National Lacrosse League Entry Draft
The National Lacrosse League entry draft is an annual event where the general managers of National Lacrosse League teams choose eligible players for their rosters from US college programs and Canada's junior lacrosse system.
A player is deemed eligible for the draft if he is 21 years of age, or is less than 21 years of age and has used or given up all NCAA or NAIA eligibility.
1st Round Draft Selections
2019 NLL
The 2019 entry draft took place on September 17, 2019 at Xfinity Live! in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.| # Overall | Team | Player | Club/College |
| 1 | New York Riptide | Tyson Gibson | Robert Morris University |
| 2 | Rochester Knighthawks | Ryland Rees | Stony Brook University |
| 3 | New England Black Wolves | Andrew Kew | University of Tampa |
| 4 | Saskatchewan Rush | Holden Garlent | Canisius College |
| 5 | Halifax Thunderbirds | Clarke Petterson | Cornell University |
| 6 | Colorado Mammoth | Warren Jeffrey | University of Vermont |
| 7 | Calgary Roughnecks | Liam LeClair | Six Nations Jr. A |
| 8 | Calgary Roughnecks | Haiden Dickson | Coquitlam Adanacs |
| 9 | Saskatchewan Rush | Justin Robinson | Robert Morris University |
| 10 | New York Riptide | Tyson Bomberry | Syracuse University |
| 11 | Georgia Swarm | Kason Tarbell | Cornell University |
| 12 | Buffalo Bandits | Brent Noseworthy | University of Michigan |
| 13 | Georgia Swarm | Ryan MacSpadyen | Mercy College |
| 14 | Halifax Thunderbirds | Trevor Smyth | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| 15 | Toronto Rock | Aaron Forster | New Jersey Institute of Technology |
| 16 | Saskatchewan Rush | Tanner Thomson | Marquette University |
| 17 | New England Black Wolves | Zach Goodrich | Towson University |
2018 NLL
The 2018 entry draft took place on September 25, 2018 at Xfinity Live! in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.| # Overall | Team | Player | Club/College |
| 1 | San Diego Seals | Austin Staats | Onondaga Community College |
| 2 | Philadelphia Wings | Chris Cloutier | University of North Carolina |
| 3 | Buffalo Bandits | Matt Gilray | Bucknell University |
| 4 | Buffalo Bandits | Ian MacKay | University of Vermont |
| 5 | Saskatchewan Rush | Connor Robinson | High Point University |
| 6 | Calgary Roughnecks | Shane Simpson | University of North Carolina |
| 7 | Georgia Swarm | Brendan Bomberry | Syracuse University |
| 8 | Georgia Swarm | Adam Wiedemann | Belmont Abbey College |
| 9 | Rochester Knighthawks | James Barclay | Providence College |
| 10 | San Diego Seals | Connor Fields | University of Albany |
| 11 | San Diego Seals | Connor Kearnan | Canisius College |
| 12 | Calgary Roughnecks | Eli Salama | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| 13 | Calgary Roughnecks | Reece Callies | Colorado Mesa University |
2017 NLL
The 2017 entry draft took place on September 18, 2017 at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Oakville, Ontario.| # Overall | Team | Player | Club/College |
| 1 | Buffalo Bandits | Josh Byrne | Burnaby Lakers |
| 2 | Rochester Knighthawks | Jake Withers | Atlanta Blaze |
| 3 | Calgary Roughnecks | Zach Currier | Peterborough Lakers |
| 4 | Georgia Swarm | Zed Williams | Rochester Rattlers |
| 5 | Rochester Knighthawks | Austin Shanks | Brooklin Redmen |
