2019 Ottawa Redblacks season

2019 Ottawa Redblacks season
2019 Ottawa Redblacks season
General manager	Marcel Desjardins
Head coach	Rick Campbell
Home field	TD Place Stadium
Results
Record	3–15
Division place	4th, East
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Team MOP	Avery Williams
Team MOC	Nolan MacMillan
Team MOR	Jerod Fernandez
Uniform
	← 2018; Redblacks seasons; 2020 →;

The 2019 Ottawa Redblacks season was the sixth season for the team in the Canadian Football League. This was the sixth season with Marcel Desjardins as general manager and Rick Campbell as head coach.

The Redblacks were eliminated from playoff contention for the first time since their inaugural season in 2014 following a week 18 loss to the Toronto Argonauts on October 11, 2019.^[1]

Offseason

Free-Agency

The 2018 CFL free agency period officially opened at 12:00pm EST on February 12, 2019.^[2] Significant transactions are listed below:

Retained

Date	Player Name	Position	Ref.
January 14, 2019	Nolan Macmillan	OL	^[3]
January 25, 2019	Dominique Davis	QB	^[4]
February 2, 2019	Jason Lauzon-Seguin	OL	^[5]
February 5, 2019	Jonathan Rose	DB	^[6]

Additions

Date	Player Name	Position	Previous Team	Ref.
January 25, 2019	Chris Randle	DB	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	^[4]
February 13, 2019	Jonathan Jennings	QB	BC Lions	^[7]

Departed

Date	Player Name	Position	New Team	Ref.
January 4, 2019	Diontae Spencer	WR	Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	^[8]
February 12, 2019	Trevor Harris	QB	Edmonton Eskimos	^[9]
	Greg Ellingson	WR		^[10]
	SirVincent Rogers	OL		^[11]
	William Powell	RB	Saskatchewan Roughriders	^[12]
February 14, 2019	Rico Murray	DB	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	^[13]
February 14, 2019	A.C. Leonard	DL	Saskatchewan Roughriders	^[14]

Foreign drafts

For the first time in its history, the CFL held drafts for foreign players from Mexico and Europe.^[15] Like all other CFL teams, the Redblacks held three non-tradeable selections in the 2019 CFL–LFA Draft, which took place on January 14, 2019. The 2019 European CFL Draft took place on April 11, 2019 where all teams held one non-tradeable pick.^[16]^[17]^[18]

Draft	Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club team	Hometown
LFA	1	2	José Maltos	K	UANL Fundidores Monterrey	Monterrey, Mexico
	2	11	Guillermo Villalobos	WR	ITESM–Monterrey Mexicas de la Ciudad de México	Mexico City, Mexico
	3	20	Maximiliano Esquer	DE	ITESM–Monterrey	Monterrey, Mexico
Euro	1	8	Jordan Bouah	WR	Saddleback CC	Rome, Italy

CFL draft

The 2019 CFL Draft took place on May 2, 2019.^[19]^[20] By virtue of being the 106th Grey Cup runner-up, the Redblacks had the second-last selection in each round, not including traded picks. The team traded their second-round pick to the Montreal Alouettes in exchange for Chris Ackie.^[21]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School	Hometown
1	7	Alex Fontana	OL	Kansas	Toronto, ON
3	27	Gabriel Polan	RB	Sherbrooke	Montreal, QC
4	36	Thomas Grant	DL	Acadia	Halifax, NS
5	45	Wesley Lewis	WR	Houston Baptist	Houston, TX
6	54	Chris Larsen	DL	Manitoba	Toronto, ON
7	63	Samson Abbott	DL	Manitoba	Winnipeg, MB
8	72	Clement Lebreux	DL	Laval	Longueuil, QC

Preseason

Schedule

Week	Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
Week	Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Score	Record	TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
A	Bye
B	1	Sat, June 1	7:00 p.m. EDT	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 21–25	0–1	TSN	TD Place Stadium	22,318	Recap
C	2	Thurs, June 6	7:30 p.m. EDT	@ Montreal Alouettes	T 20–20	0–1–1	TSN/RDS	Molson Stadium	13,474	Recap

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# Games played with colour uniforms.

