2023 Ottawa Redblacks season

The 2023 Ottawa Redblacks season was the ninth season for the team in the Canadian Football League. The Redblacks were eliminated from playoff contention following their week 18 loss to the Montreal Alouettes.^[1] This was the fourth straight season that the Redblacks had failed to qualify for the post-season.

2023 Ottawa Redblacks season
President	Adrian Sciarra
General manager	Shawn Burke
Head coach	Bob Dyce
Home stadium	TD Place Stadium
Results
Record	4–14
Division place	4th, East
Playoffs	Did not qualify
Team MOP	Devonte Williams
Team MODP	Bryce Carter
Team MOC	Cleyon Laing
Team MOOL	Jacob Ruby
Team MOST	Brandin Dandridge
Team MOR	Dustin Crum
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The 2023 CFL season was the second season for Shawn Burke as general manager.^[2] After Bob Dyce served as the interim head coach to end the 2022 season, this was his first full season as the team's head coach.^[3][4]

Offseason

CFL Global Draft

The 2023 CFL Global Draft took place on May 2, 2023.^[5] The Redblacks had the first selection in both rounds.^[6]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Club/School	Nationality
1	1	Blessman Ta’ala	DL	Hawaii	American Samoa
2	10	Lucas Lavin	OL	Chattanooga	Sweden

CFL National Draft

The 2023 CFL Draft took place on May 2, 2023.^[7] The Redblacks had ten selections in the eight-round draft.^[8] The team had the first selection in each round of the draft after finishing last in the 2022 league standings (losing the tie-breaker to the Edmonton Elks), not including traded picks.^[9] This was the first time that Ottawa selected first overall since the 2015 CFL Draft.

Notably, the team acquired additional second-round and third-round selections after trading the rights to Woodly Appolon to the Edmonton Elks and Terry Williams to the BC Lions.^[10][11] The Redblacks also traded their fourth-round pick to the Edmonton Elks in exchange for Nick Arbuckle.^[12] The team also upgraded their eighth-round selection to another seventh-round selection after trading Llevi Noel to the Elks.^[13]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School	Hometown
1	1	Dontae Bull	OL	Fresno State	Victoria, BC
2	10	Lucas Cormier	DB	Mount Allison	Sackville, NB
2	12	James Peter	LB	Ottawa	Ottawa, ON
2	17T	Daniel Oladejo	WR	Ottawa	Ottawa, ON
3	19	Aidan John	DL	St. Mary's	Halifax, NS
3	25	Josh White	LB	Regina	Regina, SK
5	37	Daniel Perry	WR	Saskatchewan	Calgary, AB
6	46	Quintin Seguin	DL	Charleston Southern	Windsor, ON
7	55	Alexander Fedchun	DL	St. Francis Xavier	Calgary, AB
7	58	Amlicar Polk	RB	Ottawa	Ottawa, ON

Preseason

Schedule

Week	Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
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A	Bye
B	1	Fri, May 26	7:30 p.m. EDT	vs. Montreal Alouettes	L 21–22	0–1	TSN/RDS	TD Place Stadium	15,802	Recap
C	2	Thu, June 1	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Toronto Argonauts	W 34–23	1–1	None	Alumni Stadium	N/A	Recap

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 #  Games played with white uniforms.^[15]

Regular season

Standings

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Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts	PF	PA	Div	Stk
Toronto Argonauts	18	16	2	0	32	591	396	10–0	W4	Details
Montreal Alouettes	18	11	7	0	22	442	392	7–3	W5	Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	8	10	0	16	408	461	3–7	L2	Details
Ottawa Redblacks	18	4	14	0	8	415	507	0–10	L4	Details

Schedule

Week	Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
					Score	Record
1	1	Sat, June 10	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Montreal Alouettes	L 12–19	0–1	TSN/RDS/CBSSN	Molson Stadium	20,865	Recap
2	2	Thu, June 15	7:30 p.m. EDT	vs. Calgary Stampeders	L 15–26	0–2	TSN/RDS	TD Place Stadium	18,251	Recap
3	Bye
4	3	Fri, June 30	7:30 p.m. EDT	vs. Edmonton Elks	W 26–7	1–2	TSN/RDS	TD Place Stadium	18,145	Recap
5	4	Sat, July 8	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 13–21	1–3	TSN/RDS/CBSSN	Tim Hortons Field	21,331	Recap
6	5	Sat, July 15	4:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 31–28 (OT)	2–3	TSN/RDS	TD Place Stadium	18,144	Recap
7	6	Sun, July 23	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Calgary Stampeders	W 43–41 (OT)	3–3	TSN/RDS/CBSSN	McMahon Stadium	21,226	Recap
8	7	Fri, July 28	7:30 p.m. EDT	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 12–16	3–4	TSN/RDS	TD Place Stadium	19,243	Recap
9	8	Sun, Aug 6	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 24–26	3–5	TSN/RDS2/CBSSN	Mosaic Stadium	26,625	Recap
10	9	Sun, Aug 13	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Toronto Argonauts	L 31–44	3–6	TSN/RDS	BMO Field	12,796	Recap
11	10	Sat, Aug 19	7:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Montreal Alouettes	L 24–25	3–7	TSN/RDS/CBSSN	TD Place Stadium	19,475	Recap
12	11	Sun, Aug 27	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Edmonton Elks	L 20–30	3–8	TSN/RDS/CBSSN	Commonwealth Stadium	23,825	Recap
13	Bye
14	12	Fri, Sept 8	7:30 p.m. EDT	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 24–27	3–9	TSN/RDS2/CBSSN	TD Place Stadium	18,004	Recap
15	13	Sat, Sept 16	7:00 p.m. EDT	at BC Lions	L 37–41	3–10	TSN/RDS2	BC Place	20,403	Recap
16	14	Fri, Sept 22	7:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 36–28	4–10	TSN/RDS/CBSSN	TD Place Stadium	19,647	Recap
17	15	Sat, Sept 30	4:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Montreal Alouettes	L 15–32	4–11	TSN/RDS	TD Place Stadium	20,464	Recap
18	16	Mon, Oct 9	1:00 p.m. EDT	at Montreal Alouettes	L 3–29	4–12	TSN/RDS/CBSSN	Molson Stadium	20,664	Recap
19	17	Sat, Oct 14	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Toronto Argonauts	L 27–40	4–13	TSN/RDS2	BMO Field	13,888	Recap
20	Bye
21	18	Sat, Oct 28	7:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Toronto Argonauts	L 22–27	4–14	TSN/RDS	TD Place Stadium		Recap

