2017 BC Lions Roster
Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 7-11 14
Finishing 5th in the CFL's West Division
Coach: Wally Buono (7-11)
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2017 BC Lions StatisticsTeam Record: 7-11 14
Finishing 5th in the CFL's West Division
Coach: Wally Buono (7-11)
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2017 BC Lions Results
The BC Lions of the Canadian Football League ended the 2017 season with a record of 7 wins and 11 losses for 14 points, finishing fifth in the CFL's West Division.
BC ran up 469 points, while the defense allowed 501. Jonathon Jennings directed the offense, slinging for 3,639 yards. Emmanuel Arceneaux grabbed 100 passes, while Bryan Burnham added 1,202 receiving yards.
Jeremiah Johnson carried the ball for a team-leading 913 yards for the Lions.
T.J. Lee seized 4 opponent throws. Craig Roh sacked opposing passers 7 times.
Wally Buono coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84 | Emmanuel Arceneaux | SB | September 17, 1987 | 6'2" | 211 | Alcorn State | Alexandria, LA | 18 | 18 |
| 51 | Micah Awe | OLB | January 4, 1994 | 6'0" | 220 | Texas Tech | Lagos, Nigeria | 18 | 9 |
| 4 | Alex Bazzie | DE | August 5, 1990 | 6'1" | 228 | Marshall | Silver Spring, MD | 6 | 6 |
| 40 | Mike Benson | LONG | May 13, 1987 | 5'10" | 238 | Acadia | Winnipeg, MB | 18 | 0 |
| 79 | Kenneth Boatright | DE | March 6, 1990 | 6'3" | 254 | Southern Illinois | Joliet, IL | 3 | 2 |
| 90 | Michael Brooks | NT-DT | August 28, 1991 | 6'3" | 276 | East Carolina | Durham, NC | 15 | 15 |
| 99 | Kourtnei Brown | NT | April 17, 1988 | 6'4" | 253 | Clemson | Charlotte, NC | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | Dakota Brush | FB | September 27, 1994 | 6'0" | 241 | Mount Allison | Brantford, ON | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | Matt Bucknor | S | June 30, 1985 | 5'11" | 185 | Windsor | Hamilton, ON | 18 | 0 |
| 26 | Tony Burnett | OLB | June 29, 1990 | 6'1" | 205 | USC | Watts, CA | 14 | 9 |
| 16 | Bryan Burnham | SB | April 3, 1990 | 6'2" | 195 | Tulsa | Moorestown, NJ | 16 | 16 |
| 47 | Frederic Chagnon | MLB | November 20, 1992 | 6'0" | 233 | Montreal | Montreal, QC | 18 | 0 |
| 41 | Adrian Clarke | MLB | September 7, 1991 | 6'3" | 235 | Bishop's (Can) | Mississauga, ON | 14 | 0 |
| 29 | Steven Clarke | CB | April 19, 1991 | 5'10" | 195 | Vanderbilt | Lauderdale Lakes, FL | 3 | 3 |
| 36 | DyShawn Davis | OLB | July 14, 1992 | 6'0" | 225 | Syracuse | Camden, NJ | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | Tyler Davis | RB | March 12, 1991 | 5'0" | 195 | Missouri Valley | Berkeley, CA | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | Jaskaran Dhillon | C | April 2, 1989 | 6'0" | 302 | UBC | Surrey, BC | 4 | 0 |
| 56 | Solomon Elimimian | MLB | October 21, 1986 | 5'11" | 225 | Hawaii | Calabal, Nigeria | 18 | 18 |
| 94 | DeQuin Evans | DE | May 17, 1987 | 6'3" | 264 | Kentucky | Long Beach, CA | 5 | 5 |
| 50 | Kirby Fabien | ROG | September 7, 1990 | 6'6" | 295 | Calgary | Calgary, AB | 18 | 17 |
| 39 | Chandler Fenner | NB | July 6, 1990 | 6'1" | 189 | Holy Cross | Viginia Beach, VA | 18 | 18 |
| 95 | Rick Foley | DE | June 9, 1982 | 6'2" | 245 | York | Courtice, ON | 11 | 0 |
| 48 | Maxx Forde | DT-NT | November 15, 1991 | 6'5" | 272 | Idaho | Seattle, WA | 18 | 4 |
| 61 | David Foucault | LOG-ROT | February 7, 1989 | 6'8" | 320 | Montreal | LaSalle, QC | 15 | 9 |
| 64 | Felix Gacusana | ROG | September 15, 1995 | 6'0" | 318 | Simon Fraser | Burnaby, BC | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | Anthony Gaitor | DH-CB | October 9, 1988 | 5'10" | 177 | Florida International | Miami, FL | 12 | 12 |
| 13 | Mitchell Gale | QB | January 7, 1990 | 6'2" | 231 | Abilene Christian | Alva, OK | 7 | 0 |
| 28 | Nathaniel Hamlin | CB | June 24, 1995 | 6'0" | 195 | Carleton | Ottawa, ON | 2 | 0 |
| 53 | Jordan Herdman | MLB | July 21, 1994 | 6'0" | 235 | Simon Fraser | Winnipeg, MB | 18 | 0 |
