2014 Ottawa Redblacks season

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2014 Ottawa Redblacks season
General manager Marcel Desjardins
Head coach Rick Campbell
Home field TD Place Stadium
Results
Record2–16
Division place4th, East
Playoff finishdid not qualify
Team MOP Jasper Simmons
Team MOC Justin Capicciotti
Team MOR Antoine Pruneau
Uniform
CFL OTT Jersey 2014.png

The 2014 Ottawa Redblacks season was the first season for the team in the Canadian Football League. The Redblacks are the third CFL franchise to play in the city of Ottawa, and the first since the suspension of the Renegades in 2006. The Redblacks finished the season in fourth place in the East Division with a 2–16 record and were eliminated from playoff contention after a week 16 loss to the BC Lions. [1]

Contents

Off-season

Acquisitions

The Redblacks signed their first three players on November 28, 2013. Ottawa signed wide receiver Fred Rouse, defensive back/safety Nick Turnbull and defensive end DiMetrio Tyson. [2] Leading up to the 2013 CFL Expansion Draft the Redblacks signed a number of players including; defensive back Jerrell Gavins, [3] quarterback Matt Faulkner [4] and running backs Jordan Roberts, [5] Michael Hayes, and Eric O'Neal. [6]

In February 2014, following the Expansion Draft, the Redblacks made a series of significant signings including the acquisition of former MOP quarterback Henry Burris, [7] former defensive player of the year Jovon Johnson and LB Malik Jackson. [8]

Expansion Draft

The 2013 CFL Expansion Draft was a three-round CFL draft held on December 16, 2013, which assign players from existing CFL teams to the new Ottawa team. The structure of the draft was announced on January 19, 2011, which described one round for selecting import [Note 1] players and two rounds for selecting non-import [Note 1] players. [9] Ottawa selected three players from each of the eight existing teams for a total of 24 players. Ottawa was allowed to select eight import players and 16 non-import players with quarterbacks, kickers and punters eligible within their respective import/non-import [Note 1] categories. Ottawa was able to select a maximum of two quarterbacks and one kicker/punter, but not select any two of these three players from the same team.

Overall, 24 players were selected in the draft, including two quarterbacks, three receivers, one running back, two fullbacks, six offensive linemen, six defensive linemen, three linebackers, and one defensive back. Only one pending free agent was selected, with Rory Kohlert's contract expiring February 15, 2014. The selections were announced live at cfl.ca on December 16, 2013. [10]

2013 CFL draft

The 2013 CFL Draft took place on May 6, 2013. Despite not playing in the 2013 season, the Redblacks picked last in the first four rounds of the draft, with selections being limited to 18 NCAA redshirt juniors. [11] [12] These players were not eligible to sign for the 2013 season, but may sign with Ottawa for this season.

RoundPickPlayerPositionSchool/Club Team
19 Nolan MacMillan OL Iowa
218 Connor Williams DE Utah State
327 Kalonji Kashama DE Eastern Michigan
436 Tyler Digby TE Robert Morris

2014 CFL draft

The 2014 CFL Draft took place on May 13, 2014. The Redblacks began with the first pick in each of the seven rounds, but traded the first overall pick to Calgary for Jon Gott. [13] They re-entered the first round after trading Kevin Glenn to the BC Lions and moved positions in the first and second round following a trade with the Montreal Alouettes. [14] They also moved down in the third round after trading for Justin Phillips. [15] The club also had two bonus picks at the end of the draft, which brought their total to nine.

RoundPickPlayerPositionSchool/Club Team
14 Antoine Pruneau DB Montreal
213 Scott MacDonell WR Queen's
323 Nigel Romick DL Saint Mary's
428 Aaron Wheaton OL Toronto
537 Hugo Desmarais OL Laval
646 Stephon Miller DL Windsor
755 Vincent Desloges DL Laval
764 Alexandre Bernard LB McGill
765 Kevin Malcolm LS McMaster

Training camp

On March 11, 2014, the Redblacks announced that they would hold a mini-training camp April 9–10, 2014 at Bon Secours Washington Redskins Training Center in Richmond, Virginia. At this camp, the entire team roster would participate in drills and work out under the supervision of head coach Rick Campbell and the Redblacks football operations staff. [16]

Schedule

On February 10, 2014, it was announced that the Ottawa Redblacks would play their "home" pre-season game at Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field against the Roughriders on June 14, 2014. Ottawa was the home side of the field and the team was introduced as the home team. It was further announced that the Redblacks would have a bye for the first week of the regular season and then play away games at Edmonton and Winnipeg before their home opener in Week 4 on July 18 against the Toronto Argonauts. These arrangements were made to accommodate for any delays that might be incurred due to the construction of TD Place Stadium.

