The 2021 Major League Rugby Collegiate Draft was the second draft in MLR history, and came with significant changes from the inaugural draft the year before.

Unlike in 2020, Canadian colleges & universities were now eligible for the draft and because of this, the Toronto Arrows took part after skipping the 2020 draft. The draft also expanded to 3 rounds with all 13 teams for the 2022 season taking part, for 39 draftees in total (up from 24 in 2020).

The Dallas Jackals, having deferred their entry into the league from 2021 to 2022, would select 1st in each round. The draft order from 2nd-13th was determined by the inverse of the 2021 standings, with the Houston SaberCats picking 2nd in each round as the last-placed team during the 2021 season, and the Championship-winning LA Giltinis picking 13th (last) in each round.

The below table shows the complete 2021 MLR Collegiate Draft Class, including their draft number, name, position, and school:

Round	Overall Pick #	Team	Player Name	Position	College	Notes
1	1		Eric Naposki	Fullback	UCLA
1	2		Emmanuel Albert	Flanker	Lindenwood
1	3		Tavite Lopeti	Center	Saint Mary’s
1	4		Logan Martin-Feek	Fly-Half	UVic	First ever MLR draftee from a Canadian college
1	5		Jonah Dietenberger	Lock	Lindenwood
1	6		Chase Schor-Haskin	Back Row	Life
1	7		Caleb Strum	Wing	Alabama
1	8		Cael Hodgson	Center / Wing	Lindenwood
1	9		Joey Backe	Hooker	Western Michigan	Pick acquired via trade with NOLA
1	10		DeCor Davis	Prop	Queens of Charlotte	Pick acquired via trade with NY
1	11		George Sharpe	Hooker	Arkansas State	Pick acquired via trade with Utah
1	12		Isaac Bales	Hooker	Louisville
1	13		Sam Klimkowski	Prop	Notre Dame College
2	14		Aaron Gray	Wing	Kutztown
2	15		Tinashe Muchena	Number 8	Lindenwood
2	16		Darell Williams	Wing	Life
2	17		Bryce Worden	Prop	UBC
2	18		Thomas Capriotti	Hooker	Penn State
2	19		Palema Roberts	Center	Life
2	20		Asa Carter	Flanker	Arkansas State
2	21		Anthony Adamcheck	Prop	Penn State
2	22		Christian Alvarez	Scrumhalf	Penn State
2	23		Alejandro Torres	Fly-half	Thomas More	Pick acquired via trade with NY
2	24		Connor Burns	Fullback	Lindenwood
2	25		Coleson Warner	Fly-half	Lindenwood
2	26		James O’Neill	Flanker	UVic
3	27		Calvin Gentry	Center	Memphis
3	28		Dillon Shotwell	Hooker	Sam Houston State
3	29		Ethan Scott	Scrumhalf	Memphis
3	30		Carmen Consolino	Fly-half	American International	Pick acquired via trade with Toronto
3	31		Dom Iacovino	Fullback	Grand Canyon
3	32		Labi Koi-Larbi	Center	Penn State
3	33		Brandon Asbel	Hooker	Davenport
3	34		Zach Bastres	Center	Northern Colorado
3	35		Sam Mace	Hooker	Ottawa	Pick acquired via trade with NOLA
3	36		Peter Reyes	Prop	Kutztown
3	37		Emerson Prior	Prop	Trent
3	38		Sean Akins	Flanker	Western Michigan
3	39		Gerard Lowe	Flanker	Kutztown

With their second 1st overall pick in as many years, the Dallas Jackals selected Eric Naposki as MLR’s second 1st overall picks, and would become the first 1st overall pick to play for the team that drafted them. Four of the 39 draftees were from newly-eligible Canadian colleges, 3 of these 4 draftees were selected by MLR’s only Canadian team, the Toronto Arrows.

The below tables show how many picks each MLR team had during the 2021 draft, and which Colleges had the most draftees selected:

Number of Draft Picks (By Team) and Draftee Colleges

Team	Draft Picks
	5
	3
	3
	3
	3
	3
	3
	3
	3
	3
	3
	2
	2

College	Logo	Number of Draftees
Lindenwood		6
Penn State		4
Kutztown		3
Life		3
Arkansas State		2
Memphis		2
Victoria		2
Western Michigan		2
Alabama		1
American International		1
Davenport		1
Grand Canyon		1
Louisville		1
Northern Colorado		1
Notre Dame College		1
Ottawa		1
Queens of Charlotte		1
St. Mary’s		1
Sam Houston State		1
Thomas More		1
Trent		1
British Columbia		1
UCLA		1