The 2019 BC Lions season was the 62nd season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and their 66th overall. The Lions were eliminated from post-season contention following a week 18 loss to the Edmonton Eskimos on October 12, 2019.

The Lions played without Wally Buono as head coach or general manager for the first time since the 2002 season following his final appearance last year. Buono was replaced as head coach by DeVone Claybrooks, who entered his first season as a head coach and is the 26th head coach in franchise history. Current general manager, Ed Hervey, who was in his second season in that role.

The Lions held their training camp at Hillside Stadium in Kamloops, British Columbia for the tenth straight year.

Claybrooks was fired as head coach after one season on November 6, 2019.

Offseason Foreign drafts For the first time in its history, the CFL held drafts for foreign players from Mexico and Europe. Like all other CFL teams, the Lions held three non-tradeable selections in the 2019 CFL–LFA draft, which took place on January 14, 2019. The 2019 European CFL draft took place on April 11, 2019 where all teams held one non-tradeable pick.

Draft Round Pick Player Position School/Club team LFA 1 7 Octavio González DL Fundidores de Monterrey 2 16 Fernando Richarte WR Dinos de Saltillo 3 25 Gerardo Álvarez WR Dinos de Saltillo Euro 1 7 Benjamin Plu WR Thonon Black Panthers

CFL draft The 2019 CFL draft took place on May 2, 2019. The Lions traded their first-round pick in 2019 to Winnipeg for a first round pick in 2018. The Lions exchanged their second-round pick for Tyrell Sutton and a third-round pick and they traded their third-round pick for Davon Coleman and a sixth-round pick.

Round Pick Player Position School Hometown 3 26 Noah Robinson LB MissouriWorcester, MA 4 33 Hakeem Johnson DB WesternBrampton, ON 5 42 Jonathan Harke OL AlbertaSherwood Park, AB 6 49 Charles Nwoye DE British ColumbiaStrathmore, AB 6 51 Mario Villamizar FB Wilfrid Laurier St. Catharines, ON 7 60 Brad Lyons DL Simon FraserPort Coquitlam, BC 8 69 Jamel Lyles RB ManitobaSurrey, BC

Preseason Schedule Week Game Date Kickoff Opponent Results TV Venue Attendance Summary Score Record A1 Sun, May 26 1:00 p.m. PDT at Edmonton Eskimos L 7–22 0–1 None Commonwealth Stadium 23,549 Recap B Bye C2 Fri, June 7 7:00 p.m. PDT vs. Calgary Stampeders W 38–36 1–1 TSN BC Place 14,561 Recap 2019 BC Lions ScheduleCFL on TSN broadcast schedule

Games played with colour uniforms.

Regular season Standings

Schedule Week Game Date Kickoff Opponent Results TV Venue Attendance Summary Score Record 11 Sat, June 15 7:00 p.m. PDT vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 23–33 0–1 TSN/ESPN2 BC Place 18,058 Recap 22 Fri, June 21 6:00 p.m. PDT at Edmonton Eskimos L 23–39 0–2 TSN/ESPN2 Commonwealth Stadium 24,016 Recap 33 Sat, June 29 4:00 p.m. PDT at Calgary Stampeders L 32–36 0–3 TSN McMahon Stadium 25,130 Recap 44 Sat, July 6 4:00 p.m. PDT at Toronto Argonauts W 18–17 1–3 TSN BMO Field 11,428 Recap 55 Thurs, July 11 7:00 p.m. PDT vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 6–33 1–4 TSN BC Place 17,026 Recap 66 Sat, July 20 6:00 p.m. PDT at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 25–38 1–5 TSN Mosaic Stadium 31,602 Recap 77 Sat, July 27 4:00 p.m. PDT vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders L 18–45 1–6 TSN BC Place 20,950 Recap 8 Bye 98 Sat, Aug 10 4:00 p.m. PDT at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 34–35 1–7 TSN/RDS Tim Hortons Field 23,308 Recap 109 Thurs, Aug 15 5:30 p.m. PDT at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 16–32 1–8 TSN/RDS2 IG Field 24,914 Recap 1110 Sat, Aug 24 7:00 p.m. PDT vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 10–13 1–9 TSN BC Place 16,751 Recap 12 Bye 1311 Fri, Sept 6 4:30 p.m. PDT at Montreal Alouettes L 16–21 1–10 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 17,487 Recap 1412 Fri, Sept 13 7:00 p.m. PDT vs. Ottawa Redblacks W 29–5 2–10 TSN/ESPN2 BC Place 15,052 Recap 1513 Sat, Sept 21 4:00 p.m. PDT at Ottawa Redblacks W 40–7 3–10 TSN/RDS2 TD Place Stadium 21,573 Recap 1614 Sat, Sept 28 7:00 p.m. PDT vs. Montreal Alouettes W 25–23 4–10 TSN/RDS BC Place 17,353 Recap 1715 Sat, Oct 5 7:00 p.m. PDT vs. Toronto Argonauts W 55–8 5–10 TSN BC Place 16,786 Recap 1816 Sat, Oct 12 4:00 p.m. PDT at Edmonton Eskimos L 6–19 5–11 TSN Commonwealth Stadium 27,218 Recap 1917 Fri, Oct 18 7:00 p.m. PDT vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders L 19–27 5–12 TSN BC Place 18,043 Recap 20 Bye 2118 Sat, Nov 2 7:00 p.m. PDT vs. Calgary Stampeders L 16–21 5–13 TSN BC Place 20,210 Recap CFL schedule through October 2019

Games played with colour uniforms. Games played with white uniforms.

Roster 2019 BC Lions final roster Quarterbacks

Running backs

Receivers

Offensive linemen T/G G/T C T C/G T G/C

Defensive linemen DE DT DT DE DE DE/DT Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams P K/P LS

Practice roster WR WR DB K/P DT C T WR DE T DEInjured list DE LB DE G SB SB T DT DB T QB FB LB QB C/G DB Italics indicate American players Bold indicates global players Roster updated 2026-05-19 Depth Chart • Transactions

Coaching staff BC Lions staff Front office and support staff Owner – David Braley President and ceo – Rick LeLacheur General manager – Ed Hervey Director of player personnel and player development – Torey Hunter Director of football operations – Neil McEvoy Director of Canadian Scouting & CFL Draft Coordinator – Geroy Simon Southeast Regional Scout –Uzooma Okeke Video assistant – Andrew Millin Head athletic therapist – Tristan Sandhu Assistant athletic therapist – Chris Wong Equipment manager – Unknown Equipment assistant – Aaron Yeung Equipment assistant – Brent Frid Director of communications – Jamie Cartmell Head coaches Head coach – DeVone Claybrooks

Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – Jarious Jackson Receivers – Markus Howell Quarterbacks – Drew Tate Running backs – Nik Lewis Offensive line – Kelly Bates

Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator and linebackers – Rich Stubler Defensive line – Chris Ellis Defensive backs – Ryan Phillips

Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Taylor Altilio Special teams and offensive assistant – Keith Stokes

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