This was the Redblacks' inaugural season in the Canadian Football League. [17]

Preseason

WeekDateKickoffOpponentResultsTVVenueAttendanceSummary
ScoreRecord
ABye
BSat, June 146:00 p.m. EDT vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders L 17–210–1 TSN2 Mosaic Stadium 13,014 Recap
CFri, June 207:00 p.m. EDTat Montreal Alouettes W 26–101–1 TSN Molson Stadium 18,141 Recap

[18]

 #  Games played with white uniforms.

Regular season

Standings

East Division
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1899041739518 Details
Montreal Alouettes 1899036039418 Details
Toronto Argonauts 18810045045616 Details
Ottawa Redblacks 1821602784654 Details

Schedule

WeekDateKickoffOpponentResultsTVVenueAttendanceSummary
ScoreRecord
1Bye
2Thur, July 38:30 p.m. EDTat Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 28–360–1 TSN/RDS2 Investors Group Field 27,553 Recap
3Fri, July 1110:00 p.m. EDTat Edmonton Eskimos L 11–270–2TSN/RDS/ESPNews Commonwealth Stadium 31,521 Recap
4Fri, July 187:00 p.m. EDTvs. Toronto Argonauts W 18–171–2TSN/RDS TD Place Stadium 24,326 Recap
5Sat, July 267:00 p.m. EDTat Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 23–331–3TSN/RDS Ron Joyce Stadium 6,500 Recap
6Sat, Aug 27:00 p.m. EDTvs. Saskatchewan Roughriders L 14–381–4TSN/RDS2TD Place Stadium24,303 Recap
7Sat, Aug 97:30 p.m. EDTat Calgary Stampeders L 17–381–5TSN/RDS McMahon Stadium 28,391 Recap
8Fri, Aug 157:30 p.m. EDTvs. Edmonton EskimosL 8–101–6TSN/RDS2TD Place Stadium24,291 Recap
9Sun, Aug 243:00 p.m. EDTvs. Calgary StampedersL 7–321–7TSNTD Place Stadium24,327 Recap
10Fri, Aug 297:30 p.m. EDTat Montreal Alouettes L 10–201–8TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 19,440 Recap
11Fri, Sept 57:30 p.m. EDTvs. BC Lions L 5–71–9TSN/RDS2TD Place Stadium24,287 Recap
12Bye
13Sun, Sept 214:00 p.m. EDTat Saskatchewan RoughridersL 32–35 (2OT)1–10TSN/RDS2 Mosaic Stadium 33,427 Recap
14Fri, Sept 267:00 p.m. EDTvs. Montreal AlouettesL 7–151–11TSN/RDSTD Place Stadium24,317 Recap
15Fri, Oct 37:00 p.m. EDTvs. Winnipeg Blue BombersW 42–202–11TSNTD Place Stadium24,242 Recap
16Sat, Oct 1110:00 p.m. EDTat BC LionsL 3–412–12TSN BC Place 31,217 Recap
17Fri, Oct 177:00 p.m. EDTat Hamilton Tiger-CatsL 6–162–13TSN/RDS2/ESPN2 Tim Hortons Field 20,125 Recap
18Fri, Oct 246:30 p.m. EDTvs. Montreal AlouettesL 17–232–14TSN/RDSTD Place Stadium24,458 Recap
19Fri, Oct 317:30 p.m. EDTvs. Hamilton Tiger-CatsL 25–342–15TSN/RDS2TD Place Stadium24,101 Recap
20Fri, Nov 77:00 p.m. ESTat Toronto ArgonautsL 5–232–16TSN/RDS2 Rogers Centre 19,687 Recap

[18]

 #  Games played with colour uniforms.
 #  Games played with white uniforms.
 #  Games played with alternate uniforms.

Team

Roster

2014 Ottawa RedBlacks roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Slotbacks

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

1-Game Injured List

6-Game Injured List

Practice Roster

Suspended List

Disabled List

Italics indicate Import player
Roster updated 2014-11-07
Depth Chart • Transactions
46 Active, 8 Injured, 9 6-Game Injured,
12 Practice

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Coaching staff

2014 Ottawa Redblacks staff
Front office
  • Owner – Jeff Hunt
  • President and ceo – Bernie Ashe
  • General manager – Marcel Desjardins
  • Coordinator, Football Administration – Chantal Covington
  • Video Coordinator, Braun Gheller
  • Towel Folder, Colin Farquharson
  • Pro Scout, Kenny McClay

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

 

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement ratified in 2014, "non-import" players will be now be termed "nationals" and "import" players will be termed "internationals".

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