2023 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Roster
Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 14-4 2
Finishing 1st in the CFL's West Division
Lost Grey Cup
Coach: Mike O'Shea (14-4)
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
2023 Winnipeg Blue Bombers StatisticsTeam Record: 14-4 2
Finishing 1st in the CFL's West Division
Lost Grey Cup
Coach: Mike O'Shea (14-4)
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
2023 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Results
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League ended the 2023 season with a record of 14 wins and 4 losses for 2 points, finishing first in the CFL's West Division.
On offense, Winnipeg scored 594 points, most in the league. The defense proved to be a force, as the Blue Bombers conceded 377 points, the lowest total in the circuit. Zach Collaros led the charge, throwing for 4,252 yards. Dalton Schoen led the receiving corps, catching 71 balls for 1,222 yards. Nic Demski provided receiving help, too.
Brady Oliveira rushed for a team-high 1,540 yards.
Demerio Houston intercepted 7 opponent throws. Willie Jefferson topped the defensive unit with 11 quarterback sacks, part of an overall team total of 53 sacks.
Mike O'Shea coached the team. The 2023 Winnipeg Blue Bombers lost in the Grey Cup.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86 | Carlton Agudosi | WR | February 1, 1994 | 6'5" | 217 | Rutgers | Somerset, NJ | 3 | 3 |
| 37 | Brandon Alexander | DB | September 27, 1993 | 6'0" | 190 | Central Florida | Orlando, FL | 17 | 17 |
| 81 | Ravi Alston | WR | April 5, 1999 | 6'3" | 209 | Montana State | Lake Elsinore, CA | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Johnny Augustine | RB | July 7, 1993 | 5'9" | 200 | Guelph | Welland, ON | 18 | 0 |
| 88 | Rasheed Bailey | WR | July 29, 1993 | 6'0" | 210 | Delaware Valley University | Philadelphia, PA | 18 | 17 |
| 43 | Jared Beeksma | LB | January 15, 1998 | 6'2" | 220 | Guelph | Cambridge, ON | 3 | 0 |
| 98 | Anthony Bennett | DL | October 4, 1996 | 6'0" | 235 | Regina | Weston, FL | 18 | 0 |
| 40 | Mike Benson | LS | May 13, 1987 | 5'10" | 238 | Acadia | Winnipeg, MB | 18 | 0 |
| 4 | Adam Bighill | LB | October 16, 1988 | 5'10" | 230 | Central Washington | Montesano, WA | 17 | 17 |
| 13 | Ronnie Blackmon | WR | November 3, 1997 | 5'9" | 186 | West Georgia | Atlanta, GA | ||
| 34 | Jesse Briggs | LB | April 14, 1990 | 6'1" | 210 | McGill | Kelowna, BC | 18 | 0 |
| 6 | Dru Brown | QB | March 21, 1997 | 5'0" | 201 | Oklahoma State | Palo Alto, CA | 18 | 1 |
| 66 | Stanley Bryant | OT | May 7, 1986 | 6'5" | 295 | East Carolina | Goldsboro, NC | 17 | 17 |
| 32 | Konner Burtenshaw | RB | October 4, 1996 | 5'0" | 223 | Queens | Amherstview, ON | 3 | 0 |
| 47 | Tanner Cadwallader | LB | June 24, 1997 | 5'11" | 214 | Wilfrid Laurier | Georgetown, ON | 18 | 0 |
