2022 Toronto Argonauts season

2022 Toronto Argonauts season
President	Bill Manning
General manager	Michael Clemons
Head coach	Ryan Dinwiddie
Home field	BMO Field
Results
Record	11–7
Division place	1st, East
Playoff finish	Won Grey Cup
Team MOP	McLeod Bethel-Thompson
Team MODP	Wynton McManis
Team MOC	Kurleigh Gittens Jr.
Team MOOL	Dejon Allen
Team MOST	Daniel Adeboboye
Team MOR	Gregor MacKellar
Uniform

The 2022 Toronto Argonauts season was the 64th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 149th year of existence. The Argonauts won the 109th Grey Cup over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers by a score of 24–23. This was the 18th time the Argonauts have won the championship, a league record. The Argonauts held their training camp on the campus of the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario.^[1]

The 2022 CFL season was the second season for head coach Ryan Dinwiddie and the third season for Michael Clemons as general manager.^[2][3]

Offseason

CFL Global Draft

The 2022 CFL Global Draft took place on May 3, 2022.^[4] With the format being a snake draft, the Argonauts selected fourth in the odd-numbered rounds and sixth in the even-numbered rounds.^[5]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	University/Club Team	Nationality
1	4	John Haggerty	P	Western Kentucky	Australia
2	15	Simeon Okonta-Wariso	DL	Lübeck Cougars	Great Britain
3	22	Otavio Amorim	OL	Berlin Thunder	Brazil

CFL National Draft

The 2022 CFL Draft took place on May 3, 2022.^[6] The Argonauts had the sixth selection in each of the eight rounds of the draft after losing the East Final and finishing third in the 2021 league standings.^[7] The team also acquired another second-round pick after trading Nick Arbuckle to the Edmonton Elks.^[8]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School	Hometown
1	6	Gregor MacKellar	OL	St. Francis Xavier	Timberlea, NS
2	10	Deionte Knight	DL	Western Ontario	Ajax, ON
2	15	Daniel Adeboboye	RB	Bryant	Toronto, ON
3	26	Enoch Penney-Laryea	DL	McMaster	Kingston, Jamaica
4	35	Braydon Noll	OL	Wilfrid Laurier	Orangeville, ON
5	44	Daniel Kwamou	LB	British Columbia	Calgary, AB
6	53	Eric Sutton	DB	Texas State	Regina, SK
7	62	Chase Arseneau	TE	McMaster	Trabuco Canyon, CA
8	71	Michael Pezzuto	DE	Ottawa	Montreal, QC

Preseason

The Argonauts played their home preseason game at Alumni Stadium in Guelph, Ontario.^[1]

Schedule

Week	Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
					Score	Record
A	1	Fri, May 27	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Ottawa Redblacks	L 17–23	0–1	TSN	TD Place Stadium	NA	Recap
B	2	Fri, June 3	7:30 p.m. EDT	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 18–17	1–1	None	Alumni Stadium	NA	Recap

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Regular season

Standings

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Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts	PF	PA	Div	Stk
Toronto Argonauts	18	11	7	0	22	443	415	7–3	L1	Details
Montreal Alouettes	18	9	9	0	18	471	466	5–5	W1	Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	8	10	0	16	421	473	5–5	W4	Details
Ottawa Redblacks	18	4	14	0	8	370	475	3–7	L3	Details

Schedule

The Argonauts were the home team for a neutral site game for the Week 6 match-up with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.^[12] It was confirmed on March 24, 2022, that the game would be played in Wolfville, Nova Scotia at Raymond Field as part of the Touchdown Atlantic series.^[13] Due to a COVID-19 outbreak among the Roughriders, the week 7 game against the Roughriders was rescheduled from July 23 to July 24.^[14]

