The 2022 Ottawa Redblacks season was the eighth season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL). The Redblacks were eliminated from playoff contention following their week 20 loss to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on October 21, 2022.

The 2022 CFL season was the second season for Paul LaPolice as the team's head coach, but he was fired after leading the team to another 3–11 record. The team had also won just one home game out of 14 tries with LaPolice as head coach, including an 0–7 record in 2022. Bob Dyce, the team's special teams coordinator, was named the interim head coach on October 1, 2022.

This was Shawn Burke's first season as general manager, following the dismissal of Marcel Desjardins who had been in the role since 2013, the year prior to the Redblacks' inaugural season.

Offseason

CFL global draft The 2022 CFL global draft took place on May 3, 2022. With the format being a snake draft, the Redblacks selected eighth in the odd-numbered rounds and second in the even-numbered rounds.

Round Pick Player Position University/Club Team Nationality 1 8 Héctor Zepeda OL Borregos Salvajes Monterrey Mexico 2 11 Edris Jean Alphonse DB Laval France 3 26 Gabriel Ballinas K Albany State Mexico

CFL national draft The 2022 CFL draft took place on May 3, 2022. The Redblacks had nine selections in the eight-round draft, including a territorial selection in second round. The team had the second selection in each round of the draft after finishing second-last in the 2021 league standings.

Round Pick Player Position School Hometown 1 2 Zach Pelehos OL Ottawa Gananoque, ON 2 11 Cyrille Hogan-Saindon OL Laval Quebec City, QC 2 Jesse Luketa LB Penn State Ottawa, ON 3 22 Keaton Bruggeling WR Carleton St. Catharines, ON 4 31 Daniel Valente DB Western London, ON 5 40 Woodly Appolon LB Tuskegee Montreal, QC 6 49 Subomi Oyesoro LB Calgary Calgary, AB 7 58 Connor Ross TE St. Francis Xavier Coldbrook, NS 8 67 Luca Perrier RB Laval Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Preseason

Schedule Week Game Date Kickoff Opponent Results TV Venue Attendance Summary Score Record A1 Fri, May 27 7:30 p.m. EDT vs. Toronto Argonauts W 23–17 1–0 TSN TD Place Stadium N/A Recap B2 Fri, June 3 7:00 p.m. EDT at Montreal Alouettes L 26–27 1–1 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 11,273 Recap

Games played with white uniforms.

Regular season

Standings

Schedule Week Game Date Kickoff Opponent Results TV Venue Attendance Summary Score Record 11 Fri, June 10 8:30 p.m. EDT at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 17–19 0–1 TSN IG Field 26,002 Recap 22 Fri, June 17 7:30 p.m. EDT vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 12–19 0–2 TSN/RDS/ESPN2 TD Place Stadium 22,185 Recap 3 Bye 43 Thu, June 30 7:30 p.m. EDT vs. BC Lions L 31–34 0–3 TSN/RDS/ESPN2 TD Place Stadium 20,132 Recap 54 Fri, July 8 9:30 p.m. EDT at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 13–28 0–4 TSN/RDS/ESPNews Mosaic Stadium 26,685 Recap 65 Sat, July 16 5:00 p.m. EDT at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 23–25 0–5 TSN/RDS Tim Hortons Field 20,411 Recap 76 Thu, July 21 7:00 p.m. EDT vs. Montreal Alouettes L 33–40 0–6 TSN/RDS TD Place Stadium 21,537 Recap 87 Sun, July 31 5:00 p.m. EDT at Toronto Argonauts W 23–13 1–6 TSN/RDS2 BMO Field 10,277 Recap 98 Fri, Aug 5 7:30 p.m. EDT vs. Calgary Stampeders L 3–17 1–7 TSN/RDS2 TD Place Stadium 20,452 Recap 10 Bye 119 Fri, Aug 19 7:00 p.m. EDT vs. Edmonton Elks L 12–30 1–8 TSN/RDS2 TD Place Stadium 19,382 Recap 1210 Sat, Aug 27 7:00 p.m. EDT at Edmonton Elks W 25–18 2–8 TSN/RDS Commonwealth Stadium 21,787 Recap 1311 Fri, Sept 2 7:30 p.m. EDT at Montreal Alouettes W 38–24 3–8 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 15,303 Recap 1412 Sat, Sept 10 2:00 p.m. EDT vs. Toronto Argonauts L 19–24 3–9 TSN/RDS2 TD Place Stadium 21,673 Recap 15 Bye 1613 Sat, Sept 24 7:00 p.m. EDT vs. Toronto Argonauts L 15–45 3–10 TSN/RDS2 TD Place Stadium 18,355 Recap 1714 Fri, Sep 30 10:30 p.m. EDT at BC Lions L 19–34 3–11 TSN/ESPN2 BC Place 17,069 Recap 1815 Mon, Oct 10 1:00 p.m. EDT at Montreal Alouettes W 24–18 4–11 TSN/RDS/ESPN2 Molson Stadium 21,824 Recap 1916 Fri, Oct 14 7:00 p.m. EDT vs. Montreal Alouettes L 30–34 4–12 TSN/RDS TD Place Stadium 18,147 Recap 2017 Fri, Oct 21 7:00 p.m. EDT at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 27–30 4–13 TSN/RDS2 Tim Hortons Field 24,062 Recap 2118 Sat, Oct 29 5:00 p.m. EDT vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 16–23 4–14 TSN/RDS TD Place Stadium 19,708 Recap

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

Roster 2022 Ottawa Redblacks final roster Quarterbacks

Running backs

Receivers

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

Defensive linemen DE DT DT/DE DT DT DE DE DE Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams LS P/K K

Practice roster WR QB DE DB SB K QB C DB

Suspended list G/C Injured list WR DB SB RB DE DT DB SB LB DB DB DB DE QB RB T DE WR RB T Italics indicate American player • Bold indicates Global player

Coaching staff Ottawa Redblacks staff Front office Owner – Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG) Chief executive officer – Mark Goudie General manager – Shawn Burke Assistant general manager – Jeremy Snyder Director of pro personnel – Brendan Taman Director of canadian scouting & football analytics – Chad Hudson Pro/College Scout – Philippe Moreau Video coordinator – Braun Gheller

Head coaches Head coach – Bob Dyce

Offensive coaches Offensive line – Paul Charbonneau Receivers – Alex Suber Quarterbacks – Will Arndt Running backs – Fred Reid Offensive consultant – Doug Malone Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator & Linebackers – Mike Benevides Defensive line – Mike Phair Defensive backs – Patrick Bourgon Defensive assistant – Paul Eddy Saint-Vilien

Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Bob Dyce Special teams assistant – Cory McDiarmid

Strength and conditioning Strength and conditioning coordinator – Nick Mercuri

→ Coaching staff

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