2020 Edmonton Football Team season

CFL team season

2020 Edmonton Football Team season
General manager	Brock Sunderland
Head coach	Scott Milanovich
Home field	Commonwealth Stadium
Results
Record	N/A
Division place	N/A, West
Playoff finish	Season cancelled
← 2019 (Eskimos) Edmonton Elks season 2021 (Elks) →

The 2020 Edmonton Football Team season was scheduled to be the 63rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 72nd overall. On July 21, 2020, the team officially retired the "Eskimos" name, and temporarily began using "Edmonton Football Team" and "EE Football Team" until a new name was decided.

Training camps, pre-season games, and regular season games were initially postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta. The CFL announced on April 7, 2020, that the start of the 2020 season would not occur before July 2020. On May 20, 2020, it was announced that the league would likely not begin regular season play prior to September 2020. On August 17, 2020, however, the season was officially cancelled due to COVID-19.

This would have been the first season under head coach Scott Milanovich following the dismissal of Jason Maas following the 2019 season. This also would have been the fourth season under general manager Brock Sunderland.

Offseason

CFL National Draft

The 2020 CFL National Draft took place on April 30, 2020. The team had nine selections in the eight-round draft after acquiring another seventh-round pick from the Toronto Argonauts.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	University Team	Hometown
1	4	Thomas Jack-Kurdyla	OL	Buffalo	Montreal, QC
2	13	Alain Pae	DL	Ottawa	Prague, CZ
3	24	Malik Tyne	LB	Towson	Ottawa, ON
4	32	Oludotun Aketepe	DB	Guelph	Barrie, ON
5	41	Dante Brown	K	Fort Hays State	Mississauga, ON
6	50	Chris Gangarossa	OL	Wagner	Fort Erie, ON
7	57	Nicholas Summach	OL	Saskatchewan	Saskatoon, SK
7	59	Rossini Sandjong	DE	York	Longueuil, QC
8	68	Mitch Raper	RB	Carleton	Oshawa, ON

CFL Global Draft

The 2020 CFL Global Draft was scheduled to take place on April 16, 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this draft and its accompanying combine were postponed to occur just before the start of training camp, which was ultimately cancelled. The team was scheduled to select fourth in each round with the number of rounds never announced.

Planned schedule

Preseason

Week	Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	TV	Venue
A	1	Sun, May 24	2:00 p.m. MDT	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	NA	IG Field
B	2	Sat, May 30	2:00 p.m. MDT	vs. BC Lions	NA	Commonwealth Stadium
C	Bye

Regular season

Week	Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	TV	Venue
1	1	Thu, June 11	7:00 p.m. MDT	vs. BC Lions	TSN	Commonwealth Stadium
2	2	Sat, June 20	8:00 p.m. MDT	vs. Ottawa Redblacks	TSN	Commonwealth Stadium
3	3	Sat, June 27	5:00 p.m. MDT	at BC Lions	TSN	BC Place
4	4	Fri, July 3	7:00 p.m. MDT	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	TSN	Commonwealth Stadium
5	Bye
6	5	Fri, July 17	7:30 p.m. MDT	vs. Toronto Argonauts	TSN	Commonwealth Stadium
7	6	Fri, July 24	5:00 p.m. MDT	at Ottawa Redblacks	TSN	TD Place Stadium
8	7	Fri, July 31	7:30 p.m. MDT	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	TSN	Commonwealth Stadium
9	Bye
10	8	Fri, Aug 14	6:30 p.m. MDT	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	TSN	IG Field
11	9	Sat, Aug 22	5:00 p.m. MDT	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	TSN	Mosaic Stadium
12	10	Sat, Aug 29	5:00 p.m. MDT	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	TSN	Commonwealth Stadium
13	11	Mon, Sept 7	2:30 p.m. MDT	at Calgary Stampeders	TSN	McMahon Stadium
14	12	Sat, Sep 12	5:00 p.m. MDT	vs. Calgary Stampeders	TSN	Commonwealth Stadium
15	13	Fri, Sep 18	5:00 p.m. MDT	at Montreal Alouettes	TSN/RDS	Molson Stadium
16	Bye
17	14	Sat, Oct 3	5:00 p.m. MDT	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	TSN	Commonwealth Stadium
18	15	Fri, Oct 9	6:00 p.m. MDT	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	TSN	IG Field
19	16	Sat, Oct 17	2:00 p.m. MDT	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	TSN	Tim Hortons Field
20	17	Sat, Oct 24	2:00 p.m. MDT	vs. Montreal Alouettes	TSN/RDS	Commonwealth Stadium
21	18	Sat, Oct 31	11:00 a.m. MDT	at Toronto Argonauts	TSN	BMO Field