Week	Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
					Score	Record
1	Bye
2	1	Thu, June 16	7:30 p.m. EDT	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 20–19	1–0	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	BMO Field	12,498	Recap
3	2	Sat, June 25	10:00 p.m. EDT	at BC Lions	L 3–44	1–1	TSN/ESPN2	BC Place	14,006	Recap
4	3	Mon, July 4	7:30 p.m. EDT	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	L 22–23	1–2	TSN/RDS	BMO Field	9,806	Recap
5	Bye
6	4	Sat, July 16	2:00 p.m. EDT	Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 30–24	2–2	TSN/RDS	Raymond Field	10,886	Recap
7	5	Sun, July 24	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 31–21	3–2	TSN/RDS/ESPNews	Mosaic Stadium	27,134	Recap
8	6	Sun, July 31	5:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Ottawa Redblacks	L 13–23	3–3	TSN/RDS2	BMO Field	10,277	Recap
9	7	Sat, Aug 6	7:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 34–20	4–3	TSN/ESPN2	BMO Field	11,623	Recap
10	8	Fri, Aug 12	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 27–34	4–4	TSN/RDS	Tim Hortons Field	23,018	Recap
11	9	Sat, Aug 20	7:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Calgary Stampeders	L 19–22	4–5	TSN	BMO Field	12,584	Recap
12	10	Fri, Aug 26	7:30 p.m. EDT	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 37–20	5–5	TSN/RDS	BMO Field	14,963	Recap
13	11	Mon, Sept 5	1:00 p.m. EDT	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 28–8	6–5	TSN/RDS2	Tim Hortons Field	25,266	Recap
14	12	Sat, Sept 10	2:00 p.m. EDT	at Ottawa Redblacks	W 24–19	7–5	TSN/RDS2	TD Place Stadium	21,673	Recap
15	Bye
16	13	Sat, Sept 24	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Ottawa Redblacks	W 45–15	8–5	TSN/RDS2	TD Place Stadium	18,355	Recap
17	14	Sat, Oct 1	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Calgary Stampeders	L 2–29	8–6	TSN	McMahon Stadium	21,299	Recap
18	15	Sat, Oct 8	4:00 p.m. EDT	vs. BC Lions	W 23–20	9–6	TSN	BMO Field	11,089	Recap
19	16	Sat, Oct 15	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Edmonton Elks	W 28–23	10–6	TSN	Commonwealth Stadium	25,723	Recap
20	17	Sat, Oct 22	4:00 p.m. EDT	at Montreal Alouettes	W 24–23	11–6	TSN/RDS	Molson Stadium	19,226	Recap
21	18	Sat, Oct 29	2:00 p.m. EDT	vs. Montreal Alouettes	L 33–38	11–7	TSN/RDS	BMO Field	13,155	Recap

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 #  Games played with white uniforms.

Post-season

Schedule

Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
				Score	Record
East Semi-Final	Bye
East Final	Sun, Nov 13	1:00 p.m. EST	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 34–27	1–0	TSN/RDS/ESPNews	BMO Field	21,331	Recap
109th Grey Cup	Sun, Nov 20	6:00 p.m. EST	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 24–23	2–0	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	Mosaic Stadium	33,350	Recap

