2020 Edmonton Football Team season

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2020 Edmonton Football Team season
General manager Brock Sunderland
Head coach Scott Milanovich
Home field Commonwealth Stadium
Results
RecordN/A
Division placeN/A, West
Playoff finishSeason cancelled

The 2020 Edmonton Football Team season was scheduled to be the 63rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 72nd overall. On July 21, 2020, the team officially retired the "Eskimos" name, and temporarily began using "Edmonton Football Team" and "EE Football Team" until a new name was decided. [1]

Contents

Training camps, pre-season games, and regular season games were initially postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta. The CFL announced on April 7, 2020, that the start of the 2020 season would not occur before July 2020. [2] On May 20, 2020, it was announced that the league would likely not begin regular season play prior to September 2020. [3] On August 17, 2020, however, the season was officially cancelled due to COVID-19. [4]

This would have been the first season under head coach Scott Milanovich following the dismissal of Jason Maas following the 2019 season. [5] This also would have been the fourth season under general manager Brock Sunderland.

Offseason

CFL National Draft

The 2020 CFL National Draft took place on April 30, 2020. [6] The team had nine selections in the eight-round draft after acquiring another seventh-round pick from the Toronto Argonauts. [7]

RoundPickPlayerPositionUniversity TeamHometown
14 Thomas Jack-Kurdyla OL Buffalo Montreal, QC
213 Alain Pae DL Ottawa Prague, CZ
324 Malik Tyne LB Towson Ottawa, ON
432 Oludotun Aketepe DB Guelph Barrie, ON
541 Dante Brown K Fort Hays State Mississauga, ON
650 Chris Gangarossa OL Wagner Fort Erie, ON
757 Nicholas Summach OL Saskatchewan Saskatoon, SK
759 Rossini Sandjong DE York Longueuil, QC
868 Mitch Raper RB Carleton Oshawa, ON

CFL Global Draft

The 2020 CFL Global Draft was scheduled to take place on April 16, 2020. [8] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this draft and its accompanying combine were postponed to occur just before the start of training camp, which was ultimately cancelled. [2] [9] The team was scheduled to select fourth in each round with the number of rounds never announced. [8]

Planned schedule

Preseason

WeekGameDateKickoffOpponentTVVenue
A1Sun, May 242:00 p.m. MDT at Winnipeg Blue Bombers NA IG Field
B2Sat, May 302:00 p.m. MDTvs. BC Lions NA Commonwealth Stadium
CBye

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Regular season

WeekGameDateKickoffOpponentTVVenue
11Thu, June 117:00 p.m. MDT vs. BC Lions TSN Commonwealth Stadium
22Sat, June 208:00 p.m. MDTvs. Ottawa Redblacks TSNCommonwealth Stadium
33Sat, June 275:00 p.m. MDTat BC LionsTSN BC Place
44Fri, July 37:00 p.m. MDTvs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers TSNCommonwealth Stadium
5Bye
65Fri, July 177:30 p.m. MDTvs. Toronto Argonauts TSNCommonwealth Stadium
76Fri, July 245:00 p.m. MDTat Ottawa RedblacksTSN TD Place Stadium
87Fri, July 317:30 p.m. MDTvs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats TSNCommonwealth Stadium
9Bye
108Fri, Aug 146:30 p.m. MDTat Winnipeg Blue BombersTSN IG Field
119Sat, Aug 225:00 p.m. MDTat Saskatchewan Roughriders TSN Mosaic Stadium
1210Sat, Aug 295:00 p.m. MDTvs. Saskatchewan RoughridersTSNCommonwealth Stadium
1311 Mon, Sept 7 2:30 p.m. MDTat Calgary Stampeders TSN McMahon Stadium
1412Sat, Sep 125:00 p.m. MDTvs. Calgary StampedersTSNCommonwealth Stadium
1513Fri, Sep 185:00 p.m. MDTat Montreal Alouettes TSN/RDS Molson Stadium
16Bye
1714Sat, Oct 35:00 p.m. MDTvs. Saskatchewan RoughridersTSNCommonwealth Stadium
1815Fri, Oct 96:00 p.m. MDTat Winnipeg Blue BombersTSNIG Field
1916Sat, Oct 172:00 p.m. MDTat Hamilton Tiger-CatsTSN Tim Hortons Field
2017Sat, Oct 242:00 p.m. MDTvs. Montreal AlouettesTSN/RDSCommonwealth Stadium
2118Sat, Oct 3111:00 a.m. MDTat Toronto ArgonautsTSN BMO Field

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Team

Roster

Edmonton Football Team roster
Quarterbacks

Receivers

Running backs

Fullbacks

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Italics indicate international player
Bold indicates global player
Roster updated 2020-08-17
Depth chart • Transactions
102 roster

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Coaching staff

Edmonton Football Team staff
Front office
  • President and ceo – Chris Presson
  • Vice-President Football Operations and General Manager – Brock Sunderland
  • Director of player personnel – David Turner
  • Assistant director of player personnel – Will Homer
  • Director of scouting – Bobby Merritt
  • Director of football operations – Kris Hagerman
  • Assistant director of football operations/player personnel assistant – Nick Pelletier
  • Head video coordinator – Griffin Dear

Head coach

Offensive coaches

 

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

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References

  1. ↑ "Edmonton Football Team Discontinues Use Of The Name Eskimos". Edmonton Football Team. July 21, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Ambrosie issues statement on behalf of CFL". cfl.ca. April 7, 2020. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  3. ↑ "CFL provides update regarding 2020". Canadian Football League. May 20, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  4. ↑ "CFL not to play shortened season in the fall". Canadian Football League. August 17, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Eskimos part ways with head coach Jason Maas". cfl.ca. November 27, 2019.
  6. ↑ "CFL to hold global player combines in Europe, Mexico and, and Japan". press.cfl.ca. November 20, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Esks acquire Martese Jackson from Argos". September 10, 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Key dates to circle on your calendar in 2020". CFL.ca. January 27, 2020. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  9. ↑ "CFL Global Draft rescheduled as lead-in event prior to training camp". CFL.ca. March 24, 2020. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  10. 1 2 "2020 Schedule". Edmonton Football Team . Retrieved December 22, 2019.
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