Edmonton Eskimos

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Edmonton Eskimos Flag of Canada.svg
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City: Edmonton
Founded: 1949
Team colors: green / gold

         

Head coach: Chris Jones
League (2014): CFL / West Division
Current uniforms
CFL EDM Jersey.png
Greatest successes
1954, 1955, 1956, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1993, 2003, 2005, 2015 Gray Cup
Stadion
Surname:

Commonwealth Stadium

Play surface: artificial grass
Capacity: 56,302
Contact
Internet: www.esks.com
Data status
July 18, 2014
The Edmonton Eskimos versus the Saskatchewan Roughriders in July 2007
Commonwealth Stadium home of the Eskimos

The Edmonton Eskimos are a Canadian Canadian football club from Edmonton in the Canadian province of Alberta , which plays in the Canadian Football League in the West Division . The club was founded in 1949 as Edmonton Eskimos. Under the name Esquimaux ( French Eskimos ) it existed since 1897. They play their home games in the Commonwealth Stadium , which has a capacity of 56,302 spectators.

successes

The Edmonton Eskimos' greatest success was winning the Gray Cup five times in a row from 1978 to 1982. In total, they won the Gray Cup fourteen times and the Western Division Championship twenty-three times.

team

Edmonton Eskimos club players
Quarterbacks
  • 16 Matt Nichols
  • 13 Mike Reilly
  •  5 Pat White

Running backs

  • 32 Kendial Lawrence
  • 31 Calvin McCarty FB
  • 30 John White

Wide receivers

  • 81 Devon Bailey
  • 17 Shamawd Chambers
  • 85 Nathan Coehoorn
  • 88 Akeem Foster

Slotbacks

  •  4 Adarius Bowman
  • 82 AJ Guyton
  •  3 Jamal Miles SB / KR
  •  2 Fred stamps
 Offensive linemen
  • 67 D'Anthony Batiste OL
  • 64 Andrew Jones OL
  • 66 Matt O'Donnell OL
  • 63 Brian Ramsay OL
  • 65 Simeon Rottier OL
  • 60 Justin Sorensen OL
  • 58 Tony Washington OL

Defensive linemen

  • 95 Gregory Alexandre DT
  • 77 Mathieu Boulay DE
  • 99 Willie Jefferson DE
  • 55 Elie Ngoyi DE
  • 90 Almondo Sewell DT
  • 94 Cameron Sheffield DE
  • 97 Eddie Steele DT
  • 41 Odell Willis DE
 Linebackers
  • 35 Rennie Curran LB
  • 37 Otha Foster LB
  • 46 Nathan Kanya LB
  • 40 Deon Lacey LB
  • 45 Dexter McCoil LB
  • 25 Mike Miller LB
  • 38 Eric Samuels LB
  • 47 JC Sherritt LB

Defensive backs

  • 22 Joe Burnett CB / KR
  • 27 Mike Dubuisson S
  • 36 Aaron Grymes DB
  • 15 Chris Rwabukamba S
  • 39 Corbin Sharun p
  •  9 Patrick Watkins CB

Special teams

  • 53 Ryan King LS
  • 18 Hugh O'Neill P / K
  • 11 Grant Shaw P / K

Injured

  • 69 Adam Baboulas OL
  • 54 Selvish Capers OL
  •  7 Noel Devine RB / KR
  • 33 Curtis Dublanko LB
  • 44 Joash Gesse LB
  • 23 Marcell Young DB
  • 68 Thaddeus Coleman OL
  • 34 Ryan Hinds p
  • 91 Marcus Howard DE
  • 62 Christopher Mercer OL
  • 28 Aaron Milton RB
  • 93 Don Oramasionwu DT
  • 87 Patrick Robertson SB
  • 29 Robert Sands CB

Training team

  • 73 Anthony Barrett WR / KR
  • 12 LJ Castile WR
  • 19 Raye Hartmann CB
  •  6 Alonzo Lawrence DB
  • 96 Daniel Ross DT
  • 10 Markus Smith DB
  • 24 Tyler Thomas RB

Suspended

  • 20 Domonique Johnson CB

Injured

Team updated December 28, 2013
Playlist • Transactions
63 active, 14 injured, 7 training

Legend

DL Down linemen G Guard DB Defensive back LB linebacker
QB quarterback T tackle DT defensive tackle Foosball table
FB fullback S Safety DE Defensive end P punter
WR wide receiver CB Corner back

Web links

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