| 6 | Rochester Knighthawks | Eric Fannell | Oakville Rock |
| 7 | New England Black Wolves | Colton Watkinson | Brooklin Redmen |
| 8 | New England Black Wolves | Anthony Joaquim | Brampton Excelsiors |
| 9 | Calgary Roughnecks | Tyler Pace | Langley Thunder |
| 10 | New England Black Wolves | JP Kealey | Langley Thunder |
| 11 | Calgary Roughnecks | Ryan Martel | Langley Thunder |
2016 NLL
The 2016 entry draft took place on September 26, 2016 at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Toronto.| # Overall | Team | Player | Club/College |
| 1 | Saskatchewan Rush | Ryan Keenan | Quinnipiac University |
| 2 | Toronto Rock | Challen Rogers | Stony Brook University |
| 3 | Saskatchewan Rush | Michael Messenger | Limestone College |
| 4 | Georgia Swarm | Bryan Cole | University of Maryland |
| 5 | Calgary Roughnecks | Holden Cattoni | Johns Hopkins University |
| 6 | Rochester Knighthawks | Josh Currier | Virginia Wesleyan College |
| 7 | Rochester Knighthawks | Kyle Jackson | University of Michigan |
| 8 | New England Black Wolves | Seth Oakes | University of Albany |
| 9 | Colorado Mammoth | Zach Herreweyers | Loyola University Maryland |
| 10 | Georgia Swarm | Connor Sellars | Belmont Abbey College |
2015 NLL
The 2015 entry draft took place on September 28, 2015 at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Toronto.| # Overall | Team | Player | Club/College |
| 1 | Georgia Swarm | Lyle Thompson | Albany |
| 2 | Rochester Knighthawks | Graeme Hossack | Lindenwood |
| 3 | Georgia Swarm | Jesse King | Ohio State |
| 4 | Calgary Roughnecks | Wesley Berg | Denver |
| 5 | Georgia Swarm | Chad Tutton | North Carolina |
| 6 | Georgia Swarm | Randy Staats | Syracuse |
| 7 | Calgary Roughnecks | Reilly O'Connor | Georgetown |
| 8 | New England Black Wolves | Dan Lintner | Cornell |
| 9 | Rochester Knighthawks | Brad Gillies | RIT |
2014 NLL
The 2014 entry draft took place on September 16, 2014 at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Oakville.| # Overall | Team | Player | Club/College |
| 1 | Edmonton Rush | Ben McIntosh | Drexel Dragons |
| 2 | Rochester Knighthawks | Jeremy Noble | University of Denver |
| 3 | Minnesota Swarm | Miles Thompson | University at Albany |
| 4 | Colorado Mammoth | Eli McLaughlin | Coquitlam, British Columbia |
| 5 | Minnesota Swarm | Shane MacDonald | Brampton, Ontario |
| 6 | New England Black Wolves | Mark Cockerton | University of Virginia |
| 7 | Colorado Mammoth | Robert Hope | Pfeiffer University |
| 8 | New England Black Wolves | Quinn Powless | Six Nations, Ontario |
| 9 | Buffalo Bandits | Brandon Goodwin | Adelphi University |
2013 NLL
The 2013 entry draft took place on September 16, 2013 at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Oakville.| # Overall | Team | Player | Club/College |
| 1 | Minnesota Swarm | Logan Schuss | Ohio State University |
| 2 | Minnesota Swarm | Jason Noble | Cornell University |
| 3 | Colorado Mammoth | Dillon Ward | Bellarmine University |
| 4 | Minnesota Swarm | Cameron Flint | University of Denver |
| 5 | Edmonton Rush | Robert Church | Drexel University |
| 6 | Calgary Roughnecks | Tor Reinholdt | Limestone College |
| 7 | Minnesota Swarm | Scott Jones | UMBC |
| 8 | Vancouver Stealth | Cody Bremner | Cornell University |
| 9 | Toronto Rock | Ethan O'Connor | Hobart College |
