The 2022 Edmonton Elks season was the 64th season for the team in the
Canadian Football League
The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a ci ...
and their 73rd overall. The
Elks
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE; also often known as the Elks Lodge or simply The Elks) is an American fraternal order founded in 1868, originally as a social club in New York City.
History
The Elks began in 1868 as a soci ...
improved upon their league-worst record from
2021
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, but were eliminated from playoff qualification on October 8 following a loss to the
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a professional Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Blue Bombers compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West division. They play their home games at IG Fiel ...
. The Elks set a dubious
record for most consecutive home losses when they lost for the 15th straight time at home on October 1, surpassing the
Ottawa Rough Riders
The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded in 1876. Formerly one of the oldest and longest-lived professional sports teams in North America, the Rough Riders won the Grey Cup championship nine ...
and their 14-game home losing streak from
1987
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to
1988
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. The team finished winless at home for the second straight season and extended their CFL record to 17 consecutive home losses.
The team's
2022 season was the first under
general manager
A general manager (GM) is an executive who has overall responsibility for managing both the revenue and cost elements of a company's income statement, known as profit & loss (P&L) responsibility. A general manager usually oversees most or all of ...
Chris Jones. It was also the third season overall for Edmonton with Jones as
head coach
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, with Jones having coached the team to its most recent title
in 2015. The team's previous head coach, general manager, and president,
Jaime Elizondo
Jaime Elizondo is an American football and a Canadian football coach. Elizondo has had 25 years of coaching experience in both collegiate and professional levels, most recently serving as the head coach, offensive coordinator, and quarterbacks co ...
,
Brock Sunderland
Brock Sunderland (born November 11, 1979) was the General Manager of the Edmonton Elks (formerly known as the Edmonton Eskimos) in the Canadian Football League from 2017 until 2021. He won the Grey Cup as the Assistant General Manager of the Ottaw ...
, and Chris Presson, respectively, were fired following the 2021 season.
The club discontinued the use of the antler helmet logo it adopted the previous season alongside its name change to Elks, and replaced it with a version of the traditional "EE" logo it used while playing under its former nickname, the Eskimos.
Offseason
CFL Global Draft
The
2022 CFL Global Draft
The 2022 CFL Global Draft was a selection of non-Canadian and non-American players by Canadian Football League (CFL) teams that took place on May 3, 2022. It was the second CFL Draft that pools all of the global players together after previously h ...
took place on May 3.
The Elks had three selections in the snake draft.
CFL National Draft
The
2022 CFL Draft
The 2022 CFL National Draft was a selection of National players by Canadian Football League (CFL) teams that took place on May 3, 2022, at 8:00 pm ET and was broadcast on TSN and RDS. 74 players were chosen from among eligible players from ...
took place on May 3.
Montreal Alouettes
The Montreal Alouettes (Canadian French, French: Les Alouettes de Montréal) are a professional Canadian football team based in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in 1946, the team has folded and been revived twice. The Alouettes compete in the Canadian F ...
for the playing rights for Carter O'Donnell
Carter O'Donnell (born December 23, 1998) is a Canadian gridiron football offensive tackle for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played U Sports football for the Alberta Golden Bears football, Alberta Golden Bears fr ...
.Kyle Saxelid
Kyle Erickson Saxelid (born April 13, 1995) is a Canadian football offensive lineman for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
College
Saxelid played for the University of Nevada Las Vegas, graduating in 2017 with a deg ...
and Grant McDonald Grant McDonald may refer to:
* Grant McDonald (baseball)
* Grant McDonald (Canadian football)
See also
* Grant Macdonald, a silversmith and goldsmith company
* Grant MacDonald
Grant Macdonald is a silversmith and goldsmith company based in Lon ...
to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a professional Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Tim Hortons Fiel ...
. The Elks also traded a second-round pick to the Toronto Argonauts
The Toronto Argonauts (officially the Toronto Argonaut Football Club and colloquially known as the Argos) are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL), based in Toronto, Ontario ...
in exchange for Nick Arbuckle
Nicholas Arbuckle (born October 4, 1993) is a professional Canadian football quarterback for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He has also been a member of the Calgary Stampeders, Ottawa Redblacks, Toronto Argonauts, and ...
.
Preseason
Regular season
Season standings
Season schedule
Team
Roster
Coaching staff
References
External links
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