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Team

Roster

Toronto Argonauts roster

Quarterbacks  4 McLeod Bethel-Thompson 12 Chad Kelly Receivers 17 Markeith Ambles 16 Brandon Banks 18 Dejon Brissett 80 DaVaris Daniels 19 Kurleigh Gittens Jr. 89 Cam Phillips 81 Tommy Nield Running backs 21 Daniel Adeboboye * 33 Andrew Harris 32 Javon Leake 34 A. J. Ouellette Fullbacks 44 Brandon Calver 38 Declan Cross		Offensive linemen 59 Dejon Allen RT 65 Dariusz Bladek RG 53 Philip Blake LT 62 Ryan Hunter LG 54 Justin Lawrence C 67 Gregor MacKellar * 68 Shane Richards Defensive linemen 96 Sam Acheampong 95 Brandon Barlow * 91 Jared Brinkman 56 Ja'Gared Davis 99 Dewayne Hendrix 93 Benoit Marion  2 Shawn Oakman 40 Robbie Smith		Linebackers 45 Jack Cassar  6 Chris Edwards 43 Trevor Hoyte 30 Jonathan Jones * 10 Hénoc Muamba Defensive backs  8 DaShaun Amos 20 Tarvarus McFadden *  9 Royce Metchie  3 Jamal Peters 23 Robert Priester  1 Shaquille Richardson 36 Eric Sutton * Special teams 14 Boris Bede K/P 29 John Haggerty P * 46 Maxime Latour LS				1-Game Injured 11 Juwan Brescacin WR 66 Isiah Cage OL 39 Maurice Carnell DB 51 Theren Churchill OL  0 Robertson Daniel DB 98 Ali Fayad DL * 27 Josh Hagerty DB 13 Ben Holmes QB * 92 Deionte Knight DL * 48 Wynton McManis LB 90 Damontre Moore DL 52 Peter Nicastro OL 24 Eric Rogers WR 35 Tigie Sankoh DB 6-Game Injured 86 Damonte Coxie WR * 94 Fabion Foote DL  5 Shane Ray DL 63 Trevon Tate OL		Practice squad 61 Kofi Appiah OL * 41 Jonathan Edouard DB 82 Jeremiah Haydel WR * 26 Caleb Holden DB * 25 Eli Mencer LB 57 Braydon Noll OL * 64 Dylan Giffen OL 74 Simeon Okonta-Wariso DL * 37 Enoch Penney-Laryea LB * 70 Toshiki Sato P/K
Italics indicate American player • Bold indicates Global player • * indicates Rookie • 45 Roster, 18 Injured, 10 Practice Roster updated 2022-11-20 • Depth chart • Transactions (argonauts.ca) Archived 2016-02-29 at the Wayback Machine • Transactions (cfl.ca) • More CFL rosters

Coaching staff

Toronto Argonauts staff

	Front office and support staff Owner – Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment President – Bill Manning General manager – Michael Clemons Assistant general manager – Vince Magri Director of football operations and national scout – Alex Russell Senior advisor – Jim Barker Head athletic therapist – Josh Shewell Assistant athletic therapist – Mark Belmore Equipment manager – Danny Webb Assistant equipment manager – David Sillberg Strength and Conditioning - Usama Mujtaba Manager, Football Media - Chris Balenovich			Head coaches Head coach – Ryan Dinwiddie Offensive coaches Pass game coordinator and receivers – Pete Costanza Offensive line – Kris Sweet Quarterbacks – Mike Miller Running backs and quality control – Edwin Harrison Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator and defensive line – Corey Mace Linebackers – Kevin Eiben Defensive backs – Josh Bell Secondary – William Fields Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Mickey Donovan → Coaching Staff Archived 2015-11-28 at the Wayback Machine → More CFL staffs

References

1. "Argos to host 2022 training camp & June 3 preseason game at the University of Guelph". Toronto Argonauts. May 5, 2022.
2. "Ryan Dinwiddie named 45th head coach in Argos history". Toronto Argonauts. December 12, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
3. CFL.ca Staff (October 8, 2019). "Argos relieve GM Jim Popp of duties". CFL.ca. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
4. "CFL aligns Global Draft date w/ CFL Draft on May 3". Canadian Football League. February 24, 2022.
5. "2022 Global Draft Tracker". Canadian Football League. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
6. "CFL Scouting Bureau: Bull, Richards, Sow headline fall edition". Canadian Football League. September 1, 2021.
7. "2021 CFL standings". Canadian Football League. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
8. "Elks extend quarterback Nick Arbuckle". Edmonton Elks. December 5, 2021.
9. "2021 Schedule". Toronto Argonauts. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
10. "2022 CFL on TSN Broadcast Schedule". TSN. Retrieved May 4, 2022.
11. "Nos Émissions" (in French). RDS. Retrieved May 4, 2022.
12. "2022 CFL schedule released". Toronto Argonauts. December 18, 2021.
13. "CFL touches down with Atlantic Canada game in July". Canadian Football League. March 24, 2022.
14. "Roughriders July 23 Family Day Game Moves To Sunday, July 24". Canadian Football League. July 21, 2022.
15. "Horaire" (in French). RDS. Retrieved July 4, 2022.

External links

• Official website