2022 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

The 2022 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season was the 64th season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and their 89th season overall. The Blue Bombers entered the season as the two-time defending Grey Cup champions after winning both the 107th and 108th Grey Cup games. The team qualified for the playoffs following their 12th game of the season after defeating the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the Labour Day Classic on September 4, 2022.^[1] The team then clinched first place in the division in week 18 following their victory over the Edmonton Elks on October 8, 2022.^[2] The Blue Bombers reached the 109th Grey Cup, but were not able to perform the three-peat and lost to the Toronto Argonauts 24–23.

2022 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
President	Wade Miller
General manager	Kyle Walters
Head coach	Mike O'Shea
Home stadium	IG Field
Results
Record	15–3
Division place	1st, West
Playoffs	Lost Grey Cup
Team MOP	Zach Collaros
Team MODP	Willie Jefferson
Team MOC	Nic Demski
Team MOOL	Stanley Bryant
Team MOST	Janarion Grant
Team MOR	Dalton Schoen
Uniform
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The 2022 CFL season was the eighth season under head coach Mike O'Shea and the eighth full season under general manager Kyle Walters.^[3]

Offseason

Players lost

Position	Player	Tag	2022 Team	Date
RB	Andrew Harris	Released	Toronto Argonauts	February 8
WR	Darvin Adams	Released	Ottawa Redblacks	February 8
WR	Kenny Lawler	Released	Edmonton Elks	February 8
DT	Steven Richardson	Released	BC Lions	February 8
LB	Tobi Antigha	Released	Edmonton Elks	February 8
CB	Mike Jones	Released	Montreal Alouettes	February 8
K	Sergio Castillo	Released	Edmonton Elks	February 9
OL	Drew Desjarlais	Released	New England Patriots	January 27
LB	Jonathan Kongbo	Released	Denver Broncos	February 13
CB	Dee Alford	Released	Atlanta Falcons	February 8
OL	Asotui Eli	UFA	Free Agent	February 8
CB	Josh Miller	UFA	Free Agent	February 20
CB	Josh Johnson	UFA	Free Agent	February 25
LB	Kevin Brown II	UFA	Free Agent	February 20
QB	Sean McGuire	UFA	Retired	February 25
K	Tyler Crapigna	UFA	Retired	February 25

CFL Global Draft

The 2022 CFL Global Draft took place on May 3, 2022.^[4] With the format being a snake draft, the Blue Bombers selected sixth in the odd-numbered rounds and fourth in the even-numbered rounds.^[5]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	University/Club Team	Nationality
1	6	Tom Hackett	P	Utah	Australia
2	13	Souleymane Karamoko	DB	Laval	France
3	24	Michael Sleep-Dalton	P	Iowa	Australia

CFL National Draft

The 2022 CFL Draft took place on May 3, 2022.^[6] The Blue Bombers were scheduled to have the last selection in each of the eight rounds of the draft after winning the Grey Cup in the previous season.^[7] However, the team had two fewer selection after acquiring Cameron Lawson from the Montreal Alouettes in a trade for a first-round pick and Sergio Castillo from the BC Lions for a third-round pick.^[8][9]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	University Team	Hometown
2	13	Tyrell Ford	DB	Waterloo	Niagara Falls, ON
4	38	Cole Adamson	DL	Manitoba	Winnipeg, MB
5	47	Chris Ciguineau	DB	Ottawa	Montreal, QC
6	56	Jeremy Kapelanski	DL	Guelph	Saint-Jérôme, QC
7	65	Cedrick Lavigne	DB	Carleton	Gatineau, QC
8	74	Konner Burtenshaw	FB	Queen's	Amherstview, ON

Preseason

Schedule

Week	Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
					Score	Record
A	1	Fri, May 27	7:30 p.m. CDT	vs. Edmonton Elks	L 20–30	0–1	None	IG Field	20,518	Recap
B	2	Tues, May 31	7:30 p.m. CDT	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 25–16	1–1	TSN	Mosaic Stadium	N/A	Recap

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Regular season

Standings

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Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts	PF	PA	Div	Stk
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	15	3	0	30	538	370	10–1	W1	Details
BC Lions	18	12	6	0	24	525	405	8–4	L1	Details
Calgary Stampeders	18	12	6	0	24	533	373	7–5	W2	Details
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	6	12	0	12	370	440	3–8	L7	Details
Edmonton Elks	18	4	14	0	8	354	599	1–11	L4	Details