2012 NLL
The 2012 entry draft took place on October 1, 2012.| # Overall | Team | Player | Club/College |
| 1 | Edmonton Rush | Mark Matthews | University of Denver |
| 2 | Minnesota Swarm | Brock Sorenson | Ohio State University |
| 3 | Minnesota Swarm | Kiel Matisz | Robert Morris University |
| 4 | Minnesota Swarm | Shayne Jackson | Limestone College |
| 5 | Buffalo Bandits | Dhane Smith | Kitchener, Ontario |
| 6 | Calgary Roughnecks | Joe Resetarits | Brampton, Ontario |
| 7 | Calgary Roughnecks | Matthew Dinsdale | Coquitlam, BC |
| 8 | Edmonton Rush | Curtis Knight | Whitby, Ontario |
| 9 | Colorado Mammoth | Colton Clark | Bellarmine University |
| 10 | Minnesota Swarm | Alex Crepinsek | RIT |
2011 NLL
The 2011 entry draft took place on September 21, 2011.| # Overall | Team | Player | Club/College |
| 1 | Philadelphia Wings | Kevin Crowley | Stony Brook University |
| 2 | Rochester Knighthawks | Stephen Keogh | Syracuse University |
| 3 | Colorado Mammoth | Adam Jones | Canisius College |
| 4 | Minnesota Swarm | Jordan MacIntosh | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| 5 | Rochester Knighthawks | Johnny Powless | Six Nations, Ontario |
| 6 | Minnesota Swarm | Evan Kirk | Hobart College |
| 7 | Calgary Roughnecks | Travis Cornwall | Coquitlam, British Columbia |
| 8 | Colorado Mammoth | Dan Coates | Canisius College |
2010 NLL
The 2010 entry draft took place on September 8, 2010 at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel in Toronto.| # Overall | Team | Player | Club/College |
| 1 | Rochester Knighthawks | Cody Jamieson | Syracuse University |
| 2 | Boston Blazers | Kyle Rubisch | Dowling College |
| 3 | Calgary Roughnecks | Curtis Dickson | University of Delaware |
| 4 | Minnesota Swarm | Andrew Suitor | R.I.T. |
| 5 | Rochester Knighthawks | Jarrett Davis | Bellarmine University |
| 6 | Calgary Roughnecks | Dan MacRae | R.I.T. |
| 7 | Boston Blazers | David Brock | University at Albany |
| 8 | Calgary Roughnecks | Brandon Ivey | Orangeville, Ontario |
| 9 | Buffalo Bandits | Travis Irving | New Westminster, British Columbia |
| 10 | Rochester Knighthawks | Ryan McClelland | Colgate University |
2009 NLL
The 2009 entry draft took place in Buffalo, New York, on September 9.| # Overall | Team | Player | Club/College |
| 1 | Rochester Knighthawks | Sid Smith | Six Nations Arrows/Syracuse University |
| 2 | Rochester Knighthawks | Ilija Gajic | New Westminster Salmonbellies/University of Denver |
| 3 | Minnesota Swarm | Zack Greer | Whitby Warriors/Duke University & Bryant University |
| 4 | Colorado Mammoth | Cliff Smith | New Westminster Salmonbellies/University of Denver |
| 5 | Colorado Mammoth | Alex Gajic | New Westminster Salmonbellies/University of Denver |
| 6 | Toronto Rock | Garrett Billings | Burnaby Lakers/University of Virginia |
| 7 | Toronto Rock | Joel Dalgarno | Port Coquitlam Saints/Ohio State University |
| 8 | Boston Blazers | Max Seibald | Cornell University |
| 9 | Edmonton Rush | Corey Small | St. Catharines Athletics/University of Albany |
| 10 | Buffalo Bandits | Kyle Clancy | Peterborough Lakers |
| 11 | Toronto Rock | Stephen Leblanc | Burnaby Lakers/Queen's University |
| 12 | Edmonton Rush | Scott Tinning | Brampton Excelsiors |
2008 NLL
The 2008 entry draft took place in Boston, Massachusetts, on September 7.| # Overall | Team | Player | Club/College |
