OTTAWA \u2013 The Ottawa REDBLACKS announced on Wednesday that receiver Bralon Addison has signed a one-day contract to officially retire as a member of the REDBLACKS.<\/p>\n
Addison played 32 games over his three seasons with the REDBLACKS (2023-25), registering 139 receptions for 1,530 yards and eight touchdowns, while also adding 44 carries for 209 yards.<\/p>\n
\u201cOttawa will always have a special place in my heart,\u201d said Addison. \u201cFrom the moment I arrived, RNation, my teammates and the entire REDBLACKS organization embraced me. Some of the most meaningful moments of my career happened in this city and I\u2019m incredibly grateful for the support I received throughout my time here. Being able to sign a one-day contract and retire with the REDBLACKS is truly special and it\u2019s the perfect way to close this chapter of my career.\u201d<\/p>\n
RELATED \u00a0<\/p>\n The Missouri City, Texas native played 63 games over his seven seasons in the CFL with the REDBLACKS and Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2018-22), posting 303 receptions for 3,543 yards and 16 touchdowns. He earned All-CFL and East Division All-CFL honours in 2019, after posting career highs in receptions (95), receiving yards (1,236) and touchdowns (seven).<\/p>\n \u201cBralon was the epitome of a football player. Smart, tough, versatile, dependable and playmaker are just a few of the words I would use to describe him,\u201d said vice president of football operations Shawn Burke.<\/p>\n \u201cHis teammates gravitated towards him because he always knew the ins and outs of what everyone on the field was being asked to do. Coaches gravitated to him because they knew they could trust him to understand the assignment on every down. And fans gravitated towards him because he truly embraced the communities he played in and made big plays in big moments throughout his career. I want to congratulate him on a great career and wish him all the best in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n The former Oregon Duck signed with the NFL\u2019s Denver Broncos as an undrafted free agent in 2016 and also spent time with the Chicago Bears before signing with the Toronto Argonauts in 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OTTAWA \u2013 The Ottawa REDBLACKS announced on Wednesday that receiver Bralon Addison has signed a one-day contract to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-530780","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\/530780","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=530780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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