The Ottawa REDBLACKS announced today that the football club has signed American quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson.<\/p>\n
Bethel-Thompson suited up in 15 games last season for the Montreal Alouettes, including eight starts, completing 155 of 243 pass attempts for 1,746 yards with nine touchdowns and nine interceptions. The veteran quarterback has spent seven seasons in the CFL with the Toronto Argonauts (2017-22), Edmonton Elks (2024) and Alouettes (2025), completing 1,598 of 2,394 passes for 18,755 yards with 103 touchdowns and 69 interceptions. He is a two-time CFL East-All Star (2021, 22) and a two-time Grey Cup champion with the Argos (2017, 22), including winning his second championship with head coach Ryan Dinwiddie.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re excited to add a player like McLeod to our football club. I\u2019ve worked with him in the past, and I know the type of competitor he is,\u201d said Ryan Dinwiddie, Head Coach and General Manager of the Ottawa REDBLACKS. \u201cHe\u2019s a veteran quarterback with a lengthy resume and the experience he brings will be a valuable addition to our organization. He\u2019s seen just about every situation in the game and we\u2019re looking forward to having him in our locker room.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition to his time in the CFL, Bethel-Thompson also spent time in the NFL with the San Francisco 49ers (2011, 13, 15), Miami Dolphins (2011, 14-15), Minnesota Vikings (2012-13, 14), New England Patriots (2014) and Philadelphia Eagles (2016) before spending time on the practice roster with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2016. The Sacramento State product also spent time in the Arena Football League with the San Jose SaberCats (2011), the UFL with the Sacramento Mountain Lions (2011) and in the USFL with the New Orleans Breakers (2023).<\/p>\n
Le ROUGE et NOIR d\u2019Ottawa a annonc\u00e9 aujourd\u2019hui que le club de football a sign\u00e9 le quart-arri\u00e8re am\u00e9ricain McLeod Bethel-Thompson.<\/p>\n
Bethel-Thompson\u00a0a disput\u00e9 15 matchs la saison derni\u00e8re avec les Alouettes de Montr\u00e9al, r\u00e9ussissant 155 passes sur 243 tentatives pour un total de 1 746 verges, avec neuf touch\u00e9s et neuf interceptions. Ce quart-arri\u00e8re d\u2019exp\u00e9rience a jou\u00e9 pendant sept saisons en LCF avec les Argonauts de Toronto (2017-2022), les Elks d\u2019Edmonton (2024) et les Alouettes (2025), r\u00e9ussissant 1 598 passes sur 2 394 tentatives pour un total de 18 755 verges, 103 touch\u00e9s et 69 interceptions. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 s\u00e9lectionn\u00e9 \u00e0 deux fois dans l\u2019\u00e9quipe d\u2019\u00e9toiles de la division Est de la LCF (2021, 22) et a gagn\u00e9 deux fois la Coupe Grey avec les Argos (2017, 22), dont un deuxi\u00e8me titre sous la houlette de l\u2019entra\u00eeneur-chef Ryan Dinwiddie.<\/p>\n
\u00ab Nous sommes ravis d\u2019accueillir un joueur comme McLeod au sein de notre club de football. J\u2019ai d\u00e9j\u00e0 travaill\u00e9 avec lui par le pass\u00e9, et je sais de quel calibre de comp\u00e9titeur il s\u2019agit \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Ryan Dinwiddie, entra\u00eeneur-chef et directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral des ROUGE et NOIR d\u2019Ottawa. \u00ab C\u2019est un quart-arri\u00e8re d\u2019exp\u00e9rience qui poss\u00e8de un parcours impressionnant, et l\u2019exp\u00e9rience qu\u2019il apporte constituera un atout pr\u00e9cieux pour notre organisation. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 confront\u00e9 \u00e0 pratiquement toutes les situations possibles sur le terrain, et nous sommes ravis de l\u2019accueillir dans notre \u00e9quipe. \u00bb<\/p>\n
Outre son passage en LCF, Bethel-Thompson a \u00e9galement jou\u00e9 dans la NFL avec les 49ers de San Francisco (2011, 2013, 2015), les Dolphins de Miami (2011, 2014-2015), les Vikings du Minnesota (2012-2013, 2014), les Patriots de la New England (2014) et les Eagles de Philadelphie (2016), avant d\u2019int\u00e9grer l\u2019effectif d\u2019entra\u00eenement des Blue Bombers de Winnipeg en 2016. Ce joueur issu de l\u2019universit\u00e9 d\u2019\u00c9tat de Sacramento a \u00e9galement jou\u00e9 dans l\u2019Arena Football League avec les SaberCats de San Jos\u00e9 (2011), dans l\u2019UFL avec les Mountain Lions de Sacramento (2011) et dans l\u2019USFL avec les Breakers de La Nouvelle-Orl\u00e9ans (2023).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ottawa REDBLACKS announced today that the football club has signed American quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson. Bethel-Thompson suited up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":758085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-758084","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\/758084","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=758084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/758085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=758084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=758084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}