Johany Jutras/CFL.ca
TORONTO — There’s never a dull moment on the opening day of free agency, and when the clock struck 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, CFL teams promptly got to work on making moves to re-tool their respective rosters ahead of the 2021 season.
Micah Johnson returned to Riderville, Almondo Sewell headed East to join the Alouettes, Ciante Evans hopped on board with Hamilton, and James Wilder Jr. came out of retirement to become a member of the Edmonton Football Team.
With a handful of big names on the move this off-season already, let’s take a look at what each team has done to open the free agency window:
Jump to Team:
| BC | Calgary | Edmonton | Saskatchewan | Winnipeg | Hamilton | Montreal | Ottawa | Toronto |
BC LIONS
Additions/Re-Signings:
| Player | Position | Transaction | Former Team |
| Shaq Cooper | RB | Signed (02/09/21) | EDM |
| Lucky Whitehead | WR | Signed (02/09/21) | WPG |
| Chris Rainey | RB | Re-Signed (02/09/21) | — |
Departures:
| Player | Position | Transaction | New Team |
| John White | RB | Signed (02/09/21) | TOR |
| Jordan Herdman | LB | Signed (02/09/21) | SSK |
| Micah Johnson | DL | Signed (02/09/21) | SSK |
| Odell Willis | DL | Signed (02/12/21) | TOR |
CALGARY STAMPEDERS
Additions/Re-Signings:
| Player | Position | Transaction | Former Team |
| Michael O’Connor | QB | Signed (02/09/21) | TOR |
| Ronnie Pfeffer | P | Re-Signed (02/10/21) | — |
Departures:
| Player | Position | Transaction | New Team |
| Lorenzo Jerome | DB | Signed (02/09/21) | SSK |
| Pierre-Luc Caron | LS | Signed (02/10/21) | MTL |
EDMONTON FOOTBALL TEAM
Additions/Re-Signings:
| Player | Position | Transaction | Former Team |
| James Wilder Jr. | RB | Signed (02/09/21) | MTL |
| Taylor Cornelius | QB | Signed (02/09/21) | — |
| Kevin Brown | LB | Signed (02/09/21) | OTT |
Departures:
| Player | Position | Transaction | New Team |
| Shaq Cooper | RB | Signed (02/09/21) | BC |
| Nick Usher | DL | Signed (02/09/21) | MTL |
| Godfrey Onyeka | DB | Signed (02/09/21) | SSK |
| Stefan Charles | DL | Signed (02/09/210 | OTT |
SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS
Additions/Re-Signings:
| Player | Position | Transaction | Former Team |
| Evan Johnson | OL | Signed (02/09/21) | OTT |
| Justin Herdman-Reed | LB | Signed (02/09/21) | HAM |
| Jordan Herdman | LB | Signed (02/09/21) | BC |
| Godfrey Onyeka | DB | Signed (02/09/21) | EDM |
| Micah Johnson | DL | Signed (02/09/21) | BC |
| Larry Dean | LB | Signed (02/09/21) | HAM |
| Jon Ryan | P | Signed (02/10/21) | — |
Departures:
| Player | Position | Transaction | New Team |
| Alexandre Chevrier | LB | Signed (02/10/21) | MTL |
| Cameron Judge | LB | Signed (02/17/21) | TOR |
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS
Additions/Re-Signings:
| Player | Position | Transaction | Former Team |
| Mike Benson | LS | Signed (02/09/21) | MTL |
| Bryant Mitchell | WR | Signed (02/10/21) | — |
Departures:
| Player | Position | Transaction | New Team |
| Lucky Whitehead | WR | Signed (02/09/21) | BC |
| Kerfalla-Emmanuel Exume | DB | Signed (02/10/21) | MTL |
| Daniel Petermann | WR | Signed (02/10/21) | OTT |
HAMILTON TIGER-CATS
Additions/Re-Signings:
| Player | Position | Transaction | Former Team |
| Ciante Evans | DB | Signed (02/09/21) | MTL |
| Brian Jones | WR | Re-Signed (02/10/210 | — |
| Byron Marshall | RB | Signed (02/11/21) | — |
| Malik Carney | DL | Signed (02/11/21) | — |
| Patrick Nelson | LB | Signed (02/11/21) | — |
Departures:
| Player | Position | Transaction | New Team |
| Patrick Levels | LB/DB | Signed (02/09/21) | MTL |
| Justin Herdman-Reed | LB | Signed (02/09/21) | SSK |
| Larry Dean | LB | Signed (02/09/21) | SSK |
MONTREAL ALOUETTES
Additions/Re-Signings:
| Player | Position | Transaction | Former Team |
| Almondo Sewell | DL | Signed (02/09/21) | EDM |
| Patrick Levels | LB/DB | Signed (02/09/21) | HAM |
| Nick Usher | DL | Signed (02/09/21) | EDM |
| Chris Ackie | LB | Signed (02/09/21) | TOR |
| Michael Wakefield | DL | Signed (02/09/21) | OTT |
| Woody Baron | DL | Re-Signed (02/09/21) | — |
| Pierre-Luc Caron | LS | Signed (02/10/21) | CGY |
| Alexandre Chevrier | LB | Signed (02/10/21) | SSK |
| Régis Cibasu | WR | Signed (02/10/21) | TOR |
| Kerfalla-Emmanuel Exumé | DB | Signed (02/10/21) | WPG |
| Jason Lauzon-Séguin | OL | Signed (02/10/21) | OTT |
| Natey Adjei | WR | Signed (02/11/21) | TOR |
| Prince Smith | DB | Signed (02/11/21) | — |
| Chris Robison | QB | Signed (02/11/21) | — |
Departures:
| Player | Position | Transaction | New Team |
| James Wilder Jr. | RB | Signed (02/09/21) | EDM |
| Antonio Pipkin | QB | Signed (02/09/21) | TOR |
| Ciante Evans | DB | Signed (02/09/21) | HAM |
| Mike Benson | LS | Signed (02/09/21) | WPG |
OTTAWA REDBLACKS
Additions/Re-Signings:
| Player | Position | Transaction | Former Team |
| Don Unamba | LB | Re-Signed (02/09/21) | — |
| Stefan Charles | DL | Signed (02/09/21) | EDM |
Departures:
| Player | Position | Transaction | New Team |
| Evan Johnson | OL | Signed (02/09/21) | SSK |
| Jason Lauzon-Séguin | OL | Signed (02/10/21) | MTL |
TORONTO ARGONAUTS
Additions/Re-Signings:
| Player | Position | Transaction | Former Team |
| John White | RB | Signed (02/09/21) | BC |
| Antonio Pipkin | QB | Signed (02/09/21) | MTL |
| Kelly Bryant | QB | Signed (02/09/21) | — |
| Odell Willis | DL | Signed (02/12/21) | BC |
| Kendall Wright | WR | Signed (02/12/21) | — |
| Jordan Moore | LB | Re-Signed (02/12/21) | — |
| Fabion Foote | DL | Re-Signed (02/12/21) | — |
| Geremy Davis | WR | Signed (02/12/21) | — |
| Dewayne Hendrix | DL | Signed (02/12/21) | — |
| Cameron Judge | LB | Signed (02/17/21) | SSK |
| Paul Kozachuk | LB | Signed (02/17/21) | — |
Departures:
| Player | Position | Transaction | New Team |
| Michael O’Connor | QB | Signed (02/09/21) | CGY |
| Régis Cibasu | WR | Signed (02/10/21) | MTL |
| Natey Adjei | WR | Signed (02/11/21) | MTL |
