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Ottawa Redblacks to field six new starters for season-opener against Roughriders
By 3Down Staff -June 4, 2025

The Ottawa Redblacks have set their depth chart for Thursday's season-opener against the Saskatchewan Roughriders boasting six new starters.

Daniel Adeboboye and William Stanback will share running back duties, both of whom are new to the team this year. Adeboboye won a Grey Cup with his hometown Toronto Argonauts last season, while Stanback rushed for 1,175 yards with the B.C. Lions.

The team's two wideouts, Eugene Lewis and Keelan White, are both new to the team. Lewis became the CFL's sixth-highest-paid receiver when he joined the Redblacks in free agency from Edmonton, while White was selected with the third overall pick in the 2025 CFL Draft out of the University of Montana.

Darta Lee will start at right tackle in place of an injured Zach Pelehos. The six-foot-four, 313-pound native of Alief, Texas spent some time on Ottawa's practice roster last season but will dress for his first career CFL regular-season game on Thursday.

In the secondary, the Redblacks will start two free-agent additions at halfback with Robert Priester on the boundary side and Amari Henderson to the field. Priester started 10 games for the Argonauts last year, while Henderson started eight with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

The rest of Ottawa's starting lineup is comprised of holdovers from last season, including household names like franchise quarterback Dru Brown, receiver Justin Hardy, offensive lineman Drew Desjarlais, defensive end Lorenzo Mauldin IV, middle linebacker Jovan Santos-Knox, and strong-side linebacker Adarius Pickett.

The Redblacks went 9-8-1 last season to finish third in the East Division but posted a record of 2-7 on the road. The team tied its first meeting with Saskatchewan in 2024 before losing the subsequent matchup at Mosaic Stadium by a score of 29-16.

Players who will start the season on the one-game injured list for Ottawa include quarterback Tyrie Adams, offensive linemen Zach Pelehos and Eric Starczala, defensive linemen Aidan John and Nigel Romick, linebacker Frankie Griffin, and defensive backs Alijah McGhee and Deandre Lamont.

Free-agent acquisition Peter Godber and former second-overall pick Nick Mardner have officially been placed on the six-game injured list.

Thursday's game is scheduled for 9:00 p.m. EDT.

https://3downnation.com/2025/06/04/ottawa-redblacks-to-field-six-new-starters-for-season-opener-against-roughriders/

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Ottawa Redblacks to field six new starters for season-opener against Roughriders
By 3Down Staff -June 4, 2025

The Ottawa Redblacks have set their depth chart for Thursday's season-opener against the Saskatchewan Roughriders boasting six new starters.

Daniel Adeboboye and William Stanback will share running back duties, both of whom are new to the team this year. Adeboboye won a Grey Cup with his hometown Toronto Argonauts last season, while Stanback rushed for 1,175 yards with the B.C. Lions.

The team's two wideouts, Eugene Lewis and Keelan White, are both new to the team. Lewis became the CFL's sixth-highest-paid receiver when he joined the Redblacks in free agency from Edmonton, while White was selected with the third overall pick in the 2025 CFL Draft out of the University of Montana.

Darta Lee will start at right tackle in place of an injured Zach Pelehos. The six-foot-four, 313-pound native of Alief, Texas spent some time on Ottawa's practice roster last season but will dress for his first career CFL regular-season game on Thursday.

In the secondary, the Redblacks will start two free-agent additions at halfback with Robert Priester on the boundary side and Amari Henderson to the field. Priester started 10 games for the Argonauts last year, while Henderson started eight with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

The rest of Ottawa's starting lineup is comprised of holdovers from last season, including household names like franchise quarterback Dru Brown, receiver Justin Hardy, offensive lineman Drew Desjarlais, defensive end Lorenzo Mauldin IV, middle linebacker Jovan Santos-Knox, and strong-side linebacker Adarius Pickett.

The Redblacks went 9-8-1 last season to finish third in the East Division but posted a record of 2-7 on the road. The team tied its first meeting with Saskatchewan in 2024 before losing the subsequent matchup at Mosaic Stadium by a score of 29-16.

Players who will start the season on the one-game injured list for Ottawa include quarterback Tyrie Adams, offensive linemen Zach Pelehos and Eric Starczala, defensive linemen Aidan John and Nigel Romick, linebacker Frankie Griffin, and defensive backs Alijah McGhee and Deandre Lamont.

