2021 Ottawa Redblacks season

The 2021 Ottawa Redblacks season was the seventh season for the team in the Canadian Football League. The Redblacks were eliminated from postseason contention following their week 10 loss to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on October 23, 2021.^[1] This was the second straight season that the Redblacks failed to qualify for the playoffs.^[2]

2021 Ottawa Redblacks season
President	Mark Goudie
General manager	Marcel Desjardins (until October 25, 2021) Jeremy Snyder (interim)
Head coach	Paul LaPolice
Home stadium	TD Place Stadium
Results
Record	3–11
Division place	4th, East
Playoffs	did not qualify
Team MOP	DeVonte Dedmon
Team MODP	Avery Williams
Team MOC	Lewis Ward
Team MOOL	Mark Korte
Team MOST	DeVonte Dedmon
Team MOR	Ryan Davis
Uniform
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The 2021 season was the first season for Paul LaPolice as the team's head coach and the seventh season with Marcel Desjardins as general manager, until his dismissal on October 25, 2021.^[3]

An 18-game season schedule was originally released on November 20, 2020, but it was announced on April 21, 2021 that the start of the season would likely be delayed until August and feature a 14-game schedule.^[4][5] On June 15, 2021, the league released the revised 14-game schedule with regular season play beginning on August 5, 2021.^[6]

Offseason

CFL Global Draft

The 2021 CFL Global Draft took place on April 15, 2021.^[7][8] With the format being a snake draft, the Redblacks selected last in the odd-numbered rounds and first in the even-numbered rounds.^[7]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	University/Club Team	Nationality
1	9	Anthony Mahoungou	REC	Purdue	France
2	10	Tyron Vrede	LB	North Dakota	Netherlands
3	27	Chris Ferguson	OL	Cincinnati	The Bahamas
4	28	Tony Anderson	DB	Grand View	France

CFL National Draft

The 2021 CFL Draft took place on May 4, 2021.^[9][10] The Redblacks had six selections in the six-round snake draft and had the sixth pick in odd rounds and the fourth pick in even rounds.^[11]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	University Team	Hometown
1	6	Deshawn Stevens	LB	Maine	Toronto, ON
2	13	Alonzo Addae	DB	West Virginia	Pickering, ON
3	24	Connor Berglof	OL	Saskatchewan	Saskatoon, SK
4	31	Jake Julien	K/P	Eastern Michigan	Barrie, ON
5	42	Keegan Markgraf	LS	Utah	Hamilton, ON
6	49	Matthew Derks	OL	Delaware State	Brantford, ON

Preseason

Due to the shortening of the season, the CFL confirmed that pre-season games would not be played in 2021.^[6]

Planned schedule

Week	Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	TV	Venue
A	Bye
B	1	Fri, May 28	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Montreal Alouettes	NA	Molson Stadium
C	2	Fri, June 4	7:30 p.m. EDT	vs. Montreal Alouettes	NA	TD Place Stadium

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Regular season

Standings

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Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts	PF	PA	Div	Stk
Toronto Argonauts	14	9	5	0	18	309	318	6–2	L1	Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	8	6	0	16	312	244	4–4	W1	Details
Montreal Alouettes	14	7	7	0	14	356	295	5–3	L1	Details
Ottawa Redblacks	14	3	11	0	6	224	384	1–7	W1	Details

Schedule

The Redblacks initially had a schedule that featured 18 regular season games beginning on June 11 and ending on October 29.^[4] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, the Canadian Football League delayed the start of the regular season to August 5, 2021 and the Redblacks began their 14-game season on August 7, 2021.^[6]

Week	Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
					Score	Record
1	1	Sat, Aug 7	10:00 p.m. EDT	@ Edmonton Elks	W 16–12	1–0	TSN/RDS2/ESPN2	Commonwealth Stadium	30,302	Recap
2	Bye
3	2	Sat, Aug 21	7:00 p.m. EDT	@ Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 10–23	1–1	TSN/RDS	Mosaic Stadium	28,559	Recap
4	3	Sat, Aug 28	7:00 p.m. EDT	BC Lions	L 12–24	1–2	TSN/RDS	TD Place Stadium	15,000	Recap
5	4	Fri, Sept 3	7:30 p.m. EDT	Montreal Alouettes	L 29–51	1–3	TSN/RDS	TD Place Stadium	15,000	Recap
6	5	Sat, Sept 11	10:00 p.m. EDT	@ BC Lions	L 13–45	1–4	TSN/RDS	BC Place	12,552	Recap
7	Bye
8	6	Wed, Sept 22	7:30 p.m. EDT	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 7–24	1–5	TSN/RDS2	TD Place Stadium	12,041	Recap
9	7	Tues, Sept 28	7:30 p.m. EDT	Edmonton Elks	W 34–24	2–5	TSN/RDS2	TD Place Stadium	12,108	Recap
10	8	Wed, Oct 6	7:30 p.m. EDT	@ Toronto Argonauts	L 16–35	2–6	TSN/RDS2	BMO Field	6,788	Recap
10	9	Mon, Oct 11	1:00 p.m. EDT	@ Montreal Alouettes	L 16–20	2–7	TSN/RDS	Molson Stadium	15,236	Recap
11	10	Sat, Oct 16	4:00 p.m. EDT	Montreal Alouettes	L 16–27	2–8	TSN/RDS	TD Place Stadium	16,139	Recap
12	11	Sat, Oct 23	4:00 p.m. EDT	@ Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 3–32	2–9	TSN/RDS2	Tim Hortons Field	20,112	Recap
13	12	Fri, Oct 29	7:00 p.m. EDT	Calgary Stampeders	L 13–26	2–10	TSN	TD Place Stadium	15,280	Recap
14	13	Sat, Nov 6	4:00 p.m. EDT	Toronto Argonauts	L 20–23	2–11	TSN/RDS2	TD Place Stadium	18,644	Recap
15	Bye
16	14	Fri, Nov 19	7:30 p.m. EST	@ Montreal Alouettes	W 19–18	3–11	TSN/RDS	Molson Stadium	11,297	Recap

