The Ottawa REDBLACKS announced the following transactions today:<\/p>\n
ADDED TO PRACTICE ROSTER:<\/p>\n
National linebacker Zachary Philion
HEIGHT: 6-1 | WEIGHT: 221 lbs | BIRTHDAY: 1999-03-19
HOMETOWN: Buffalo, NY | SCHOOL: Concordia
Now in his second stint with the REDBLACKS, Philion has also spent time with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, this season. The 25-year-old was selected by Ottawa in the seventh round, 58th overall in the 2024 CFL Draft, after a standout season with Concordia, where in eight games during the 2023 campaign, he tallied 20.5 total tackles, 18 of which were solo tackles, four tackles for loss, and a sack.<\/p>\n
National defensive back Tysen-Otis Copeland
HEIGHT: 6-0 | WEIGHT: 198 lbs | BIRTHDAY: 1997-08-24
HOMETOWN: Montreal, QC | SCHOOL: Montreal
Selected in the fourth round, 33rd overall by his hometown Montreal Alouettes in 2022, Copeland debuted for the team in 2023, making six special teams tackles in nine games, before dressing in another pair of games in 2024. At the collegiate level, he suited up for the John Abbott Islanders before joining the Carabins, recording 20.5 tackles and two interceptions in 2021.<\/p>\n
American defensive back Bentlee Sanders
HEIGHT: 5-9 | WEIGHT: 187 lbs | BIRTHDAY: 1998-09-17
HOMETOWN: Tampa, FL | SCHOOL: Nevada
Sanders appeared in 16 games for the Calgary Stampeders, last year, racking up 45 tackles, two forced fumbles, and an interception in 16 games. The prior season, he enjoyed mini-camp stints with the Philadelphia Eagles, and Tennessee Titans, respectively. In two seasons at Nevada, Sanders tallied 105 total tackles, five tackles for loss, five interceptions, 11 pass breakups, and three forced fumbles in 25 games. He appeared in 32 games over the four previous seasons at South Florida, where he picked up 94 tackles, seven and a half tackles for loss, two sacks, two interceptions, seven pass break-ups, and three forced fumbles.<\/p>\n
American defensive back Cam Lockridge
HEIGHT: 6-0 | WEIGHT: 182 lbs | BIRTHDAY: 1999-10-12
HOMETOWN: Tampa, FL | SCHOOL: Fresno State
After attending Buffalo Bills minicamp, Lockridge spent time with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats during training camp. In three seasons with the Fresno State Bulldogs from 2022 to 2024; he made 91 total tackles, six tackles for loss, a sack, 11 interceptions, 17 pass breakups, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery, and a pick six. Lockridge also appeared in 18 games for Hawaii from 2020 to 2021, where he made 73 total tackles, five and a half tackles for loss, three interceptions including a pick six, 11 pass breakups, and a fumble recovery. He recorded 44 tackles and four interceptions in 11 games at Reedley College in 2019.<\/p>\n
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Le ROUGE et NOIR d\u2019Ottawa a effectu\u00e9 les transactions suivantes:<\/p>\n
AJOUT\u00c9 \u00c0 L\u2019EQUIPE D\u2019ENTRA\u00ceNEMENT :<\/p>\n
Le secondeur national Zachary Philion
TAILLE : 6-1 | POIDS : 221 lbs | DATE DE NAISSANCE : 1999-03-10
VILLE NATALE : Buffalo, NY | UNIVERSIT\u00c9 : Concordia
Actuellement dans sa deuxi\u00e8me saison avec le ROUGE et NOIR, Philion a \u00e9galement jou\u00e9 avec les Roughriders de la Saskatchewan cette saison. Le joueur de 25 ans a \u00e9t\u00e9 s\u00e9lectionn\u00e9 par Ottawa au septi\u00e8me tour, 58e au total, lors du rep\u00eachage de la LCF en 2024, ou dans huit matchs au cours de la campagne 2023, il a totalis\u00e9 20,5 plaqu\u00e9s, dont 18 plaqu\u00e9s individuels, quatre plaqu\u00e9s pour perte et un sac.<\/p>\n
