2019 Ottawa Redblacks season

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.

2019 Ottawa Redblacks season
General manager	Marcel Desjardins
Head coach	Rick Campbell
Home stadium	TD Place Stadium
Results
Record	3–15
Division place	4th, East
Playoffs	did not qualify
Team MOP	Avery Williams
Team MOC	Nolan MacMillan
Team MOR	Jerod Fernandez
Uniform
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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]
	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
					Score	Record
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
					Score	Record
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  8 William Arndt  4 Dominique Davis  3 Jonathon Jennings Running backs 32 John Crockett 25 Brendan Gillanders  5 Stefan Logan RB/KR 22 Greg Morris RB/KR Fullbacks 89 Marco Dubois 45 Anthony Gosselin Receivers 19 Nate Behar 84 R.J. Harris 80 Caleb Holley 82 Wesley Lewis 88 Brad Sinopoli 83 Jerminic Smith 85 Guillermo Villalobos Offensive linemen 51 Alex Fontana 53 Philippe Gagnon 64 Evan Johnson 65 Mark Korte 56 Alex Mateas 63 Stephane Nembot		Defensive linemen 98 Avery Ellis 91 Darius Jackson 49 Ettore Lattanzio 90 Julien Laurent 99 Kene Onyeka 47 Nigel Romick 92 George Uko 75 Cameron Walker Linebackers 31 Kevin Brown 35 Jerod Fernandez 43 Shaheed Salmon Defensive backs 27 Sherrod Baltimore 20 Jean-Philippe Bolduc 24 Anthony Cioffi 38 Brandin Dandridge  2 Randall Evans 37 DeAndre Farris 21 Justin Howell  6 Antoine Pruneau 28 Corey Tindal Special teams 55 Mike Benson LS 50 Louis-Philippe Bourassa LS 13 Richie Leone P 10 Lewis Ward K		1-Game Injured 46 Jean-Christophe Beaulieu FB 48 Nicolas Boulay LB 17 DeVonte Dedmon WR 29 Kevin Francis LB 34 De'Chavon Hayes DB 93 Shaneil Jenkins DL 36 Jeff Knox Jr. LB 23 Mossis Madu RB  7 Chris Randle DB 15 Dominique Rhymes WR 44 J. R. Tavai DL 96 Michael Wakefield DL 6-Game Injured 87 Seth Coate WR 39 Mickael Côté LB 30 Maurice Fleming DB 94 Michael Klassen DL 58 Jason Lauzon-Séguin OL 66 Nolan MacMillan OL 95 Danny Mason DL 33 Kishawn McClain DB 57 Andrew Pickett OL  9 Jonathan Rose DB 81 Jacob Scarfone WR 42 Avery Williams LB		Practice 68 Kai Absheer OL 14 Rafael Araujo-Lopes WR 87 Jaelan Austin WR 16 José Maltos K/P 30 Nate Hamlin DB 33 Denzel Johnson DB 52 Nick McBeath LB 41 De'Andre Montgomery LB 61 DeVondre Seymour OL 86 Micah Wright WR 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 → More rosters

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 → Coaching Staff → More CFL staffs