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 #  Games played with white uniforms.^[16]

 #  Games played with colour uniforms.^[16]

 #  Games played with alternate uniforms.^[16]

Team

Roster

Ottawa Redblacks roster

Quarterbacks  5 Caleb Evans  7 Devlin Hodges Running backs 20 Timothy Flanders Fullbacks 89 Marco Dubois Receivers 80 Nate Behar  8 Anthony Coombs 15 Ryan Davis 17 DeVonte Dedmon WR/KR 84 R.J. Harris 83 Wesley Lewis 18 Jordan Smallwood 85 Kenny Stafford Offensive linemen 67 Kétel Assé RT 56 Jaylen Guthrie RG 65 Mark Korte LT 57 Andrew Pickett C 53 Jakub Szott LG 58 Taylor Tappin		Defensive linemen 96 Stefan Charles  9 Davon Coleman 98 Avery Ellis 90 Cleyon Laing 95 Praise Martin-Oguike 99 Kene Onyeka 47 Nigel Romick Linebackers 32 Adam Auclair 24 Micah Awe 44 Dan Basambombo 38 Christophe Mulumba-Tshimanga 36 Dwayne Norman 43 Shaheed Salmon 46 Tyron Vrede 42 Avery Williams Defensive backs 30 Treshaun Abrahams-Webster 29 Jordan Beaulieu 37 Brandin Dandridge  2 Randall Evans 28 Frankie Griffin 21 Justin Howell 14 Abdul Kanneh 39 Ranthony Texada  0 Don Unamba Special teams 33 Frédéric Chagnon LS 13 Richie Leone P 10 Lewis Ward K				1-Game injured 27 Sherrod Baltimore DB 64 Dino Boyd OL 52 Juwann Bushell-Beatty OL  4 Dominique Davis QB 35 Jerod Fernandez LB 25 Brendan Gillanders RB 92 Ese Mrabure-Ajufo DL 81 Daniel Petermann WR 49 De'Lance Turner RB 6-Game injured 94 Frank Beltre DL 50 Louis-Philippe Bourassa LS 63 Tyler Catalina OL  3 Taryn Christion QB 45 Anthony Gosselin FB 58 Stansly Maponga DL 66 Nolan MacMillan OL 55 Jamar McGloster OL 23 Brad Muhammad DB 16 Matt Nichols QB 86 Ervin Phillips WR  6 Antoine Pruneau DB 51 Na'ty Rodgers OL 61 Chris Ferguson RT		Practice roster 41 Tony Anderson LB 93 Reshaan Davis DL  9 Tom Flacco QB 34 De'Chavon Hayes DB 75 Tre Hornbuckle DL 87 Michael Klukas WR 54 Clement Lebreux DL 19 Anthony Mahoungou WR 19 José Maltos K/P 79 Qaadir Sheppard DL 76 Howard Stephens DL 88 Terry Williams CFL Practice Roster 48 Patrick Carr RB 22 Douglas Coleman DB 58 Zach Greenberg LS 91 Chigozie Nnoruka DL Suspended – Amba Etta-Tawo WR – Alex Fontana OL – Akeem Hunt RB – Shaneil Jenkins DL – Charone Peake WR – Cortrelle Simpson WR – Shamarko Thomas DB
Italics indicate American player • Bold indicates Global player • 45 Active, 23 Injured, 16 Practice, 7 Suspended Roster updated 2021-11-19 • Depth chart • Transactions Archived 2014-12-05 at the Wayback Machine • More CFL rosters

Coaching staff

Ottawa Redblacks staff

	Front office Owner – Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG) Chief executive officer – Mark Goudie Interim general manager – Jeremy Snyder Interim assistant general manager – Jean-Marc Edmé Director of player personnel – Pier-Yves Lavergne Coordinator of football operations – Joey Swarbrick Video coordinator – Braun Gheller Head coaches Head coach – Paul LaPolice Offensive coaches Receivers – Alex Suber Offensive line – Bob Wylie Quarterbacks – Steve Walsh			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Mike Benevides Defensive line – Carey Bailey Linebackers – Patrick Bourgon Defensive backs – Greg Knox Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Bob Dyce Strength and conditioning Strength and conditioning coordinator – Nick Mercuri → Coaching Staff Archived 2014-11-13 at the Wayback Machine → More CFL staffs