Free-agent acquisition Peter Godber and former second-overall pick Nick Mardner have officially been placed on the six-game injured list.

Thursday's game is scheduled for 9:00 p.m. EDT.

https://3downnation.com/2025/06/04/ottawa-redblacks-to-field-six-new-starters-for-season-opener-against-roughriders/

Amazed Gino Lewis fell from #1 to #6 highest paid receiver, I thought he was still #2.

[Blueforlife]

Calgary is deep at RB

[blue_or_die]

I'd love to see Dru back, but who was the last QB that left the team that gave him a starting job voluntarily.

To think that Ottawa could not offer him the same money we could, well, it is an $SMS league.

Like I said, other than Ott becoming a dumpster fire, or Winnipeg having no QB development success over the next 2 years and still maintaining their GC contender status, I really don't see us being able to sign him.

If he does well this year, OTT will extend him again, they'd be stupid not to.  And if he doesn't do well, why would we want him back?

Its just not a scenario I see playing out.  Wish we could have, still think we could have stayed with him over Zach and done very well, but that was never going to happen with our management.

I actually don't disagree with anything you said (although there's an argument to be made against it for sure), but this doesn't sound like you lol.

[Blueforlife]

Did ards get hacked? lol

Or is AI writing his posts?

Might start a poll and take side bets

Winner gets chips and dips next week

[wpg#1]

Should be an entertaining tilt!

Watching Riders lose is always a favourite past time.

Go Bob Dyce Go

I couldn't agree more. I always say I have 2 favorite teams, the Blue Bombers and whoever is playing the riders.

[GOLDMEMBER]

did your account get hacked?

[GOLDMEMBER]

Season opener game.  It's a W vs E game, so as always, we root for the E to rob our divisional rivals of 2 points.

SSK:

OL woes are apparent, and they're forced to go 3 IMP OL.  Yoshi is back.

Because of that they're forced to start 3 NAT REC!  KSB, Busby, Emilus.  Meyers/Johnson round out the corps.  To me this looks like the weakest corps in a while.

QB-crippling Miles Brown is gone (to CGY).  DL still looks decent.  LBers look strong.

If I'm playing SSK, I'm chucking it solely to the strong side, which has only Fields (fans hated him in '24), and NAT Campbell at corner.  The weak side should be stout with (our!) Sayles and (apparently #2 best CFL player) Milligan.

4 QBs are dressing, which is strange... doesn't that mean they have to take off a DI?  They still show 4 DIs (aka DAs), so I'm not sure how this makes sense.

https://www.riderfans.com/filedata/fetch?id=1226626


OTT:

OL mostly the same.  QB room missing Masoli (gone somewhere else).  Call it a wash.

Gino Lewis will be deadly.  Their whole REC corps will be deadly, with only NAT Keelan White at the "token NAT" wide out position being a question mark.

They clearly mark, and will clearly use, the DNA/DNS trick with Adeboboye starting in front of Stanback.  Stanback will get near 25 snaps for sure.  Nice, and smart, ratio cheat code.

DL mostly the same: should be stout.  LB gets Pickett back from injury.  With JSK they should be strong.

DB corps gains Henderson, but with only Priester of note there, they would appear to be weak at DB (though Pickett will help unless pinned).  If I'm facing OTT, I'm chucking it up a lot, especially that weak side.

https://www.riderfans.com/filedata/fetch?id=1226634

Should be a great game!  Both teams look middling.  Both have decent continuity.  I could see a lot of points being put up, especially by OTT.

Let's go REDBLACKS, let's go!

thanks for the GDT and the great insight Tecno.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

Looks like the Riders trying to give Toronto an attendance scare as they get the flag out for the anthem in game one.

[GOLDMEMBER]

Looks like the Riders trying to give Toronto an attendance scare as they get the flag out for the anthem in game one.

yup, yikes, not exactly what riders fans like to brag about.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

Very classy tribute for Chase and the Stegall family in Regina

[GOLDMEMBER]

Good job by the athem singer.

[GOLDMEMBER]

Building looks roughly 40% full. Wth RiderNation. Go support your team!

[Sir Blue and Gold]

Building looks roughly 40% full. Wth RiderNation. Go support your team!

The 13th man has turned in the "13 fans".

[GOLDMEMBER]

Ugh rough start in the time count penalty to start. Get yer **** together.