| 1 | Boston Blazers | Daryl Veltman | Orangeville Northmen/Hobart College |
| 2 | San Jose Stealth | Paul Rabil | Johns Hopkins University |
| 3 | San Jose Stealth | Rhys Duch | Victoria Shamrocks Jr.A/Stony Brook University |
| 4 | Edmonton Rush | Jamie Floris | St. Catharines Athletics/Bellarmine University |
| 5 | San Jose Stealth | Kevin Huntley | Johns Hopkins University |
| 6 | Calgary Roughnecks | Curtis Manning | New Westminster Salmonbellies Jr.A/Simon Fraser University |
| 7 | Colorado Mammoth | Matt Danowski | Duke University |
| 8 | Minnesota Swarm | Andrew Watt | Kitchener-Waterloo Braves/Robert Morris College |
| 9 | Philadelphia Wings | Sean Thomson | Bellarmine University |
| 10 | Edmonton Rush | Ryan Campbell | Brampton Excelsiors/Dowling College |
| 11 | Minnesota Swarm | Kevin Buchanan | Ohio State University |
| 12 | Portland LumberJax | Tim Campeau | Coquitlam Adanacs Jr.A/Notre Dame de Namur University |
| 13 | Minnesota Swarm | Joe Cinosky | University of Maryland |
2007 NLL
The 2007 entry draft took place on September 1, 2007 at the Pepsi Center in Denver.| # Overall | Team | Player | Club/College |
| 1 | New York Titans | Jordan Hall | University of Delaware |
| 2 | Philadelphia Wings | Merrick Thomson | University of Albany |
| 3 | Boston Blazers | Craig Point | Six Nations Arrows/Onondaga Community College |
| 4 | Calgary Roughnecks | Dane Dobbie | Burnaby Lakers Jr.A |
| 5 | San Jose Stealth | Frank Resetarits | St. Catharines Athletics/University of Albany |
| 6 | Portland Lumberjax | Tyler Codron | Port Coquitlam Saints |
| 7 | San Jose Stealth | Tom Johnson | Bellarmine University |
| 8 | Rochester Knighthawks | Matt MacLeod | Orangeville Northmen |
| 9 | Minnesota Swarm | Justin Norbraten | Bellarmine University |
| 10 | Calgary Roughnecks | Peter McFeteridge | Burnaby Lakers Jr.A |
| 11 | Boston Blazers | Matt Lyons | Orangeville Northmen |
| 12 | Chicago Shamrox | Kevin Ross | Canisius College |
| 13 | New York Titans | Mitch Belisle | Cornell University |
| 14 | Rochester Knighthawks | Andrew Potter | St. Catharines Athletics |
2006 NLL
The 2006 entry draft took place on September 13, 2006 at the Madison Square Garden in New York City.| # Overall | Team | Player | Club/College |
| 1 | San Jose Stealth | Ryan Benesch | Kitchener-Waterloo Braves |
| 2 | San Jose Stealth | Kyle Sorensen | Peterborough Lakers/Bellarmine University |
| 3 | Buffalo Bandits | Brett Bucktooth | Syracuse University |
| 4 | Philadelphia Wings | Geoff Snider | Burnaby Lakers/University of Denver |
| 5 | Philadelphia Wings | Ian Llord | St. Catharines Athletics |
| 6 | Arizona Sting | Mike Grimes | Peterborough Lakers |
| 7 | San Jose Stealth | Paul Dawson | Brampton Excelsiors |
| 8 | Philadelphia Wings | Athan Iannucci | Coquitlam Adanacs Jr.A/St. Catharines Athletics/Hofstra University |
| 9 | Calgary Roughnecks | Kyle Wailes | Toronto Beaches/Brown University |
| 10 | Rochester Knighthawks | Jack Reid | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| 11 | New York Titans | Brendan Mundorf | University of Maryland |
| 12 | Chicago Shamrox | Josh Wasson | University of Hartford |
| 13 | Colorado Mammoth | Gary Bining | Ohio State University |
2005 NLL
