2014 Ottawa Redblacks season

2014 Ottawa Redblacks season
General manager	Marcel Desjardins
Head coach	Rick Campbell
Home field	TD Place Stadium
Results
Record	2–16
Division place	4th, East
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Team MOP	Jasper Simmons
Team MOC	Justin Capicciotti
Team MOR	Antoine Pruneau
Uniform
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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]

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]

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]

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.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	9	Nolan MacMillan	OL	Iowa
2	18	Connor Williams	DE	Utah State
3	27	Kalonji Kashama	DE	Eastern Michigan
4	36	Tyler Digby	TE	Robert Morris

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.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	4	Antoine Pruneau	DB	Montreal
2	13	Scott MacDonell	WR	Queen's
3	23	Nigel Romick	DL	Saint Mary's
4	28	Aaron Wheaton	OL	Toronto
5	37	Hugo Desmarais	OL	Laval
6	46	Stephon Miller	DL	Windsor
7	55	Vincent Desloges	DL	Laval
7	64	Alexandre Bernard	LB	McGill
7	65	Kevin Malcolm	LS	McMaster

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]

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]

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
				Score	Record
A	Bye
B	Sat, June 14	6:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 17–21	0–1	TSN2	Mosaic Stadium	13,014	Recap
C	Fri, June 20	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Montreal Alouettes	W 26–10	1–1	TSN	Molson Stadium	18,141	Recap

^[18]

 #  Games played with white uniforms.

East Division view talk edit
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	9	9	0	417	395	18	Details
Montreal Alouettes	18	9	9	0	360	394	18	Details
Toronto Argonauts	18	8	10	0	450	456	16	Details
Ottawa Redblacks	18	2	16	0	278	465	4	Details

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
				Score	Record
1	Bye
2	Thur, July 3	8:30 p.m. EDT	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 28–36	0–1	TSN/RDS2	Investors Group Field	27,553	Recap
3	Fri, July 11	10:00 p.m. EDT	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 11–27	0–2	TSN/RDS/ESPNews	Commonwealth Stadium	31,521	Recap
4	Fri, July 18	7:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 18–17	1–2	TSN/RDS	TD Place Stadium	24,326	Recap
5	Sat, July 26	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 23–33	1–3	TSN/RDS	Ron Joyce Stadium	6,500	Recap
6	Sat, Aug 2	7:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 14–38	1–4	TSN/RDS2	TD Place Stadium	24,303	Recap
7	Sat, Aug 9	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Calgary Stampeders	L 17–38	1–5	TSN/RDS	McMahon Stadium	28,391	Recap
8	Fri, Aug 15	7:30 p.m. EDT	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	L 8–10	1–6	TSN/RDS2	TD Place Stadium	24,291	Recap
9	Sun, Aug 24	3:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Calgary Stampeders	L 7–32	1–7	TSN	TD Place Stadium	24,327	Recap
10	Fri, Aug 29	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Montreal Alouettes	L 10–20	1–8	TSN/RDS	Molson Stadium	19,440	Recap
11	Fri, Sept 5	7:30 p.m. EDT	vs. BC Lions	L 5–7	1–9	TSN/RDS2	TD Place Stadium	24,287	Recap
12	Bye
13	Sun, Sept 21	4:00 p.m. EDT	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 32–35 (2OT)	1–10	TSN/RDS2	Mosaic Stadium	33,427	Recap
14	Fri, Sept 26	7:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Montreal Alouettes	L 7–15	1–11	TSN/RDS	TD Place Stadium	24,317	Recap
15	Fri, Oct 3	7:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 42–20	2–11	TSN	TD Place Stadium	24,242	Recap
16	Sat, Oct 11	10:00 p.m. EDT	at BC Lions	L 3–41	2–12	TSN	BC Place	31,217	Recap
17	Fri, Oct 17	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 6–16	2–13	TSN/RDS2/ESPN2	Tim Hortons Field	20,125	Recap
18	Fri, Oct 24	6:30 p.m. EDT	vs. Montreal Alouettes	L 17–23	2–14	TSN/RDS	TD Place Stadium	24,458	Recap
19	Fri, Oct 31	7:30 p.m. EDT	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 25–34	2–15	TSN/RDS2	TD Place Stadium	24,101	Recap
20	Fri, Nov 7	7:00 p.m. EST	at Toronto Argonauts	L 5–23	2–16	TSN/RDS2	Rogers Centre	19,687	Recap

^[18]

 #  Games played with colour uniforms.

 #  Games played with white uniforms.

 #  Games played with alternate uniforms.

2014 Ottawa RedBlacks roster
Quarterbacks  1 Henry Burris  9 Danny O'Brien 18 Joey Elliott Running backs 19 Roy Finch RB 27 Jeremiah Johnson RB 49 John Delahunt FB 81 Patrick Lavoie FB Wide receivers  8 Eddie Poole 13 Khalil Paden 15 Jamill Smith 83 Scott MacDonell 84 Wallace Miles 87 Robin Medeiros Slotbacks 16 Marcus Henry 85 Matt Carter		Offensive linemen 53 Matthew Albright C 55 Alexander Krausnick-Groh C 58 Colin Kelly RT 63 Jon Gott LG 64 J'Michael Deane LT 66 Nolan MacMillan RG Defensive linemen 47 Nigel Romick DE 74 Keith Shologan DT 90 Andrew Marshall DE 92 Zack Evans DT 93 Justin Capicciotti DE 95 Moton Hopkins DL 97 Kalonji Kashama DE 98 Marlon Smith DE		Linebackers 20 David Hinds LB 31 Jasper Simmons WLB 33 Jordan Verdone MLB 38 James Green WLB 45 Damaso Munoz MLB 46 Jason Pottinger MLB Defensive backs  2 Jovon Johnson CB/KR/PR  6 Antoine Pruneau DB  7 Eric Fraser S 14 Abdul Kanneh DB 21 Hugo Lopez DB 22 Brandon McDonald DB 24 Jerrell Gavins HB 25 Brandyn Thompson HB 32 Jermaine Robinson S Special teams  3 Brett Maher PK/P 54 Kevin Scott LS		1-Game Injured List  4 Alex Carder QB  5 Eddie Elder HB 23 Jonathan Williams RB 42 Anton McKenzie LB 43 Travis Brown WLB 50 Jeraill McCuller RT 80 Dobson Collins WR 99 Connor Williams DT 6-Game Injured List 10 Kierrie Johnson WR 17 Thomas DeMarco QB 28 D. J. Harper RB 29 Chevon Walker RB 34 Michael Hayes RB/KR 44 Justin Phillips DE 57 Hugo Desmarais RG 59 Joe Eppele LG 75 Jon Williams DT Practice Roster 30 Philippe Dubuisson-Lebon LB 36 Charles Clay LB 37 D. J. Key LB 39 Michael Dadzie DL 41 Justin Cudworth LB 49 Zach Ramirez K 58 D. J. Young OL 68 Eric Schultz OT 82 Dan Buckner WR 86 L. J. Castille WR 94 Youri Yenga DE 96 Devan Walker DE 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 → More rosters

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 Head coach – Rick Campbell Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – Mike Gibson Quarterbacks – Marcus Crandell Running backs – Don Yanowsky Receivers – Travis Moore Offensive assistant – Jordan Maksymic			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Mark Nelson Defensive line – Leroy Blugh Defensive backs – Ike Charlton Defensive assistant – Derek Oswalt Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Don Yanowsky → Coaching Staff → More CFL staffs