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The Ottawa Redblacks have released 16 players ahead of the CFL’s mandatory roster cutdown deadline, including veteran American defensive tackle Dylan Wynn.
The 32-year-old signed with the Redblacks in free agency this offseason, after spending the past two years with the Montreal Alouettes. He recorded 20 defensive tackles and one sack in 14 regular-season games last year, along with three tackles plus one sack in three playoff contests. In 2024, he played in 16 regular-season games, starting 12, while recording 18 defensive tackles.
The six-foot-two, 290-pounder arrived in the CFL in 2017 with the Toronto Argonauts, where he spent two seasons, before a four-year stint with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats from 2019 through 2023. He has recorded 211 defensive tackles and 30 sacks over 107 career regular-season CFL games, earning East Division all-star recognition three times (2017, 2019, 2021) and one All-CFL selection (2019). The Oregon State product helped Toronto win a Grey Cup title as a rookie in 2017.
Also released by the Redblacks were American running back Jacquez Stuart; American receivers Jordan Bly, Carl Chester, Kajiya Hollawayne, and Christan Horn; American offensive linemen D.J. Jones and Jamal Mull; American defensive linemen Ramon Puryear and Tyce Westland; American linebackers KJ Cloyd and Taniela Latu; Canadian defensive back Patrick Cumberbatch; American defensive backs Quentin Moten and Ro Torrence; and Canadian long snapper Benjamin Huot.
The club unveiled a 13-player practice roster to start the regular season, which consists of Canadian receiver Ethan Jordan; American receiver Rory Starkey; Canadian offensive lineman Alassane Diouf; American offensive lineman Zach Barlev; American defensive linemen Dennis Briggs Jr., Jelani Stafford, and Jessie Evans; Canadian linebacker Benjamin Dobson; Canadian defensive back Eric Cumberbatch; American defensive backs Marcus Barnes and Shadwel Nkuba II; Global kicker Paul Geelen; and Global punter James Burnip.
The Ottawa Redblacks will play their first regular-season game against the Edmonton Elks on Saturday, June 6, at 7:00 p.m. EDT. The team finished fourth in the East Division standings in 2025 with a 4-14 record, missing the playoffs for the fifth time in the last six seasons. Ryan Dinwiddie was hired as the team’s head coach and general manager after the firing of Bob Dyce.