Team

Roster

**Edmonton Football Team roster**
Quarterbacks 14 Jeremiah Briscoe 7 Trevor Harris 15 Logan Kilgore -- Antonio Pipkin -- Bryan Scott 8 Troy Williams Receivers 85 Bryce Bobo -- Alex Charette 13 Ricky Collins, Jr. -- Armanti Edwards 82 Greg Ellingson 18 Kevin Elliott -- Angelo Foster -- J. J. Jones 72 Hunter Karl 88 Harry McMaster 86 Anthony Parker -- Jimmy Ralph -- Malik Richards 83 Shai Ross -- Shakeir Ryan -- Kenny Shaw -- Rodney Smith -- T.J. Smith 4 Tevaun Smith -- Josh Stangby -- Daniel Vandervoort 89 Diego Viamontes -- Domonique Young		Running backs -- Brandon Burks 25 Shaquille Cooper -- DeVontae Jackson -- Marvin Kinsey -- Jordan Robinson 33 Alex Taylor -- Lexington Thomas -- Terry Williams Fullbacks 46 Peter Cender 44 Alexandre Dupuis 27 Tanner Green 49 James Tuck Offensive linemen 62 Kwabena Asare 57 David Beard -- Darrell Brown 64 Tommie Draheim 67 Colin Kelly 68 Eric Lofton 61 Tristan Nickelson 66 Matt O'Donnell -- Justin Renfrow 55 SirVincent Rogers -- Jean-Simon Roy 52 Jacob Ruby 56 Kyle Saxelid		Defensive linemen -- Zachary Barnes -- Dwayne Beckford 9 Mathieu Betts 93 Kwaku Boateng DE 99 Jake Ceresna 94 Stefan Charles -- Jeremiah Clarke -- Thomas Costigan -- Malik Dorton -- Victor Evans II -- Evan Machibroda 96 Mike Moore 63 David Perkins -- Quincy Redmon 90 Almondo Sewell DT Linebackers -- Josh Banderas -- Malik Clements 43 Vontae Diggs -- Justin Horton 46 Brandon Pittman 35 Maxime Rouyer 5 Jovan Santos-Knox 48 Blair Smith -- Justin Tuggle 38 Jonathan Walton		Defensive backs 37 Bryce Bartlett 16 Jordan Beaulieu 19 Eric Blake -- Anthony Covington -- Zach Edwards -- Jermaine Gabriel -- Caleb Ham 12 Forrest Hightower 28 Jordan Hoover S 20 Scott Hutter -- Afolabi Laguda -- Jonathon Mincy -- Dakari Monroe 23 Godfrey Onyeka -- Chris Rayford 34 Jose Romero -- Albert Smalls 29 Brian Walker -- Malcolm Washington -- Trumaine Washington -- Kieron Williams Special teams 53 Ryan King LS 70 Hugh O'Neill K 6 Sean Whyte K Italics indicate international player Bold indicates global player Roster updated 2020-08-17 Depth chart • Transactions 102 roster → More rosters

Coaching staff

**Edmonton Football Team staff**

	Front office President and ceo – Chris Presson Vice-President Football Operations and General Manager – Brock Sunderland Director of player personnel – David Turner Assistant director of player personnel – Will Homer Director of scouting – Bobby Merritt Director of football operations – Kris Hagerman Assistant director of football operations/player personnel assistant – Nick Pelletier Head video coordinator – Griffin Dear Head coach Head coach – Scott Milanovich Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – Scott Milanovich Quarterbacks – Kelly Jeffrey Offensive line – John McDonell Running backs – Terry Eisler Receivers and pass game coordinator – Winston October			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator and defensive backs – Noel Thorpe Linebackers – A. J. Gass Defensive line – Demetrious Maxie Defensive assistant – Derek Oswalt Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – A. J. Gass Special teams assistant – Kelly Jeffrey → Coaching staff Archived November 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine → More CFL staffs

References

"Edmonton Football Team Discontinues Use Of The Name Eskimos". Edmonton Football Team. July 21, 2020.
^ "Ambrosie issues statement on behalf of CFL". cfl.ca. April 7, 2020. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
"CFL provides update regarding 2020". Canadian Football League. May 20, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
"CFL not to play shortened season in the fall". Canadian Football League. August 17, 2020.
"Eskimos part ways with head coach Jason Maas". cfl.ca. November 27, 2019.
"CFL to hold global player combines in Europe, Mexico and, and Japan". press.cfl.ca. November 20, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
"Esks acquire Martese Jackson from Argos". September 10, 2018.
^ "Key dates to circle on your calendar in 2020". CFL.ca. January 27, 2020. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
"CFL Global Draft rescheduled as lead-in event prior to training camp". CFL.ca. March 24, 2020. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
^ "2020 Schedule". Edmonton Football Team. Retrieved December 22, 2019.

External links

Official website

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