Jesse Briggs

Jesse Briggs
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	Briggs at the Grey Cup celebration in 2021
Born:	April 14, 1990 (age 34); Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Career information
CFL status	National
Position(s)	Linebacker
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	215 lb (98 kg)
University	McGill
CFL draft	2014, round: 2, pick: 17
Drafted by	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Career history
As player
2014–2023	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Career highlights and awards
	2× Grey Cup champion (2019, 2021);
Career stats
	Playing stats at CFL.ca ;

Last updated October 09, 2024

Jesse Briggs (born April 14, 1990) is a Canadian former professional football linebacker who played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Briggs played CIS football for the McGill Redmen.

Professional career

Briggs was selected in the second round, 17th overall, in the 2014 CFL Draft by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. One of just 17 Bomber players to dress for all 18 games that year, Briggs was a regular on the club's punt and kickoff coverage teams. He saw some action on defense making a pair of defensive tackles to go with 11 stops on special team duty. He had three games with multiple special team tackles.

Additionally, in an October 10, 2015 game vs. the BC Lions, Briggs gained 11 yards on a 3rd and 10 fake punt run.^[1] After these late game heroics in a pivotal Western Division match up, he had another run in the Banjo Bowl vs. the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

He played in only four regular season games in 2019 due to injury, but returned in the playoffs where he played in all three of the Blue Bombers' post-season games. Briggs played in his first Grey Cup game that year where he recorded one defensive tackle and one special teams tackle as Briggs won his first championship in Winnipeg's victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the 107th Grey Cup game.^[2]

Briggs signed a one-year contract extension with Winnipeg on January 20, 2021.^[3] He started his first career game at linebacker on August 13, 2021 against the Toronto Argonauts where he had three defensive tackles and a forced fumble. In the next game on August 21, 2021, again against the Argonauts, he scored his first professional touchdown after returning a fumble 83 yards for a score.^[4]

He retired on February 12, 2024.^[5]

Professional statistics

		Defense								Rushing
Season	Team	GP	GS	DT	STT	Sacks	INT	TD	FF	Att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
2014	WPG	18	0	2	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
2015	WPG	18	0	4	11	0	0	0	0	2	14	7.0	11	0
2016	WPG	18	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
2017	WPG	15	0	8	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
2018	WPG	18	0	3	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
2019	WPG	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Career		91	0	20	56	0	0	0	0	2	14	7.0	11	0

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References

↑ "Boxscore, Winnipeg at BC". Canadian Football League. October 10, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
↑ "Play-by-Play, 107th Grey Cup". Canadian Football League. November 24, 2019. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
↑ "Bombers agree to terms on one-year extension with Jesse Briggs". BlueBombers.com. January 20, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
↑ "Winnipeg Blue Bombers vs Toronto Argonauts". Canadian Football League. August 21, 2021.
↑ "Winnipeg Blue Bombers Transactions". footballdb.com. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
↑ "2021 CFL Guide Book" (PDF). Canadian Football League. p. 73. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 5, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021.

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[1] "Boxscore, Winnipeg at BC". Canadian Football League. October 10, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2021.

[playbyplay-2] "Play-by-Play, 107th Grey Cup". Canadian Football League. November 24, 2019. Retrieved August 22, 2021.

[3] "Bombers agree to terms on one-year extension with Jesse Briggs". BlueBombers.com. January 20, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.

[4] "Winnipeg Blue Bombers vs Toronto Argonauts". Canadian Football League. August 21, 2021.

[5] "Winnipeg Blue Bombers Transactions". footballdb.com. Retrieved 12 August 2024.

[6] "2021 CFL Guide Book" (PDF). Canadian Football League. p. 73. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 5, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021.

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