{"id":162762,"date":"2025-09-23T02:28:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T02:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/162762\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T02:28:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T02:28:10","slug":"ottawa-redblacks-re-sign-linebacker-zachary-philion-bgmsportstrax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/162762\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa Redblacks re-sign linebacker Zachary Philion \u2013 BGMSportsTrax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgmsportstrax.com\/2024\/08\/28\/ottawa-redblacks-sign-wide-receiver-maurice-ffrench\/ottawa-redblacks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758594490_85_Ottawa-Redblacks.jpg\" alt=\"Ottawa Redblacks\" title=\"Ottawa Redblacks\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nOttawa Redblacks<\/p>\n<p>The Ottawa Redblacks re-signed linebacker Zachary Philion to the practice squad on Monday according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/transactions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CFL Transactions<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/zachary-philion\/168832\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zachary Philion<\/a> is six foot one and weighs 221 pounds. The 26-year-old from Buffalo, New York, re-signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders on November 19, 2024. He attended training camp and was released on May 10, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The Ottawa Redblacks signed Philion to the practice squad on August 17, 2025. In 2025, he made one tackle on special teams in one game against the Edmonton Elks. The Redblacks released him on September 18, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The Ottawa Redblacks drafted Philion in the seventh round (58th pick) in the 2024 CFL Draft. Philion appeared in two preseason games for the Redblacks recording no stats. After the preseason, he was placed on the practice squad.<\/p>\n<p>The Redblacks released Philion on June 19, 2024. The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed Philion on August 13, 2024. He appeared in one game for the Roughriders in 2024 recording no stats. The Roughriders released him on August 31, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Saskatchewan re-signed Philion on September 27, 2024. He appeared in two more games making one tackle on special teams. The Roughriders released him on October 25, 2024. He re-signed with the Roughriders on October 26, 2024. He played two additional games in 2024 making one tackle on special teams. The Roughriders released him again on November 10, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Collegiately, Philion played one season at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmmiathletics.com\/sports\/fball\/2019-20\/bios\/philion_zach_v2pd?view=career&amp;pos=d\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Mexico Military Institute<\/a> in 2019 making nine tackles (6 solos, 3 assists), one interception, and two pass breakups in eight games for the Broncos.<\/p>\n<p>Then, he transferred to <a href=\"https:\/\/stingers.ca\/football\/player.php?id=3255&amp;year=2023\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Concordia<\/a> (2021-23) making 103 tackles (69 solos, 34 assists), 8.5 tackles for loss, three sacks, one interception for two yards, 10 pass breakups, and one forced fumble in 24 games for the Stingers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ottawa Redblacks The Ottawa Redblacks re-signed linebacker Zachary Philion to the practice squad on Monday according to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33406,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,14967,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-162762","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-canadian-football-league","11":"tag-canadianfootballleague","12":"tag-cfl","13":"tag-ottawa-redblacks","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}