A total of 18 players were selected as territorial exemptions, with the Calgary Stampeders being the only team to make no picks during this stage of the draft.
Through a trade with the Toronto Argonauts, the Edmonton Eskimos selected first overall in the draft.
Toronto Argonauts Neil Lumsden TB Ottawa Toronto Argonauts Steve Telfer TE Saint Mary's Toronto Argonauts Vic Wasilenko DB British Columbia British Columbia Lions Bill Norton DT Weber State British Columbia Lions Glen Jackson LB Simon Fraser British Columbia Lions Mitch Davies E Calgary Hamilton Tiger-Cats Bill Harrison TB Ottawa Hamilton Tiger-Cats John Kelley DB Guelph Winnipeg Blue Bombers Ted Milian G Manitoba Winnipeg Blue Bombers Rick Koswin WR Manitoba Ottawa Rough Riders Jeff Avery WR Ottawa Ottawa Rough Riders John Palazeti TB Richmond Saskatchewan Roughriders Ron Cherkas DT University of Utah Saskatchewan Roughriders Brian O'Hara TB Whitworth Montreal Alouettes Yvon Thibeault T McGill Montreal Alouettes Rodney Ward LB Bishop's Edmonton Eskimos Brian Fryer WR Alberta Edmonton Eskimos Walter Bauer TE Drake 10.
Winnipeg Blue Bombers Gordon Taylor QB Wilfrid Laurier 15.
British Columbia Lions Dale Parkhouse TE Western Ontario 21.
Winnipeg Blue Bombers Tim Maltre WR Memphis State 24.
Calgaray Stampeders Richard Haswell FB Wilfrid Laurier 31.
Montreal Alouettes Glen Leach DB Wilfrid Laurier 36.
Edmonton Eskimos Rick Scarborough TB Western Ontario 37.
British Columbia Lions Jim Cimba DB Western Ontario 39.
Winnipeg Blue Bombers Claude Riopelle DE Western Ontario 60.
Ottawa Rough Riders Fred Brown LB Wilfrid Laurier 61.
British Columbia Lions Glen Wallace TB Simon Fraser 66.
Calgary Stampeders Norm Hagarty WR Wilfrid Laurier 73.
Calgary Stampeders Mike Weller WR Wilfrid Laurier 76.
Calgary Stampeders Gordon Penn TB British Columbia 81.