| 14 | Sergio Castillo | K | November 1, 1990 | 5'11" | 195 | West Texas A&M | La Joya, TX | 18 | 0 |
| 33 | Malik Clements | LB | October 4, 1996 | 6'0" | 228 | Cincinnati | Danville, VA | 12 | 7 |
| 41 | Brian Cole | LB | April 3, 1997 | 6'0" | 210 | Mississippi St. | Saginaw, MI | 15 | 1 |
| 8 | Zach Collaros | QB | August 27, 1988 | 6'0" | 218 | Cincinnati | Steubenville, OH | 18 | 16 |
| 15 | Abu Daramy-Swaray | DB | June 10, 1996 | 5'9" | 185 | Colgate | Columbus, OH | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | Alden Darby | LB | June 22, 1992 | 5'0" | 195 | Arizona State | Long Beach, CA | 11 | 6 |
| 10 | Nic Demski | WR | May 14, 1993 | 6'0" | 215 | Manitoba | Winnipeg, MB | 17 | 17 |
| 64 | Liam Dobson | OL | February 6, 1998 | 6'3" | 330 | Texas State | Ottawa, ON | 18 | 1 |
| 65 | Asotui Eli | OL | January 31, 1996 | 6'3" | 298 | Hawaii | Richmond, BC | ||
| 39 | Kerfalla-Emmanuel Exume | DB | February 24, 1994 | 6'0" | 197 | Universite de Montreal | Montreal, QC | 14 | 0 |
| 90 | Miles Fox | DL | January 23, 1997 | 6'1" | 297 | Wake Forest | Lawrenceville, GA | 2 | 1 |
| 49 | TyJuan Garbutt | DL | July 14, 1999 | 6'2" | 261 | Virginia Tech | Fredericksburg, VA | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | Shayne Gauthier | LB | February 20, 1992 | 5'10" | 226 | Laval | Dolbeau-Mistassini, QC | 5 | 0 |
| 92 | Nate Givhan | LB | September 20, 1998 | 6'4" | 245 | Toledo | Montgomery, AL | ||
| 90 | O'Bryan Goodson | DL | September 1, 1998 | 6'1" | 295 | Memphis | Batesville, MS | ||
| 80 | Janarion Grant | WR | November 20, 1993 | 5'10" | 173 | Rutgers | Fort Trilby, FL | 8 | 0 |
| 68 | Geoff Gray | OG | November 8, 1994 | 6'5" | 315 | Manitoba | Winnipeg, MB | 18 | 17 |
| 45 | Celestin Haba | DE | August 16, 1999 | 6'2" | 250 | Texas A&M-Commerce | Columbia, SC | 8 | 4 |
| 21 | Nick Hallett | DB | February 12, 1994 | 5'0" | 188 | University of Toronto | London, ON | 18 | 1 |
| 3 | Thiadric Hansen | 250 | December 26, 1992 | 6'0" | 243 | none | , Germany | 4 | 1 |
| 51 | Jermarcus Hardrick | OT | May 30, 1990 | 6'6" | 320 | Nebraska | Batesville, MS | 18 | 18 |
| 31 | Evan Holm | DB | April 14, 1998 | 5'0" | 180 | North Dakota | Edina, ND | 18 | 18 |
| 35 | Demerio Houston | DB | September 3, 1996 | 5'0" | 171 | Southern University | Shelby, NC | 15 | 15 |
| 48 | Damian Jackson | LS | July 22, 1992 | 6'2" | 263 | Buffalo | Las Vegas, NV | 15 | 0 |
| 94 | Jackson Jeffcoat | DE | December 26, 1990 | 6'3" | 247 | Texas | Dallas, TX | 14 | 14 |
| 5 | Willie Jefferson | DL | January 31, 1991 | 6'5" | 233 | Stephen F Austin | Beaumont, TX | 17 | 17 |
| 42 | Souleymane Karamoko | DB | July 29, 1992 | 6'0" | 210 | Laval | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Jake Kelly | DB | April 10, 1999 | 5'11" | 179 | Bishop's (Can) | Markham, ON | 10 | 1 |
| 67 | Chris Kolankowski | OL | February 7, 1992 | 6'0" | 292 | York | Etobicoke, ON | 18 | 18 |
