Redblacks sign veteran Canadian receiver Durant

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks signed veteran Canadian receiver Lemar Durant to a one-year contract Friday.

Durant, 30, had 12 catches for 112 yards and a TD in 11 regular-season games with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats last season.

The six-foot-two, 218-pound Vancouver native, has appeared in 85 career regular-season CFL contests with Calgary, B.C. and Hamilton, registering 195 receptions for 2,465 yards with 14 touchdowns.

Durant won a Grey Cup with Calgary in 2018. He was named the top Canadian in the Stampeders' 27-16 victory over Ottawa.

The Redblacks also re-signed American defensive back Sherrod Baltimore to a one-year deal. The 30-year-old Baltimore has spent his entire five-year CFL career with Ottawa, registering 22 tackles and eight pass knockdowns in 13 games last season.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 17, 2023.