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 #  Games played with white uniforms.^[15]

 #  Games played with colour uniforms.^[15]

 #  Games played with alternate uniforms.^[15]

Team

Roster

Ottawa Redblacks roster

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Quarterbacks  9 Nick Arbuckle 18 Dustin Crum  3 Tyrrell Pigrome Receivers 23 Jaelon Acklin  0 Bralon Addison 87 Keaton Bruggeling  1 Shaq Evans  2 Justin Hardy 85 Daniel Oladejo 15 Tevaun Smith Running backs 34 Ante Milanovic-Litre 31 Devonte Williams Fullbacks 89 Marco Dubois 45 Anthony Gosselin		Offensive linemen 64 Dino Boyd 55 Drake Centers 59 Cyrille Hogan-Saindon 52 Zack Pelehos 54 Jacob Ruby 67 Hunter Steward Defensive linemen 58 Bryce Carter 90 Cleyon Laing 94 Lorenzo Mauldin 99 Kene Onyeka 47 Nigel Romick 51 Blessman Ta'ala 96 Michael Wakefield		Linebackers 32 Adam Auclair 19 Lucas Cormier 43 Kevin Francis 28 Frankie Griffin 48 Gary Johnson Jr. 42 James Peter  5 Jovan Santos-Knox Defensive backs 20 Alonzo Addae 35 Douglas Coleman III 33 Ty Cranston 41 Tobias Harris DB/KR 21 Justin Howell  4 Monshadrik Hunter 36 Alijah McGhee  6 Damon Webb Special teams 56 Tanner Doll LS 13 Richie Leone K 73 Michael Domagala K				1-Game Injured 50 Dontae Bull OL 37 Brandin Dandridge DB 95 Aidan John DL 38 Deandre Lamont DB 82 Siaosi Mariner WR 6-Game Injured  7 Tyrie Adams QB 24 Hakeem Bailey DB 27 Sherrod Baltimore DB 44 Dan Basambombo LB 80 Nate Behar WR 22 Jackson Bennett RB 25 Cariel Brooks DB 17 DeVonte Dedmon WR/KR 61 Drew Desjarlais OL 14 Abdul Kanneh DB  8 Jeremiah Masoli QB 98 Deshawn Stevens DL 46 Tyron Vrede LB 10 Lewis Ward K		Practice roster 92 Vandarius Cowan DL 10 Jake Dunniway QB 88 Maurice Ffrench WR 49 Sherrod Greene LB 97 Tre Hornbuckle DL 69 Lucas Lavin OL 91 Thomas Schaffer DL 29 Skyler Thomas DB 16 Demontre Tuggle RB 39 Joshua Valentine-Turner DB 65 Roman Wahrheit OL 53 Tylar Wiltz LB
Italics indicate American player • Bold indicates Global player • 46 Roster, 19 Injured, 12 Practice roster Roster updated 2023-10-28 • Depth chart • Transactions • More CFL rosters

Coaching staff

Ottawa Redblacks staff

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	Front Office Owner – Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG) Chief Executive Officer – Mark Goudie General Manager – Shawn Burke Assistant General Manager – Jeremy Snyder Director of Pro Personnel – Brendan Taman Director of Canadian Scouting & Football Analytics – Chad Hudson Pro/College Scout – Philippe Moreau Video Coordinator – Braun Gheller Head Coaches Head Coach – Bob Dyce Assistant Head Coach – Khari Jones Offensive Coaches Offensive Coordinator – Khari Jones Offensive Line – Paul Charbonneau Receivers – Travis Moore Running Backs – Nate Taylor Offensive Quality Control – Nadia Doucoure			Defensive Coaches Defensive Coordinator – Barron Miles Defensive Line and Run Game Coordinator – Mike Phair Linebackers – Patrick Bourgon Defensive Backs – Jykine Bradley Special Teams Coaches Special Teams Coach – Cory McDiarmid Strength and Conditioning Strength and Conditioning Coordinator – Nick Mercuri → Coaching Staff → More CFL staffs