| 17 | Redha Kramdi | DB | December 22, 1996 | 5'0" | 196 | Montreal | Montreal, QC | 14 | 11 |
| 89 | Kenny Lawler | WR | June 25, 1994 | 6'0" | 192 | California | Pomona, CA | 12 | 12 |
| 22 | Des Lawrence | DB | November 30, 1994 | 6'0" | 187 | North Carolina | Charlotte, NC | 3 | 3 |
| 99 | Cameron Lawson | DL | October 7, 1998 | 6'0" | 285 | Queen's | Caledon, ON | 15 | 1 |
| 55 | Eric Lofton | OL | March 6, 1993 | 6'0" | 300 | Temple | Lumbertown, NJ | ||
| 69 | Tomoya Machino | 314 | March 16, 1997 | 6'0" | 314 | Kyoto University | , Japan | ||
| 77 | Oliver Martin | WR | November 3, 1998 | 6'1" | 200 | Nebraska | Coralville, IA | ||
| 00 | Les Maruo | LB | February 14, 1996 | 6'0" | 220 | Texas-San Antonio | , Japan | 14 | 1 |
| 29 | Greg Mccrae | RB | January 21, 1998 | 5'0" | 180 | UCF | Miami, FL | 11 | 4 |
| 38 | Tyrique McGhee | DB | August 11, 1998 | 5'10" | 187 | Georgia | Fort Valley, GA | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Mike Miller | RB | March 15, 1989 | 6'0" | 208 | Acadia | Riverview, NB | ||
| 87 | Jeremy Murphy | WR | May 14, 1999 | 6'2" | 195 | Concordia (Quebec) | St. Bruno, QC | 2 | 0 |
| 53 | Pat Neufeld | OL | December 26, 1988 | 6'5" | 291 | Saskatchewan | Regina, SK | 18 | 17 |
| 1 | Deatrick Nichols | DB | June 8, 1994 | 5'10" | 189 | South Florida | Miami, FL | 18 | 18 |
| 84 | Brendon O'Leary-Orange | WR | June 24, 1996 | 6'3" | 210 | Nevada | Toronto, ON | 18 | 3 |
| 20 | Brady Oliveira | RB | August 15, 1997 | 5'10" | 227 | North Dakota | Winnipeg, MB | 18 | 18 |
| 7 | Jamal Parker | DB | January 16, 1998 | 5'0" | 177 | Kent State | Pennsauken, NJ | 8 | 3 |
| 13 | Tyrrell Pigrome | QB | October 22, 1997 | 5'9" | 206 | Towson | Birmingham, AL | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | Dakota Prukop | QB | October 17, 1993 | 6'0" | 205 | Oregon | Newport, CA | 15 | 0 |
| 60 | Drew Richmond | OL | January 2, 1996 | 6'0" | 315 | USC | Memphis, TN | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Winston Rose | DB | November 29, 1993 | 6'0" | 174 | New Mexico State | Inglewood, CA | 10 | 10 |
| 96 | Tanner Schmekel | DL | July 22, 1999 | 6'1" | 291 | Regina | Regina, SK | 5 | 0 |
| 26 | Karl Schmitz | P | January 18, 1987 | 6'4" | 210 | Jacksonville | , Bermuda | ||
| 83 | Dalton Schoen | WR | October 13, 1996 | 6'0" | 218 | Kansas State | Overland Park, KS | 16 | 16 |
| 18 | Jamieson Sheahan | P | May 17, 1997 | 5'11" | 207 | California | Bendigo, AR | 18 | 0 |
| 50 | Jakub Szott | OL | July 13, 1998 | 6'0" | 305 | McMaster | Toronto, ON | 3 | 0 |
| 95 | Jake Thomas | DL | December 6, 1990 | 6'2" | 266 | Acadia | Douglas, NB | 18 | 17 |
| 9 | Ricky Walker | DT | April 18, 1996 | 6'2" | 284 | Virginia Tech | Newport News, VA | 17 | 17 |
| 19 | Kyrie Wilson | LB | November 5, 1992 | 6'0" | 232 | Fresno State | Fresno, CA | 10 | 10 |
| 82 | Drew Wolitarsky | WR | March 22, 1995 | 6'0" | 220 | Minnesota | Santa Clarita, CA | 18 | 18 |
