OTTAWA\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The Ottawa REDBLACKS announced today 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
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 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\u00a0made 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
OTTAWA \u2013\u00a0\u00a0Le ROUGE et NOIR d\u2019Ottawa a annonc\u00e9 aujourd\u2019hui que le receveur Bralon Addison a sign\u00e9 un contrat d\u2019un jour pour prendre officiellement sa retraite en tant que membre de le ROUGE et NOIR.<\/p>\n
Addison a disput\u00e9 32 matchs au cours de ses trois saisons avec le ROUGE et NOIR (2023-25), enregistrant 139 r\u00e9ceptions pour 1 530 verges et huit touch\u00e9s, tout en ajoutant 44 courses pour 209 verges.<\/p>\n
\u00ab Ottawa occupera toujours une place sp\u00e9ciale dans mon coeur \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Addison. \u00ab D\u00e8s mon arriv\u00e9e, les partisans, mes co\u00e9quipiers et toute l\u2019organisation de ROUGE et NOIR m\u2019ont accueilli \u00e0 bras ouverts. Certains des moments les plus marquants de ma carri\u00e8re se sont d\u00e9roul\u00e9s dans cette ville et je suis extr\u00eamement reconnaissant du soutien que j\u2019ai re\u00e7u tout au long de mon s\u00e9jour ici. Pouvoir signer un contrat d\u2019un jour et prendre ma retraite avec le ROUGE et NOIR est vraiment sp\u00e9cial et c\u2019est la fa\u00e7on id\u00e9ale de clore ce chapitre de ma carri\u00e8re. \u00bb<\/p>\n
Originaire de Missouri City, au Texas, il a disput\u00e9 63 matchs au cours de ses sept saisons dans la LCF avec le ROUGE et NOIR et les Tiger-Cats de Hamilton (2018-22), enregistrant 303 r\u00e9ceptions pour 3 543 verges et 16 touch\u00e9s. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9 dans l\u2019\u00e9quipe d\u2019\u00e9toiles de la LCF et dans l\u2019\u00e9quipe d\u2019\u00e9toiles de l\u2019Est de la LCF en 2019, apr\u00e8s avoir \u00e9tabli des records personnels en termes de r\u00e9ceptions (95), de verges sur r\u00e9ception (1 236) et de touch\u00e9s (sept).<\/p>\n
\u00ab Bralon \u00e9tait l\u2019incarnation m\u00eame du footballeur \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Shawn Burke, vice-pr\u00e9sident des op\u00e9rations de football.<\/p>\n
\u00ab Ses co\u00e9quipiers \u00e9taient attir\u00e9s par lui parce qu\u2019il savait toujours exactement ce que chacun devait faire sur le terrain. Les entra\u00eeneurs \u00e9taient attir\u00e9s par lui parce qu\u2019ils savaient qu\u2019ils pouvaient lui faire confiance pour comprendre la t\u00e2che \u00e0 accomplir \u00e0 chaque action. Et les partisans \u00e9taient attir\u00e9s par lui parce qu\u2019il s\u2019est vraiment int\u00e9gr\u00e9 aux communaut\u00e9s dans lesquelles il a jou\u00e9 et qu\u2019il a r\u00e9alis\u00e9 de grands jeux \u00e0 des moments importants tout au long de sa carri\u00e8re. Je tiens \u00e0 le f\u00e9liciter pour sa brillante carri\u00e8re et je lui souhaite tout le succ\u00e8s possible pour l\u2019avenir. \u00bb<\/p>\n
L\u2019ancien joueur des Oregon Ducks a sign\u00e9 avec les Broncos de Denver de la NFL en tant qu\u2019agent libre non rep\u00each\u00e9 en 2016 et a \u00e9galement jou\u00e9 avec les Bears de Chicago avant de signer avec les Argonauts de Toronto en 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OTTAWA\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The Ottawa REDBLACKS announced today that receiver Bralon Addison has signed a one-day contract to officially retire as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":530968,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-530967","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\/530967","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=530967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/530968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}