The 2022 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 64th season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and their 72nd overall. The Tiger-Cats qualified for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year in Week 20 following a win over the Ottawa Redblacks and a loss by the Saskatchewan Roughriders. However, the team lost in the East Semi-Final to the Montreal Alouettes.

The 2022 season was the third season under head coach Orlondo Steinauer and the first with Steinauer leading the personnel department as the president of football operations.

Offseason

Players added Position Player Tag 2021 Team Date QB Jamie NewmanSigned Hamilton Tiger-Cats January 7 WR Tony Brown Signed Hamilton Tiger-Cats January 7 K Tadhg Leader Signed Hamilton Tiger-Cats March 17

Players lost Position Player Tag 2022 Team Date OT Jordan Murray Released Indianapolis Colts January 14 FB/TE Nikola Kalinic Released Indianapolis Colts January 22 CB Delvin Breaux Released BC Lions January 17 QB Jeremiah Masoli Released Ottawa Redblacks February 7 C Darius Ciraco Released Ottawa Redblacks February 8 DE Lorenzo Mauldin IV Released Ottawa Redblacks February 8 WR Jaelon Acklin Released Ottawa Redblacks February 9 RB Jackson Bennett Released Ottawa Redblacks February 8 WR Brandon Banks Released Toronto Argonauts February 13 DE Ja'Gared Davis Released Toronto Argonauts February 8 FS/LB Tyrice Beverette Released Montreal Alouettes February 8 CB Mike Daly UFA Free Agent February 20 QB David Watford UFA Free Agent February 25

CFL global draft The 2022 CFL global draft took place on May 3, 2022. With the format being a snake draft, the Tiger-Cats selected ninth in the odd-numbered rounds and first in the even-numbered rounds.

Round Pick Player Position University/Club Team Nationality 1 9 Baily Flint P Toledo Australia 2 10 Blake Hayes P Illinois Australia 3 27 Ralfs Rusins DT Liberty Latvia

CFL national draft The 2022 CFL draft took place on May 3, 2022. The Tiger-Cats were scheduled to have the eighth selection in each of the eight rounds of the draft after finishing as the Grey Cup runner-up in the previous season. However, the team traded their first and third round selections to the Edmonton Elks for Kyle Saxelid and Grant McDonald.

Round Pick Player Position University Team Hometown 2 17 Anthony Federico DL Queen's Niagara Falls, ON 4 37 Kiondre Smith WR Guelph Markham, ON 5 46 Jared Beeksma LB Guelph Cambridge, ON 6 55 Khadeem Pierre DB Concordia Ottawa, ON 7 64 Nicolas Guay OL Laval Quebec City, QC 8 73 Jaxon Ciraolo-Brown DB British Columbia Hamilton, ON

Preseason

Schedule Week Game Date Kickoff Opponent Results TV Venue Attendance Summary Score Record A1 Sat, May 28 7:00 p.m. EDT vs. Montreal Alouettes W 25–23 1–0 None Tim Hortons Field N/A Recap B2 Fri, June 3 7:30 p.m. EDT at Toronto Argonauts L 17–18 1–1 None Alumni Stadium N/A Recap

Games played with white uniforms.

