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MIKAELA MACKENZIE \/ FREE PRESS<\/p>\n
Offensives lineman Jarell Broxton (55) said his favourite part of being a Winnipeg Blue Bomber so far is how everyone at the club has been so welcoming.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to be the least sacked team\u201d: that was the message from Jarell Broxton after practice Thursday at training camp, one of Winnipeg\u2019s big free-agent additions this off-season.<\/p>\n
The six-foot-five, 325-pound American offensive tackle inked a two-year contract with the Bombers in February on the first day of CFL free agency.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlay a clean game every game,\u201d the 33-year-old said of his goals for the year. \u201cLearn from our coach, learn from the other vets, coming out with just a great game plan going into the weeks. Getting to the Grey Cup is the ultimate goal for everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s Broxton\u2019s sixth season in the CFL, and his first outside of B.C. He was named a CFL All-Star for the first time in 2025 and served as the Lions\u2019 top offensive lineman in each of the past three seasons.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is very large, you cannot mistake that\u2026 he\u2019s physically imposing. I think he\u2019s gonna fit right in.\u201d<\/p>\n
He\u2019s also the highest-paid American offensive lineman in the CFL, with a two-year contract worth $500,000.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is very large, you cannot mistake that,\u201d Bombers head coach Mike O\u2019Shea said. \u201cI think he fits in well. Obviously, he\u2019s smart. He picks up all the offence he can play; he\u2019s physically imposing. I think he\u2019s gonna fit right in.\u201d<\/p>\n
Consistency, Broxton said, has been the foundation of his rise to one of the league\u2019s top linemen.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe work I put in the off-season and during the season, and always being a student of the game,\u201d he said. \u201cNever thinking I know everything, and then my knowledge, giving it to others. And me, too, I ask questions as well with other players if they\u2019re doing something really well, and maybe I want to piggyback off their game or something.\u201d<\/p>\n
In Winnipeg, he may benefit from piggybacking off the steady play of future Hall of Fame tackle Stanley Bryant on the opposite side of the line, who was named the team\u2019s Most Outstanding O-lineman last year at age 39.<\/p>\n
\u201cGreat guy outside of football, I mean hilarious,\u201d Broxton said. \u201cHe likes to joke around, you know? I mean, even though on the field he\u2019s serious, but when he gets in the rooms, in the meetings and stuff, he\u2019s hilarious.<\/p>\n