The Ottawa Renegades were a Canadian Football League franchise based in Ottawa, Ontario founded in 2002, six years after the storied Ottawa Rough Riders folded. After four seasons, the Renegades franchise was suspended indefinitely by the league due to financial instability, and its players were absorbed by the other teams in a dispersal draft.
Brad Banks is a former American football quarterback. He played college football at Iowa where he was the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy.
Jason Armstead is a former professional Canadian football and American football kick returner and wide receiver. Armstead is currently a free-agent. He was most recently a member of the Calgary Stampeders in the Canadian Football League. He was signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers as an undrafted free agent in 2003. He played college football for Mississippi.
A dispersal draft is a process in professional sports for assigning players to a new team when their current team ceases to exist or is merged with another team. Since most sports drafts are held in North America, this is where most dispersal drafts are conducted as well.
The 2002 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 49th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 45th Canadian Football League season.
Greg Moss is a Canadian Football League defensive back who previously played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He is now a Free Agent. In 2006 he was selected in the Renegades' dispersal draft by the Alouettes.
Marc Parenteau is a professional Canadian football offensive lineman who last played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted 36th overall by the Ottawa Renegades in the 2003 CFL Draft. He was signed by the Saskatchewan Roughriders to a contract on February 12, 2007 and played for five seasons before being released on February 10, 2012. He was soon after signed by the Toronto Argonauts on February 13, 2012. Parenteau would go on to win the 100th Grey Cup with the Argonauts. On September 9, 2013, Parenteau was traded to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, along with a 3rd round draft pick in 2014, in exchange for running back Anthony Woodson and a fifth round draft pick in 2014. He retired after 9 years in the CFL in January 2014 after winning 2 Grey Cups and he is the only offensive lineman to ever score a touchdown in a Grey Cup game (2010). Before his CFL career, Marc was an All-Star lineman with the Boston College Eagles from 1999-2003. He continues to be a real estate sales representative in the Ottawa, ON area.
Anthony Malbrough is a former professional Canadian football defensive back. He was drafted in the fifth round of the 2000 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns. He played college football for the Texas Tech Red Raiders.
Donald Ruiz is a retired Canadian Football League player who played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Ottawa Renegades, and Saskatchewan Roughriders from 2001 to 2006 as a free safety.
Korey Banks is a defensive back who is currently a free agent. He was most recently a member of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League. He played college football for the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
Ibrahim "Obby" Khan is a former Canadian football centre. He most recently played for the Canadian Football League's Calgary Stampeders.
Chad K Nkang is a former American football safety. He was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the seventh round of the 2007 NFL Draft. Nkang played collegiately at Elon University.
Samuel Mayorga Garza Jr. is a former professional quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) & Canadian Football League (CFL). In a ten-year career, he played for the Seattle Seahawks and St. Louis/Phoenix Cardinals of the NFL and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Frankfurt Galaxy, Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Ottawa Rough Riders of the CFL.
Markus Howell is the passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League. He is a former professional Canadian football wide receiver and kick returner who played for 11 years for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Ottawa Renegades, and Calgary Stampeders. He was drafted in the fourth round of the 2000 CFL Draft by the Blue Bombers. He won a Grey Cup championship in 2008. He played college football at Texas Southern.
The CFL player dispersal draft was held with the disbanding of the Ottawa Renegades franchise in 2006. The draft took place on April 12th and consisted of eight rounds, with Kerry Joseph being selected first overall by Saskatchewan.
Nicolas "Hakeem" Kashama is a former professional gridiron football defensive end. He was signed by the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent in 2004. He played college football for the Connecticut Huskies.
The 2013 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season was the 56th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 81st overall. The Blue Bombers finished in 4th place in the East Division with a 3–15 record and missed the playoffs for the second straight year. This was the first season for the Blue Bombers at their new stadium, Investors Group Field. Originally, They were supposed to start playing there in 2012, but delays in construction pushed the opening date to 2013.
Zach Anderson is a professional American football defensive tackle for the Cleveland Gladiators. He played college football at Northern Michigan.
