The Ottawa REDBLACKS announced today that the football club has re-signed American defensive back\u00a0Bennett Williams\u00a0to a one-year deal.<\/p>\n
Williams, 26, suited up in nine games last season in the nation\u2019s capital, registering 26 total tackles tackles with 17 defensive tackles and two forced fumble. The 6\u20190, 206-pound native of Campbell, California has suited up in 20 games over his two seasons in the CFL with the REDBLACKS (2024-25), posting 55 total tackles, with 44 defensive tackles, one quarterback sack and two forced fumbles.<\/p>\n
The Oregon product spent time in the NFL with the Miami Dolphins (2023) after signing with the club as an undrafted free agent. Before turning pro, Williams played 25 games over his three seasons at Oregon (2020-22), registering 108 total tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, two quarterback sacks, five interceptions and three forced fumbles. Before transferring to Oregon, Williams began his collegiate career at Illinois, where he played 12 games over two seasons (2017-18) registering 65 total tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, three interceptions and one forced fumble.<\/p>\n
Le ROUGE et NOIR d\u2019Ottawa a annonc\u00e9 aujourd\u2019hui que le club de football a re-sign\u00e9 le demi d\u00e9fensif am\u00e9ricain Bennett Williams\u00a0pour un contrat d\u2019un an.<\/p>\n
Williams, 26 ans, a disput\u00e9 neuf matchs la saison derni\u00e8re dans la capitale nationale, enregistrant 26 plaqu\u00e9s au total, dont 17 plaqu\u00e9s d\u00e9fensifs et deux fumbles forc\u00e9s. Originaire de Campbell, en Californie, ce joueur de 6\u20190 et 206 lbs a disput\u00e9 20 matchs au cours de ses deux saisons dans la LCF avec le ROUGE et NOIR (2024-25), enregistrant 55 plaqu\u00e9s au total, dont 44 plaqu\u00e9s d\u00e9fensifs, un sac du quart-arri\u00e8re et deux \u00e9chapp\u00e9s forc\u00e9s.<\/p>\n
Le joeur de l\u2019universit\u00e9 de l\u2019Oregon a pass\u00e9 du temps dans la NFL avec les Dolphins de Miami (2023) apr\u00e8s avoir sign\u00e9 avec le club en tant qu\u2019agent libre non rep\u00each\u00e9. Avant de passer professionnel, Williams a disput\u00e9 25 matchs au cours de ses trois saisons \u00e0 l\u2019Oregon (2020-22), enregistrant 108 plaqu\u00e9s au total, 5,5 plaqu\u00e9s pour perte, deux sacs du quart-arri\u00e8re, cinq interceptions et trois \u00e9chapp\u00e9s forc\u00e9s. Avant de rejoindre l\u2019Oregon, Williams a commenc\u00e9 sa carri\u00e8re universitaire \u00e0 l\u2019universit\u00e9 de l\u2019Illinois, o\u00f9 il a disput\u00e9 12 matchs en deux saisons (2017-18), enregistrant 65 plaquages au total, 1,5 plaquages pour perte, trois interceptions et un \u00e9chapp\u00e9\u00a0forc\u00e9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ottawa REDBLACKS announced today that the football club has re-signed American defensive back\u00a0Bennett Williams\u00a0to a one-year deal.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-427717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427717","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=427717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}