| 54 | Andrew Hudson | DE-DT | June 1, 1992 | 6'0" | 245 | Washington | Redlands, CA | 2 | 2 |
| 62 | Cody Husband | C | March 19, 1988 | 6'7" | 307 | UBC | New Westminster, BC | 17 | 17 |
| 87 | Marco Iannuzzi | SB | May 21, 1987 | 6'1" | 195 | Harvard | Calgary, AB | 18 | 17 |
| 3 | Buddy Jackson | DH-CB | March 3, 1989 | 5'11" | 180 | Pittsburgh | Plantation, FL | 8 | 4 |
| 37 | Kendall James | CB | June 29, 1991 | 5'11" | 190 | Maine | Roselle, MN | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Jonathon Jennings | QB | July 21, 1992 | 6'0" | 195 | Saginaw Valley | Columbus, OH | 18 | 14 |
| 57 | Antonio Johnson | LOT-ROT | June 22, 1992 | 6'0" | 305 | North Texas | Diboll, TX | 17 | 15 |
| 24 | Jeremiah Johnson | RB | February 15, 1987 | 5'9" | 209 | Oregon | Los Angeles, CA | 17 | 17 |
| 88 | Shaquille Johnson | WR | May 2, 1993 | 5'0" | 178 | London (Jrs) | Brampton, ON | 18 | 18 |
| 64 | Andrew Jones | ROG-LOG | October 29, 1982 | 6'4" | 326 | McMaster | Toronto, ON | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | T.J. Lee | DH | March 20, 1990 | 5'9" | 190 | Eastern Washington | Seattle, WA | 15 | 15 |
| 1 | Ty Long | P-K | April 6, 1993 | 6'0" | 205 | Alabama-Birmingham | Roswell, GA | 18 | 0 |
| 95 | Junior Luke | NT-DT | November 1, 1991 | 6'0" | 291 | Montreal | Montreal, QC | 18 | 7 |
| 14 | Travis Lulay | QB | September 27, 1983 | 6'2" | 216 | Montana State | Salem, OR | 11 | 4 |
| 46 | Rolly Lumbala | FB | January 30, 1986 | 6'2" | 241 | Idaho | Calgary, AB Gabon | 18 | 0 |
| 74 | Luther Maddy | DT | January 18, 1993 | 6'0" | 285 | Virginia Tech | Delray Beach, FL | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Tevin McDonald | DH | July 17, 1992 | 5'11" | 195 | Eastern Washington | Fresno, CA | 1 | 0 |
| 78 | David Menard | DE | July 15, 1990 | 6'1" | 265 | Montreal | Chicoutimi, QC | 18 | 2 |
| 58 | Keavon Milton | ROT | June 23, 1990 | 6'4" | 293 | Louisiana-Monroe | Canton, TX | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Nick Moore | WR-SB | June 25, 1986 | 6'2" | 195 | Toledo | Westerville, OH | 12 | 12 |
| 19 | Maurice Morgan | SB | March 7, 1993 | 6'2" | 210 | North Carolina State | La Grange, NC | 2 | 1 |
| 35 | Shaquille Murray-Lawrence | RB | October 30, 1993 | 5'8" | 193 | UNLV | Scarborough, ON | 5 | 0 |
| 32 | Alex Ogbongbemiga | FB | March 2, 1993 | 6'0" | 235 | Calgary | Lagos, Nigeria | 1 | 0 |
| 68 | Kelvin Palmer | ROT | October 23, 1990 | 6'0" | 290 | Baylor | Dallas, TX | 10 | 10 |
| 20 | Keynan Parker | CB | November 17, 1989 | 5'11" | 168 | Oregon State | Vancouver, BC | 11 | 0 |
| 0 | Loucheiz Purifoy | DH-S | December 16, 1992 | 6'1" | 189 | Florida | Cantonment, FL | 18 | 18 |
| 2 | Chris Rainey | RB | March 2, 1988 | 5'8" | 180 | Florida | Lakeland, FL | 18 | 1 |
| 77 | Louie Richardson | DE-DT | September 22, 1985 | 6'4" | 220 | Manitoba | Vancouver, BC | 13 | 0 |
| 93 | Craig Roh | DE | January 25, 1991 | 6'5" | 265 | Michigan | Scottsdale, AZ | 16 | 16 |
| 9 | Alex Ross | QB | September 25, 1992 | 6'0" | 205 | Coastal Carolina | Alpharetta, GA | 18 | 0 |
| 98 | Josh Shirley | DE | January 4, 1992 | 6'2" | 235 | Nevada-Las Vegas | Fontana, CA | 12 | 3 |
| 67 | Hunter Steward | LOT-LOG | December 23, 1991 | 6'6" | 315 | Liberty | Calgary, AB | 16 | 15 |
| 8 | Anthony Thompson | CB-S | March 23, 1990 | 6'0" | 205 | Southern Illinois | Montreal, QC | 18 | 18 |
| 92 | Bryant Turner | DT-NT-DE | November 25, 1987 | 6'2" | 260 | Alabama - Birmingham | Mobile, AL | 9 | 9 |
| 69 | Charles Vaillancourt | LOG-C-ROG | September 18, 1992 | 6'0" | 329 | Laval | Coaticook, QC | 16 | 5 |
| 11 | Daniel Vandervoort | SB | March 13, 1994 | 6'0" | 204 | McMaster | Barrie, ON | 18 | 0 |
| 80 | Chris Williams | WR-SB | September 16, 1987 | 5'9" | 155 | New Mexico State | Rio Rancho, NM | 9 | 8 |
| 25 | Ronnie Yell | CB | April 15, 1991 | 5'10" | 185 | San Jose State | Los Angeles, CA | 18 | 18 |
