Lucas Cormier

Lucas Cormier (born May 7, 2001) is a Canadian professional football defensive back for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL).

Lucas Cormier

No. 19     Ottawa Redblacks
Cormier with the Ottawa Redblacks in 2024
Born:	(2001-05-07) May 7, 2001 (age 24) Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
Career information
Status	Active
CFL status	National
Position(s)	Defensive back
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	210 lb (95 kg)
University	Mount Allison
High school	Tantramar Regional High
CFL draft	2023, round: 2, pick: 10
Drafted by	Ottawa Redblacks
Career history
As player
2023–present	Ottawa Redblacks
Career stats
Playing stats at CFL.ca

University career

Cormier played U Sports football for the Mount Allison Mounties from 2019 to 2022.^[1][2] After sitting out in 2020 due to the cancelled 2020 U Sports football season, he played in 21 games with the team where he had 74.5 tackles and nine interceptions while being named an AUS All-Star in all three seasons that he played.^[2]

Professional career

Cormier was selected by the Ottawa Redblacks in the second round, 10th overall, of the 2023 CFL draft and became the second-highest drafted former Mountie player of all time, with Philippe Girard being drafted fifth overall in 1998 CFL draft.^[3] Cormier then signed with the team on May 9, 2023.^[3] Following training camp in 2023, he began the season on the injured list, but later made his professional debut on July 15, 2024, against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.^[4] Cormier played in five games in his rookie year, spending time on bot the injured list and practice roster, where he had one defensive tackle and four special teams tackles.^[4]

Entering the 2024 season, the Redblacks asked Cormier to add 20 pounds as they looked to inset him at linebacker.^[5] He made the opening day active roster and played in the first eight games before suffering a foot injury in week 10 against the Saskatchewan Roughriders.^[6][7] He returned in week 20 where he injured his hand and sat out the last game of the season.^[6] Cormier played in nine regular season games where he recorded two defensive tackles and five special teams tackles.^[4][7] He returned to make his post-season debut where he had one special teams tackle in the East Semi-Final loss to the Toronto Argonauts.^[8]