Le demi d\u00e9fensif national Tysen-Otis Copeland
TAILLE : 6-0 | POIDS : 198 lbs | DATE DE NAISSANCE : 1997-08-24
VILLE NATALE : Montr\u00e9al, PQ | UNIVERSIT\u00c9 : Montr\u00e9al
S\u00e9lectionn\u00e9 au quatri\u00e8me tour, 33e au total, par les Alouettes de Montr\u00e9al, l\u2019\u00e9quipe de sa ville natale, en 2022, Copeland a fait ses d\u00e9buts avec l\u2019\u00e9quipe en 2023, r\u00e9alisant six plaqu\u00e9s en \u00e9quipes sp\u00e9ciales en neuf matchs, avant de disputer deux autres matchs en 2024. Au niveau universitaire, il a jou\u00e9 pour les Islanders de John Abbott avant de se joindre aux Carabins, enregistrant 20,5 plaqu\u00e9s et deux interceptions en 2021.<\/p>\n
Le demi d\u00e9fensif am\u00e9ricain Bentlee Sanders
TAILLE : 5-9 | POIDS : 187 lbs | DATE DE NAISSANCE : 1998-09-17
VILLE NATALE : Tampa, FL | UNIVERSIT\u00c9 : Nevada
Sanders a disput\u00e9 16 matchs avec les Stampeders de Calgary l\u2019an dernier, r\u00e9coltant 45 plaqu\u00e9s, deux \u00e9chapp\u00e9s forc\u00e9s et une interception. La saison pr\u00e9c\u00e9dente, il avait particip\u00e9 \u00e0 des mini-camps avec les Eagles de Philadelphie et les Titans du Tennessee. En deux saisons au Nevada, Saunders a totalis\u00e9 105 plaqu\u00e9s, cinq plaqu\u00e9s pour perte, cinq interceptions, 11 d\u00e9viations de passe et trois \u00e9chapp\u00e9s forc\u00e9s en 25 matchs. Il a disput\u00e9 32 matchs au cours des quatre saisons pr\u00e9c\u00e9dentes \u00e0 South Florida, o\u00f9 il a r\u00e9colt\u00e9 94 plaqu\u00e9s, sept plaqu\u00e9s et demi pour perte, deux sacs, deux interceptions, sept d\u00e9viations de passe et trois \u00e9chapp\u00e9s forc\u00e9s.<\/p>\n
Le demi d\u00e9fensif am\u00e9ricain Cam Lockridge
TAILLE : 6-0 | POIDS : 182 lbs | DATE DE NAISSANCE : 1999-10-12
VILLE NATALE : Tampa, FL | UNIVERSIT\u00c9 : Fresno State
Apr\u00e8s avoir particip\u00e9 au mini-camp des Bills de Buffalo, Lockridge a pass\u00e9 du temps avec les Tiger-Cats de Hamilton pendant le camp d\u2019entra\u00eenement. En trois saisons avec les Bulldogs de Fresno State, de 2022 \u00e0 2024, il a r\u00e9alis\u00e9 91 plaqu\u00e9s au total, six plaqu\u00e9s pour perte, un sac, 11 interceptions, 17 passes d\u00e9viations de passe, une \u00e9chapp\u00e9 forc\u00e9, une r\u00e9cup\u00e9ration d\u2019\u00e9chapp\u00e9 et un pick six. Lockridge a \u00e9galement disput\u00e9 18 matchs pour Hawaii de 2020 \u00e0 2021, o\u00f9 il a r\u00e9alis\u00e9 73 plaqu\u00e9s au total, cinq plaqu\u00e9s et demi pour perte, trois interceptions dont un \u00ab pick six \u00bb, 11 passes d\u00e9vi\u00e9es et une r\u00e9cup\u00e9ration d\u2019\u00e9chapp\u00e9. Il a enregistr\u00e9 44 plaqu\u00e9s et quatre interceptions en 11 matchs au Reedley College en 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ottawa REDBLACKS announced the following transactions today: ADDED TO PRACTICE ROSTER: National linebacker Zachary PhilionHEIGHT: 6-1 |…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80268,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-80267","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\/80267","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=80267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}