Lucas Cormier

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Lucas Cormier
No. 19     Ottawa Redblacks
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Cormier with the Ottawa Redblacks in 2024
Born: (2001-05-07) May 7, 2001 (age 24)
Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
Career information
StatusActive
CFL status National
Position(s) Defensive back
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight210 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

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

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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]

References

  1. ↑ "Lucas Cormier". Mount Allison Mounties . Retrieved December 22, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "2023 CFL Draft profiles: Mount Allison's hometown hero Lucas Cormier ready to be 'big city' DB". 3DownNation. May 2, 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Redblacks sign 2023 CFL Draft class". Ottawa Redblacks. May 9, 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 "Lucas Cormier". Ottawa Redblacks . Retrieved December 22, 2024.
  5. ↑ "BEEFING UP: Redblacks Lucas Cormier adds 20 pounds and grows in his role as leader". Ottawa Citizen. May 28, 2024.
  6. 1 2 "WHAT NOW?: Do Redblacks risk more injuries in "meaningless" regular season finale vs Ticats?". Ottawa Citizen. October 22, 2024.
  7. 1 2 "CFL Game Notes" (PDF). Canadian Football League . Retrieved December 22, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Toronto Argonauts vs Ottawa Redblacks". Canadian Football League . Retrieved December 22, 2024.
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