Schedule

Week	Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
					Score	Record
1	1	Fri, June 10	7:30 p.m. CDT	vs. Ottawa Redblacks	W 19–17	1–0	TSN	IG Field	26,002	Recap
2	2	Fri, June 17	6:30 p.m. CDT	at Ottawa Redblacks	W 19–12	2–0	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	TD Place Stadium	22,185	Recap
3	3	Fri, June 24	7:30 p.m. CDT	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 26–12	3–0	TSN/ESPN2	IG Field	23,600	Recap
4	4	Mon, July 4	6:30 p.m. CDT	at Toronto Argonauts	W 23–22	4–0	TSN/RDS	BMO Field	9,806	Recap
5	5	Sat, July 9	6:00 p.m. CDT	at BC Lions	W 43–22	5–0	TSN/ESPNews	BC Place	17,603	Recap
6	6	Fri, July 15	7:30 p.m. CDT	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 26–19	6–0	TSN/RDS	IG Field	29,746	Recap
7	7	Fri, July 22	8:00 p.m. CDT	at Edmonton Elks	W 24–10	7–0	TSN/ESPN2	Commonwealth Stadium	22,716	Recap
8	8	Sat, July 30	6:00 p.m. CDT	at Calgary Stampeders	W 35–28	8–0	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	McMahon Stadium	25,147	Recap
9	9	Thu, Aug 4	6:30 p.m. CDT	at Montreal Alouettes	W 35–20	9–0	TSN/RDS	Molson Stadium	17,093	Recap
10	10	Thu, Aug 11	7:30 p.m. CDT	vs. Montreal Alouettes	L 17–20 (OT)	9–1	TSN/RDS	IG Field	31,053	Recap
11	Bye
12	11	Thu, Aug 25	7:30 p.m. CDT	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 31–29	10–1	TSN	IG Field	30,062	Recap
13	12	Sun, Sept 4	5:00 p.m. CDT	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 20–18	11–1	TSN	Mosaic Stadium	33,350	Recap
14	13	Sat, Sept 10	4:00 p.m. CDT	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 54–20	12–1	TSN/RDS2	IG Field	33,234	Recap
15	14	Sat, Sept 17	3:00 p.m. CDT	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 31–48	12–2	TSN/RDS	Tim Hortons Field	22,288	Recap
16	Bye
17	15	Fri, Sept 30	7:00 p.m. CDT	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 31–13	13–2	TSN/RDS2	IG Field	33,224	Recap
18	16	Sat, Oct 8	6:00 p.m. CDT	vs. Edmonton Elks	W 48–11	14–2	TSN/RDS	IG Field	27,159	Recap
19	17	Sat, Oct 15	9:00 p.m. CDT	at BC Lions	L 32–40	14–3	TSN	BC Place	24,280	Recap
20	Bye
21	18	Fri, Oct 28	7:30 p.m. CDT	vs. BC Lions	W 24–9	15–3	TSN	IG Field	23,685	Recap

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Post-season

Schedule

Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
				Score	Record
West Semi-Final	Bye
West Final	Sun, Nov 13	3:30 p.m. CST	vs. BC Lions	W 28–20	1–0	TSN/RDS/ESPNews	IG Field	30,319	Recap
109th Grey Cup	Sun, Nov 20	5:00 p.m. CST	Toronto Argonauts	L 23–24	1–1	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	Mosaic Stadium	33,350	Recap

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Team

Roster

Winnipeg Blue Bombers roster

	Quarterbacks  6 Dru Brown  8 Zach Collaros 12 Dakota Prukop Receivers 88 Rasheed Bailey 10 Nic Demski  2 Greg Ellingson 84 Brendan O'Leary-Orange 83 Dalton Schoen * 82 Drew Wolitarsky Running backs 27 Johnny Augustine 20 Brady Oliveira Fullbacks/Tight ends 32 Konner Burtenshaw * 24 Mike Miller		Offensive linemen 66 Stanley Bryant 59 Michael Couture 64 Liam Dobson * 68 Geoff Gray 51 Jermarcus Hardrick 67 Chris Kolankowski 53 Patrick Neufeld Defensive linemen 54 Keion Adams 94 Jackson Jeffcoat  5 Willie Jefferson 99 Cameron Lawson 90 Casey Sayles 95 Jake Thomas		Linebackers  4 Adam Bighill 34 Jesse Briggs 47 Tanner Cadwallader 41 Brian Cole II * 22 Alden Darby 44 Shayne Gauthier 00 Les Maruo  0 Malik Clements Defensive backs 37 Brandon Alexander 25 Tyrell Ford * 21 Nick Hallett 31 Evan Holm *  1 Deatrick Nichols 45 Jamal Parker * 30 Winston Rose 46 Desmond Lawrence Special teams 40 Mike Benson LS 80 Janarion Grant KR/WR 13 Marc Liegghio K				1-Game Injured 23 Noah Hallett DB  3 Thiadric Hansen DL 35 Demerio Houston DB 17 Redha Kramdi LB 69 Tomoya Machino OL  9 Nick Taylor DB 36 Malcolm Thompson DB 6-Game Injured 86 Carlton Agudosi WR  7 Mercy Maston DB 39 Patrice Rene RB * 60 Drew Richmond OL 19 Kyrie Wilson LB		Practice squad 15 DeJuan Cooper DB 14 Jaivon Heiligh WR 42 Souleymane Karamoko DB * 89 Timothy Knüttel WR 26 Cedrick Lavigne DB * 55 Eric Lofton OL 29 Greg McCrae RB/SB * 87 Luke McMillan WR 18 Ali Mourtada K 38 Donald Rutledge Jr. DB * 96 Ricky Walker DL 50 Tyler Witt OL Suspended 79 Tom Hackett P
Italics indicate American player • Bold indicates Global player • 46 Roster, 12 Injured, 12 Practice, 1 Suspended, 15 Rookies* Roster updated 2022-11-20 • Depth chart Archived 2009-11-25 at the Wayback Machine • Transactions • More CFL rosters

Coaching staff

Winnipeg Blue Bombers staff

	Front office Owner – Winnipeg Football Club Chairperson of the board of governors – Dayna Spiring President/CEO – Wade Miller General manager of football operations – Kyle Walters Senior assistant general manager / director of player personnel – Ted Goveia Assistant General Manager / Director of U.S. Scouting – Danny McManus Director of football operations – Matt Gulakow U.S. Scout — Cyril Penn Equipment staff Head equipment manager – Brad Fotty Assistant equipment manager – Kevin Todd			Head coaches Head coach – Mike O'Shea Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks – Buck Pierce Receivers – Kevin Bourgoin Running backs – Jason Hogan Offensive line – Marty Costello Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Richie Hall Defensive line – Darrell Patterson Defensive backs – Jordan Younger Pass game analyst and linebackers – James Stanley Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Paul Boudreau, Jr. Video coaches Video coordinator – Josh Burton → Coaching Staff Archived 2017-04-27 at the Wayback Machine → More CFL staffs