{"id":739844,"date":"2026-06-16T05:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T05:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/739844\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T05:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T05:34:13","slug":"redblacks-transactions-june-15-ottawa-redblacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/739844\/","title":{"rendered":"REDBLACKS transactions June 15 &#8211; Ottawa REDBLACKS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ottawa REDBLACKS announced the following transactions today:<br \/>SIGNED:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>American running back\u00a0Mario Anderson Jr.<br \/>HEIGHT:\u00a05-8\u00a0|\u00a0WEIGHT:\u00a0205 lbs |\u00a0BIRTHDAY:\u00a02001-04-24<br \/>HOMETOWN:\u00a0Summerville, SC |\u00a0SCHOOL:\u00a0Memphis<\/p>\n<p>Anderson spent training camp with the Saskatchewan Roughriders after suiting up in nine games for the club last season, registering 24 carries for 134 yards and two touchdowns. Prior to joining the Riders, Anderson spent the 2024 season at the University of Memphis where he earned first-team All-AAC honours after posting 236 carries for 1,362 yards and 18 touchdowns in his lone season. He also spent time at the University of South Carolina and Newberry College.<\/p>\n<p>American\u00a0offensive\u00a0lineman\u00a0Julian Pearl<br \/>HEIGHT:\u00a06-6\u00a0|\u00a0WEIGHT:\u00a0315 lbs |\u00a0BIRTHDAY:\u00a01999-10-06<br \/>HOMETOWN:\u00a0Danville, Il\u00a0|\u00a0SCHOOL: Illinois<\/p>\n<p>Pearl most recently spent training camp with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Pearl previously spent time in the NFL with the Baltimore Ravens (2024)\u00a0after signing with the club as an undrafted free agent and also spent time with the Cleveland Browns (2024), Minnesota Vikings (2024) and Pittsburgh Steelers (2025). Before turning pro, the Danville, Illinois native played 49 games over six seasons at the University of Illinois (2018-23), where he saw time at both tackle positions.<\/p>\n<p>RELEASED:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>NAT \u2014 DB \u2014 Eric Cumberbatch<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Le ROUGE et NOIR d\u2019Ottawa a effectu\u00e9 les transactions suivantes:<\/p>\n<p>SIGN\u00c9 :\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Le\u00a0demi offensif\u00a0Am\u00e9ricain\u00a0Mario Anderson Jr.<br \/>TAILLE\u00a0: 5-8 |\u00a0POIDS\u00a0: 205\u00a0lbs |\u00a0DATE\u00a0DE\u00a0NAISSANCE\u00a0: 2001-04-24<br \/>VILLE NATALE\u00a0: Summerville, SC |\u00a0UNIVERSIT\u00c9\u00a0:\u00a0Memphis<\/p>\n<p>Anderson a particip\u00e9 au camp d\u2019entra\u00eenement des Roughriders de la Saskatchewan apr\u00e8s avoir disput\u00e9 neuf matchs avec le club la saison derni\u00e8re, totalisant 24 courses pour 134 verges et deux touch\u00e9s. Avant de rejoindre les Roughriders, Anderson a pass\u00e9 la saison 2024 \u00e0 l\u2019universit\u00e9 de Memphis, o\u00f9 il a \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9 dans la premi\u00e8re \u00e9quipe All-AAC apr\u00e8s avoir totalis\u00e9 236 courses pour 1 362 verges et 18 touch\u00e9s lors de sa seule saison. Il a \u00e9galement jou\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019universit\u00e9 de Caroline du Sud et au Newberry College.<\/p>\n<p>Le joueur de la ligne offensive Am\u00e9ricain\u00a0Julian Pearl<br \/>TAILLE\u00a0: 6-6\u00a0|\u00a0POIDS\u00a0: 315 lbs |\u00a0DATE\u00a0DE\u00a0NAISSANCE\u00a0: 1999-10-06<br \/>VILLE NATALE\u00a0: Danville, Il\u00a0|\u00a0UNIVERSIT\u00c9\u00a0:\u00a0Illinois<\/p>\n<p>Pearl a r\u00e9cemment particip\u00e9 au camp d\u2019entra\u00eenement des Tiger-Cats de Hamilton. Auparavant, il avait \u00e9volu\u00e9 en NFL avec les Ravens de Baltimore (2024) apr\u00e8s avoir sign\u00e9 avec le club en tant qu\u2019agent libre non rep\u00each\u00e9, et il a \u00e9galement jou\u00e9 pour les Browns de Cleveland (2024), les Vikings du Minnesota (2024) et les Steelers de Pittsburgh (2025). Avant de passer professionnel, ce joueur originaire de Danville, dans l\u2019Illinois, a disput\u00e9 49 matchs en six saisons \u00e0 l\u2019universit\u00e9 de l\u2019Illinois (2018-23), o\u00f9 il a \u00e9volu\u00e9 aux deux postes de bloqueur.<\/p>\n<p>LIB\u00c9R\u00c9 :\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>NAT \u2014 DD \u2014 Eric\u00a0Cumberbatch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ottawa REDBLACKS announced the following transactions today:SIGNED:\u00a0 American running back\u00a0Mario Anderson Jr.HEIGHT:\u00a05-8\u00a0|\u00a0WEIGHT:\u00a0205 lbs |\u00a0BIRTHDAY:\u00a02001-04-24HOMETOWN:\u00a0Summerville, SC |\u00a0SCHOOL:\u00a0Memphis Anderson&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":666810,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-739844","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\/739844","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=739844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/666810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=739844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=739844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=739844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}