The 2020Edmonton Football Team season was scheduled to be the 63rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 72nd overall. On July 21, 2020, the team officially retired the "Eskimos" name, and temporarily began using "Edmonton Football Team" and "EE Football Team" until a new name was decided.[1]
Training camps, pre-season games, and regular season games were initially postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta. The CFL announced on April 7, 2020, that the start of the 2020 season would not occur before July 2020.[2] On May 20, 2020, it was announced that the league would likely not begin regular season play prior to September 2020.[3] On August 17, 2020, however, the season was officially cancelled due to COVID-19.[4]
The 2020 CFL National Draft took place on April 30, 2020.[6] The team had nine selections in the eight-round draft after acquiring another seventh-round pick from the Toronto Argonauts.[7]
The 2020 CFL Global Draft was scheduled to take place on April 16, 2020.[8] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this draft and its accompanying combine were postponed to occur just before the start of training camp, which was ultimately cancelled.[2][9] The team was scheduled to select fourth in each round with the number of rounds never announced.[8]