Regular season

Season standings

Season schedule Week Game Date Kickoff Opponent Results TV Venue Attendance Summary Score Record 11 Sat, June 11 7:00 p.m. EDT at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 13–30 0–1 TSN Mosaic Stadium 28,216 Recap 22 Sat, June 18 6:30 p.m. EDT vs. Calgary Stampeders L 30–33 0–2 TSN Tim Hortons Field 22,711 Recap 33 Fri, June 24 8:30 p.m. EDT at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 12–26 0–3 TSN/ESPN2 IG Field 23,600 Recap 44 Fri, July 1 7:30 p.m. EDT vs. Edmonton Elks L 25–29 0–4 TSN Tim Hortons Field 20,233 Recap 5 Bye 65 Sat, July 16 5:00 p.m. EDT vs. Ottawa Redblacks W 25–23 1–4 TSN/RDS Tim Hortons Field 20,411 Recap 76 Thu, July 21 10:00 p.m. EDT at BC Lions L 12–17 1–5 TSN BC Place 16,155 Recap 87 Thu, July 28 7:30 p.m. EDT vs. Montreal Alouettes W 24–17 2–5 TSN/RDS Tim Hortons Field 20,932 Recap 98 Sat, Aug 6 7:00 p.m. EDT at Toronto Argonauts L 20–34 2–6 TSN/ESPN2 BMO Field 11,623 Recap 109 Fri, Aug 12 7:30 p.m. EDT vs. Toronto Argonauts W 34–27 3–6 TSN/RDS Tim Hortons Field 23,018 Recap 1110 Sat, Aug 20 4:00 p.m. EDT at Montreal Alouettes L 28–29 3–7 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 21,024 Recap 1211 Fri, Aug 26 7:30 p.m. EDT at Toronto Argonauts L 20–37 3–8 TSN/RDS BMO Field 14,963 Recap 1312 Mon, Sept 5 1:00 p.m. EDT vs. Toronto Argonauts L 8–28 3–9 TSN/RDS2 Tim Hortons Field 25,266 Recap 14 Bye 1513 Sat, Sept 17 4:00 p.m. EDT vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 48–31 4–9 TSN/RDS Tim Hortons Field 22,288 Recap 1614 Fri, Sept 23 7:30 p.m. EDT at Montreal Alouettes L 16–23 4–10 TSN/RDS/ESPN2 Molson Stadium 17,008 Recap 17 Bye 1815 Fri, Oct 7 7:30 p.m. EDT vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 18–14 5–10 TSN/RDS2 Tim Hortons Field 21,456 Recap 1916 Fri, Oct 14 9:45 p.m. EDT at Calgary Stampeders W 35–32 6–10 TSN McMahon Stadium 20,589 Recap 2017 Fri, Oct 21 7:00 p.m. EDT vs. Ottawa Redblacks W 30–27 7–10 TSN/RDS2 Tim Hortons Field 24,062 Recap 2118 Sat, Oct 29 5:00 p.m. EDT at Ottawa Redblacks W 23–16 8–10 TSN/RDS TD Place Stadium 19,708 Recap

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

Post-season

Schedule Game Date Kickoff Opponent Results TV Venue Attendance Summary Score RecordEast Semi-Final Sun, Nov 6 1:00 p.m. EST at Montreal Alouettes L 17–28 0–1 TSN/RDS/ESPN2 Molson Stadium 20,693 Recap

Games played with white uniforms.

Roster 2022 Hamilton Tiger-Cats final roster Quarterbacks

Running backs

Receivers

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

Defensive linemen DE DE DT DE DE DT DT DE Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams P K LS

Practice roster LB DE WR DB DB QB DT DB LB DB DT Injured list SB FB DE LB P/K C DE WR RB LB T LB WR SB DT

Suspended list DT GItalics indicate American player • Bold indicates Global player

Coaching staff Hamilton Tiger-Cats staff Front office Caretaker – Bob Young Chief executive officer – Scott Mitchell President and chief operating officer – Matt Afinec President of football operations and head coach – Orlondo Steinauer Assistant general manager and director of canadian scouting – Drew Allemang Assistant general manager and director of player personnel – Spencer Zimmerman Assistant general manager and senior advisor – Ed Hervey Assistant director of player personnel – Spencer Boehm Director of football administration and operations – Tamara Hinic Video co-ordinator – Matt Allemang Assistant video co-ordinator – Nick Roberto

Head coach Head coach – Orlondo Steinauer Assistant head coach – Tommy Condell Assistant head coach – Mark Washington

Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator & Quarterbacks – Tommy Condell Offensive line – Mike Gibson Wide receivers – Jason Phillips Running backs – Jarryd Baines Offensive assistant – Casey Creehan Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Mark Washington Defensive line – Randy Melvin Linebackers – Robin Ross Defensive backs – Jykine Bradley Assistant defensive backs – Craig Butler

Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Craig Butler Special teams assistant – Casey Creehan

Strength and conditioning Strength and conditioning coach – Chuck Winters

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