The 2022 Major League Rugby Collegiate Draft was the 3rd draft in MLR history and followed the same format as the 2021 iteration, with 3 rounds of 13 picks each for a total of 39 draftees forming the 2022 MLR Collegiate Draft Class.

As with previous MLR Drafts, the draft order is the inverse of the 2022 season placements. However the 2022 draft order also took the Championship Series into account, with the higher seeded Conference Finalist/Playoff Qualifier picking lower. The Dallas Jackals would pick first overall for the 3rd straight draft after finishing bottom of the standings, while Rugby New York would pick 13th in each round, as the reigning Champions. A number of trades mixed up the draft order considerably, with the LA Giltinis trading away all 3 of their selections to leave them with 0 for the 2022 draft.

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		Sam Golla	Lock / Flanker	UC – Berkeley
1	2		Sebastiano Villani	Scrum-half	St. Bonaventure
1	3		Cali Martinez	Prop	UBC	Pick acquired via trade with NOLA Highest drafted Canadian until Neil Trainor in 2024
1	4		Seth Purdey	Center	UC – Berkeley	Pick acquired via trade with Utah
1	5		Owain Ruttan	Flanker	UBC
1	6		Chase Jones	Lock / Flanker	St. Mary’s	Pick acquired via trade with LA
1	7		Trent Rogers	Prop	Kutztown	Pick acquired via trade with Austin
1	8		Ethan Hager	Wing	UVictoria	Pick acquired via trade with SD
1	9		Tai Kauwe	Scrum-half	Kutztown	Pick acquired via trade with ATL
1	10		Matt Gelhaus	Lock	Kutztown	Pick acquired via trade with Houston
1	11		Gabe Kettering	Prop	Lindenwood	Pick acquired via trade with NE
1	12		Shane Barry	Flyhalf	UCLA
1	13		Doyle Hedgepeth	Prop	UQueens – Charlotte
2	14		Kyle Fulton	Wing	Arizona
2	15		Collin Grosse	Lock / Flanker	West Point
2	16		Sam Wegert	Center	Trinity Western	Pick acquired via trade with NOLA
2	17		Tomás Casares	No. 8	Thomas More	Pick acquired via trade with Utah
2	18		Greg Janowick	Lock	Tennessee	Pick acquired via trade with NOLA, who acquired it via trade with Toronto
2	19		Jack Manzo	Hooker	UC – Berkeley	Pick acquired via trade with LA
2	20		Matías Caramuti	Flyhalf	Thomas More	Pick acquired via trade with Austin
2	21		Oliver Kane	Prop	San Diego
2	22		Jack Shaw	Center / Wing	Bishop’s
2	23		Nolan Buckley	Flanker / No. 8	UMass Lowell	Pick acquired via trade with Houston
2	24		Mazvita Nyamarebvu	Center	Arkansas State	Pick acquired via trade with NE
2	25		Neal Moylett	Flanker / No. 8	Lindenwood
2	26		Alex Balladares	Prop	UQueens – Charlotte	Pick acquired via trade with NOLA, who acquired it via trade with NY
3	27		Christian Olney	Wing / Fullback	Ohio State	Pick acquired via trade with LA, who acquired it via trade with Dallas
3	28		Mike Weir	Flyhalf	Dartmouth
3	29		Billy Whiteside	Lock	Lindenwood	Pick acquired via trade with NOLA
3	30		Sam Buckley	Prop	Lindenwood
3	31		Gabe Casey	Utility Back	UVictoria
3	32		Denver Fatt	Prop	UVictoria	Pick acquired via trade with LA
3	33		John DuPree	Flanker	Central Washington	Pick acquired via trade with Austin
3	34		KoiKoi Nelligan	Hooker	West Point
3	35		Evan Conlon	Scrumhalf	Lindenwood
3	36		Jason Tidwell	Utility Back	Texas A&M	Pick acquired via trade with Houston
3	37		Ivan Pula	Prop	Central Washington
3	38		James Kuahiwinui	Prop	Iowa Central
3	39		Brandon Karnes	Prop	Iowa State	Pick acquired via trade with ATL, who acquired it via trade with Utah, who acquired it via trade with NY

With their third 1st overall pick in as many drafts, the Dallas Jackals selected UC, Berkeley product Sam Golla as the first forward to be drafted 1st overall. Cali Martinez became the highest drafted Canadian in MLR history after he was selected 3rd overall by Old Glory DC out of the University of British Columbia. For more information on any trades, please refer to the Trades page.

The below tables show how many picks each MLR team had during the 2022 draft, and which Colleges had the most draftees selected:

Team	Draft Picks
	7
	5
	5
	4
	4
	4
	3
	2
	2
	2
	1

College	Logo	Number of Draftees
Lindenwood		5
Kutztown		3
UCal – Berkeley		3
Victoria		3
Central Washington		2
Thomas More		2
British Columbia		2
Queens – Charlotte		2
West Point		2
Arizona		1
Arkansas State		1
Bishop’s		1
Dartmouth		1
Iowa Central		1
Iowa State		1
Ohio State		1
San Diego		1
St. Bonaventure		1
St. Mary’s		1
Tennessee		1
Texas A&M		1
Trinity Western		1
UCLA		1
UMass Lowell		1