Saturday 22 February 2014

One in, Maybe one out.

The Redblacks announced another receiver signing yesterday.
OTTAWA – Garrett Burgess has become the latest Canadian wide receiver to sign with the Ottawa REDBLACKS of the Canadian Football League. 
Burgess (6-0, 200), a Regina native, played five seasons with the University of Saskatchewan Huskies in Canadian University Sports (CIS) football. The 23-year-old ranked seventh in the CIS with 48 catches in the 2013 season, totaling 596 yards and one touchdown.
The receiver position has gotten a lot of attention. Not counting John Delahunt and Patrick Lavoie, who are both listed as fullbacks but have played receiverin the past, the team has 13 names at either wide receiver or slotback.

That's actually slightly lower than expected.  On January 16th, the team announced the signing of Cameron Kenney, who had bounced around the NFL for a couple of years after a successful university career at Oklahoma.  But more than a month later, Kenney is nowhere to be found either the CFL.ca or the Redblacks' roster pages.  So it may be that he's already quietly been let go by the team (either voluntarily, or not so much).

It may also be a simple record-keeping error so I'll keep his name on the roster here, but I thought it might be noteworthy.

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