 players selected in 1985 (7) and 1986 (3). 

Taylor, who spent time at both halfback and linebacker with the Bears, was 18th in the CFL Scouting Bureau rankings entering the draft.  All three of Taylor, Boahen and Rosery participated in the CFL National Combine in late March. 

Golden Bears/CFL Draft - By the Numbers
 
Largest Alberta Draft Classes
* - Since 1985
7 – 1985
4 – 1996, 2022
3 – 1986, 1993, 2023
2 – 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2018
 
Golden Bears by drafted CFL Franchise
* - Since 1963
Edmonton – 74
Saskatchewan – 23
Calgary – 21
Montreal – 13
BC – 12
Winnipeg – 9
Ottawa – 7
Hamilton – 6
Toronto – 1

Recent Golden Bears football draft history
 

YEAR	ROUND	OVERALL	TEAM	NAME	POS
2017	7	62	Ottawa	Ed Ilnicki	RB
2017	8	68	Winnipeg	Tylor Henry	REC
2018	1	4	Ottawa	Mark Korte	OL
2018	5	39	Calgary	Justin Lawrence	OL
2019	5	42	BC	Jon Harke	OL
2020	3	22	Montreal	Carter O'Donnell	OL
2021	1	5	Edmonton	Cole Nelson	DL
2022	2	14	Calgary	Josiah Schakel	LB
2022	2	18	Montreal	Rodeem Brown	OL
2022	6	51	Montreal	Peter Kozushka	OL
2022	6	54	Saskatchewan	Jayden Dalke	DB
2023	2	19	Edmonton	Jake Taylor	LB
2023	3	22	Calgary	Kwadwo Boahen	DL
2023	7	62	Winnipeg	Jonathan Rosery	REC