The 2005 entry draft took place on August 29, 2005 at Rexall Place in Edmonton.| # Overall | Team | Player | Club/College |
| 1 | Portland LumberJax | Brodie Merrill | Orangeville Northmen/Georgetown University |
| 2 | Rochester Knighthawks | Shawn Evans | Peterborough Lakers/Bellarmine University |
| 3 | Philadelphia Wings | Sean Greenhalgh | St. Catharines Athletics/Cornell University |
| 4 | Philadelphia Wings | Luke Wiles | Orillia Rama Kings&St. Catharines Athletics/University of Delaware |
| 5 | Arizona Sting | Matt Brown | University of Denver |
| 6 | San Jose Stealth | Matt Vinc | St. Catharines Athletics/Canisius College |
| 7 | Colorado Mammoth | Dan Carey | Peterborough Lakers/Canisius College |
| 8 | San Jose Stealth | Jeff Zywicki | Orillia Rama Kings/University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| 9 | Philadelphia Wings | Chad Thompson | N/A |
| 10 | Buffalo Bandits | Jeff Shattler | Brampton Excelsiors |
| 11 | San Jose Stealth | Ed Brown | Middlebury College |
2004 NLL
2003 NLL
The 2003 entry draft took place on October 25, 2003 at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel in Toronto.| # Overall | Team | Player | Club/College |
| 1 | Vancouver Ravens | Mark Miyashita | Canisius College |
| 2 | Calgary Roughnecks | Taylor Wray | Duke University |
| 3 | Philadelphia Wings | Ryan Ward | Butler University |
| 4 | Vancouver Ravens | Craig Conn | St. Catharines Athletics&Burnaby Lakers Jr.A/University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| 5 | Rochester Knighthawks | Scott Evans | Peterborough Lakers |
| 6 | Buffalo Bandits | A.J. Shannon | University of Virginia |
| 7 | San Jose Stealth | Scott Ranger | Victoria/BCLA |
| 8 | Toronto Rock | Josh Bergey | Salisbury University |
| 9 | Philadelphia Wings | Thomas Hajek | St. Catharines Athletics/University of Vermont |
| 10 | San Jose Stealth | Kelly Hall | Whittier College |
| 11 | Arizona Sting | Kyle Nuefeld | St. Catharines Athletics |
| 12 | Vancouver Ravens | Kevin Olson | Burnaby/BCLA |
2002 NLL
The 2002 entry draft took place on September 17, 2002 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto.| # Overall | Team | Player | Club/College |
| 1 | Toronto Rock | Patrick Merrill | Orangeville Northmen/Mercyhurst College |
| 2 | Columbus Landsharks | Jon Harasym | University of Maryland |
| 3 | Buffalo Bandits | Billy Dee Smith | St. Catharines Athletics |
| 4 | Columbus Landsharks | Travis Gillespie | Limestone College |
| 5 | New York Saints | Nick Carlson | Limestone College |
| 6 | Ottawa Rebel | Peter Veltman | Orangeville Northmen |
| 7 | Columbus Landsharks | Mark Steenhuis | St. Catharines Athletics |
| 8 | Albany Attack | Josh Coffman | Syracuse University |
| 9 | New York Saints | Chad Culp | Orangeville Northmen |
| 10 | Toronto Rock | Brian Croswell | Peterborough Lakers |
| 11 | Rochester Knighthawks | Peter Benedict | Onondaga Community College |
| 12 | Columbus Landsharks | Steve Dusseau | Georgetown University |
| 13 | Toronto Rock | John McLellan | Toronto Beaches |
2001 NLL
The 2001 entry draft took place on August 25, 2001 at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo.| # Overall | Team | Player | Club/College |
| 1 | New York Saints | Gavin Prout | Loyola College |
| 2 | Calgary Roughnecks | Blaine Manning | Radford University |
| 3 | New Jersey Storm | Scott Stewart | Drexel Dragons |
