The Edmonton Football Team season was scheduled to be the 63rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and their 72nd overall. On July 21, 2020, the team officially retired the "Eskimos" name, and temporarily began using "Edmonton Football Team" and "EE Football Team" until a new name was decided.
Training camps, pre-season games, and regular season games were initially postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta. The CFL announced on April 7, 2020, that the start of the 2020 season would not occur before July 2020. On May 20, 2020, it was announced that the league would likely not begin regular season play prior to September 2020. On August 17, 2020, however, the season was officially cancelled due to COVID-19.
This would have been the first season under head coach Scott Milanovich following the dismissal of Jason Maas following the 2019 season. This also would have been the fourth season under general manager Brock Sunderland.
Offseason
CFL national draft The 2020 CFL National Draft took place on April 30, 2020. The team had nine selections in the eight-round draft after acquiring another seventh-round pick from the Toronto Argonauts.
Round Pick Player Position University team Hometown 1 4 Thomas Jack-Kurdyla OL Buffalo Montreal, QC 2 13 Alain Pae DL Ottawa Prague, CZ 3 24 Malik Tyne LB Towson Ottawa, ON 4 32 Oludotun Aketepe DB Guelph Barrie, ON 5 41 Dante Brown K Fort Hays State Mississauga, ON 6 50 Chris Gangarossa OL Wagner Fort Erie, ON 7 57 Nicholas Summach OL Saskatchewan Saskatoon, SK 7 59 Rossini Sandjong DE York Longueuil, QC 8 68 Mitch Raper RB Carleton Oshawa, ON
CFL global draft The 2020 CFL global draft was scheduled to take place on April 16, 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this draft and its accompanying combine were postponed to occur just before the start of training camp, which was ultimately cancelled. The team was scheduled to select fourth in each round with the number of rounds never announced.
Planned schedule
Preseason Week Game Date Kickoff Opponent TV Venue A 1 Sun, May 24 2:00 p.m. MDT at Winnipeg Blue Bombers IG Field B 2 Sat, May 30 2:00 p.m. MDT vs. BC Lions Commonwealth Stadium C Bye
Regular season Week Game Date Kickoff Opponent TV Venue 1 1 Thu, June 11 7:00 p.m. MDT vs. BC Lions TSN Commonwealth Stadium 2 2 Sat, June 20 8:00 p.m. MDT vs. Ottawa Redblacks TSN Commonwealth Stadium 3 3 Sat, June 27 5:00 p.m. MDT at BC Lions TSN BC Place 4 4 Fri, July 3 7:00 p.m. MDT vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers TSN Commonwealth Stadium 5 Bye 6 5 Fri, July 17 7:30 p.m. MDT vs. Toronto Argonauts TSN Commonwealth Stadium 7 6 Fri, July 24 5:00 p.m. MDT at Ottawa Redblacks TSN TD Place Stadium 8 7 Fri, July 31 7:30 p.m. MDT vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats TSN Commonwealth Stadium 9 Bye 10 8 Fri, Aug 14 6:30 p.m. MDT at Winnipeg Blue Bombers TSN IG Field 11 9 Sat, Aug 22 5:00 p.m. MDT at Saskatchewan Roughriders TSN Mosaic Stadium 12 10 Sat, Aug 29 5:00 p.m. MDT vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders TSN Commonwealth Stadium 13 11 Mon, Sept 7 2:30 p.m. MDT at Calgary Stampeders TSN McMahon Stadium 14 12 Sat, Sep 12 5:00 p.m. MDT vs. Calgary Stampeders TSN Commonwealth Stadium 15 13 Fri, Sep 18 5:00 p.m. MDT at Montreal Alouettes TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 16 Bye 17 14 Sat, Oct 3 5:00 p.m. MDT vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders TSN Commonwealth Stadium 18 15 Fri, Oct 9 6:00 p.m. MDT at Winnipeg Blue Bombers TSN IG Field 19 16 Sat, Oct 17 2:00 p.m. MDT at Hamilton Tiger-Cats TSN Tim Hortons Field 20 17 Sat, Oct 24 2:00 p.m. MDT vs. Montreal Alouettes TSN/RDS Commonwealth Stadium 21 18 Sat, Oct 31 11:00 a.m. MDT at Toronto Argonauts TSN BMO Field
Team
Roster Edmonton Football Team roster Quarterbacks
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Italics indicate international player Bold indicates global player Roster updated 2020-08-17 Depth chart • Transactions
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Coaching staff Edmonton Football Team staff Front office President and ceo – Chris Presson Vice-President Football Operations and General Manager – Brock Sunderland Director of player personnel – David Turner Assistant director of player personnel – Will Homer Director of scouting – Bobby Merritt Director of football operations – Kris Hagerman Assistant director of football operations/player personnel assistant – Nick Pelletier Head video coordinator – Griffin Dear
Head coach Head coach – Scott Milanovich
Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – Scott Milanovich Quarterbacks – Kelly Jeffrey Offensive line – John McDonell Running backs – Terry Eisler Receivers and pass game coordinator – Winston October Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator and defensive backs – Noel Thorpe Linebackers – A. J. Gass Defensive line – Demetrious Maxie Defensive assistant – Derek Oswalt
Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – A. J. Gass Special teams assistant – Kelly Jeffrey
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