Regular season

Standings

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Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts	PF	PA	Div	Stk
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	15	3	0	30	551	344	7–1	W6	Details
Montreal Alouettes	18	10	8	0	20	479	485	5–3	W1	Details
Toronto Argonauts	18	4	14	0	8	373	562	3–5	L1	Details
Ottawa Redblacks	18	3	15	0	6	312	564	1–7	L11	Details

Schedule

Week	Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
Week	Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Score	Record	TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
1	1	Sat, June 15	7:00 p.m. EDT	@ Calgary Stampeders	W 32–28	1–0	TSN/ESPNews	McMahon Stadium	26,301	Recap
2	2	Thu, June 20	7:30 p.m. EDT	Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 44–41	2–0	TSN/RDS	TD Place Stadium	23,453	Recap
3	Bye
4	3	Fri, July 5	7:30 p.m. EDT	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 14–29	2–1	TSN/RDS	TD Place Stadium	20,429	Recap
5	4	Sat, July 13	4:00 p.m. EDT	Montreal Alouettes	L 19–36	2–2	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	TD Place Stadium	21,536	Recap
6	5	Fri, July 19	8:30 p.m. EDT	@ Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 1–31	2–3	TSN/RDS	IG Field	25,350	Recap
7	6	Thu, July 25	7:00 p.m. EDT	Calgary Stampeders	L 16–17	2–4	TSN/RDS	TD Place Stadium	22,708	Recap
8	7	Fri, Aug 2	7:00 p.m. EDT	@ Montreal Alouettes	W 30–27 (OT)	3–4	TSN/RDS	Molson Stadium	17,498	Recap
9	8	Fri, Aug 9	10:00 p.m. EDT	@ Edmonton Eskimos	L 12–16	3–5	TSN/ESPN2	Commonwealth Stadium	27,951	Recap
10	9	Sat, Aug 17	4:00 p.m. EDT	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 7–21	3–6	TSN/RDS2	TD Place Stadium	23,214	Recap
11	10	Sat, Aug 24	7:00 p.m. EDT	@ Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 18–40	3–7	TSN/RDS	Mosaic Stadium	32,328	Recap
12	Bye
13	11	Sat, Sept 7	1:00 p.m. EDT	Toronto Argonauts	L 17–46	3–8	TSN/RDS2	TD Place Stadium	22,489	Recap
14	12	Fri, Sept 13	10:00 p.m. EDT	@ BC Lions	L 5–29	3–9	TSN/ESPN2	BC Place	15,052	Recap
15	13	Sat, Sept 21	7:00 p.m. EDT	BC Lions	L 7–40	3–10	TSN/RDS2	TD Place Stadium	21,573	Recap
16	14	Sat, Sept 28	4:00 p.m. EDT	Edmonton Eskimos	L 16–21	3–11	TSN/RDS2	TD Place Stadium	23,451	Recap
17	Bye
18	15	Fri, Oct 11	7:00 p.m. EDT	@ Toronto Argonauts	L 21–28	3–12	TSN/RDS2/ESPNews	BMO Field	10,368	Recap
19	16	Sat, Oct 19	4:00 p.m. EDT	@ Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 12–33	3–13	TSN/RDS2	Tim Hortons Field	23,692	Recap
20	17	Sat, Oct 26	4:00 p.m. EDT	@ Toronto Argonauts	L 9–39	3–14	TSN/RDS	BMO Field	12,995	Recap
21	18	Fri, Nov 1	7:00 p.m. EDT	Montreal Alouettes	L 32–42	3–15	TSN/RDS	TD Place Stadium	24,592	Recap

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# Games played with white uniforms.

# Games played with colour uniforms.

Team

Roster

Ottawa Redblacks roster

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Fullbacks

89 Marco Dubois
45 Anthony Gosselin

Receivers

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

1-Game Injured

6-Game Injured

Practice

Suspended

78 Samson Abbott DL
67 Colin Buchanan OL
97 Thomas Grant DL
76 Chris Larsen DL
22 Gabriel Polan FB

Italics indicate American player
Bold indicates Global player
Roster updated 2019-11-01
Depth Chart • Transactions
46 Active, 12 One-game Injured,
12 Six-game Injured, 9 Practice,
5 Suspended

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Coaching staff

Ottawa Redblacks staff

Front office

Owner – Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG)
President – Jeff Hunt
Chief executive officer – Bernie Ashe
General manager – Marcel Desjardins
Assistant general manager – Jeremy Snyder
Director of player personnel – Jean-Marc Edmé
Coordinator of football operations – Joey Swarbrick
Video coordinator – Colin Farquharson

Head coaches

Head coach – Rick Campbell

Offensive coaches

Receivers – Winston October
Offensive line – John McDonell
Quarterbacks – Beau Walker
Running backs – Joe Paopao

Defensive coaches

Defensive coordinator – Noel Thorpe
Defensive line – Leroy Blugh
Linebackers – Mark Nelson
Defensive assistant – Patrick Bourgon

Special teams coaches

Special teams coordinator – Bob Dyce

Strength and conditioning

Strength and conditioning coordinator – Nick Mercuri

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References

External links

Official website

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