| 4 | Columbus Landsharks | Derek Suddons | University of Hartford |
| 5 | Columbus Landsharks | Ryan Cousins | Toronto Beaches |
| 6 | Columbus Landsharks | Spencer Martin | Coquitlam |
| 7 | Albany Attack | Brian Kazarian | Orangeville Northmen |
| 8 | Vancouver Ravens | Geoff Snider | Burnaby Lakers |
| 9 | Columbus Landsharks | Bill Greer | Whitby Warriors |
| 10 | Vancouver Ravens | Kevin Hanson | Burnaby Lakers |
| 11 | Rochester Knighthawks | Teddy Jenner | Mercyhurst College |
| 12 | Toronto Rock | Sandy Chapman | Brampton Excelsiors |
| 13 | Ottawa Rebel | Andrew Guindon | Burnaby Lakers |
2000 NLL
The 2000 entry draft took place on September 21, 2000 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto.| # Overall | Team | Player | Club/College |
| 1 | Columbus Landsharks | Tracey Kelusky | University of Hartford |
| 2 | Buffalo Bandits | Ryan Powell | Syracuse University |
| 3 | New York Saints | Ben Prepchuk | Burnaby Lakers Jr.A |
| 4 | Philadelphia Wings | Jeff Ratcliffe | University of Maryland, Baltimore County/ Port Coquitlam Saints |
| 5 | Columbus Landsharks | Marshall Abrams | Syracuse University |
| 6 | Ottawa Rebel | Jake Lawson | Maple Ridge Burrards WLA |
| 7 | New York Saints | A.J. Haugen | Johns Hopkins University |
| 8 | Rochester Knighthawks | Lindsay Plunkett | Burnaby Lakers Jr.A |
| 9 | Toronto Rock | Jamie Taylor | Burlington Chiefs |
1999 NLL
The 1999 entry draft took place on September 21, 1999 at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo.| # Overall | Team | Player | Club/College |
| 1 | Rochester Knighthawks | John Grant, Jr. | Peterborough Lakers/University of Delaware |
| 2 | New York Saints | Gord Nash | Whitby Warriors |
| 3 | New York Saints | Mark Frye | Loyola College |
| 4 | Toronto Rock | John Olson | Burnaby Lakers Jr.A |
| 5 | Philadelphia Wings | Greg McCavera | Georgetown University |
| 6 | Albany Attack | Scott Stewart | Burlington Chiefs |
| 7 | Philadelphia Wings | Gewas Schindler | Loyola College |
| 8 | Toronto Rock | Kevin Langdale | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| 9 | Rochester Knighthawks | Ben Hunt | Rochester Institute of Technology |
1998 NLL
The 1998 entry draft took place on September 14, 1998 at the ESL Sports Centre in Rochester.| # Overall | Team | Player | Club/College |
| 1 | Rochester Knighthawks | Casey Powell | Syracuse University |
| 2 | Toronto Rock | Kaleb Toth | Burnaby Lakers WLA |
| 3 | Toronto Rock | Rory Graham | Burnaby Lakers WLA |
| 4 | Baltimore Thunder | Chris Sanderson | University of Virginia |
| 5 | Rochester Knighthawks | Brad MacArthur | Brooklin Redmen |
| 6 | Philadelphia Wings | Jamie Hanford | Loyola College |
| 7 | Buffalo Bandits | Matt Disher | New Westminster Salmonbellies Jr.A |
1997 NLL
| # Overall | Team | Player | Club/College |
| 1 | Baltimore Thunder | Matt Shearer | Loyola College |
| 2 | Boston Blazers | Brendan Glass | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| 3 | Ontario Raiders | Ken Millin | Six Nations Arrows |
| 4 | Syracuse Smash | Jim Rankin | Orangeville Northmen |
| 5 | New York Saints | Tom Wreggitt | Peterborough Lakers |
| 6 | Philadelphia Wings | Rusty Kruger | Orangeville Northmen |
| 7 | Buffalo Bandits | Casey Zaph | Peterborough Lakers |
| 8 | Buffalo Bandits | Marty O’Brien | Whitby Warriors |