Damaso Munoz (born July 10, 1986) is a retired American

gridiron football Gridiron football,"Gridiron football"
''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Ret ...

linebacker Linebacker (LB) is a playing position in gridiron football. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage and the defensive linemen. They are the "middle ground" of defenders, p ...

. He played

college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...

for

Rutgers Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and was a ...

. After spending 2010 training camp with the

Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago. The Bears compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) North division. The Bears have won nine NF ...

,he played for the

Edmonton Eskimos The Edmonton Elks are a professional Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. The club competes in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member of the league's West Division and plays their home games at the Brick Field at Commo ...

of 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 ...

from 2011 to 2013. He signed with the Buccaneers on February 19, 2014. He signed with the Ottawa Redblacks on September 15, 2014.

Playing career

After his college career at Rutgers, Muñoz had a tryout with the

as an undrafted free agent in 2010. He never got a contract, so he went north to the CFL. He played six seasons in the

, playing with the

and

Ottawa Redblacks The Ottawa Redblacks (officially stylized as REDBLACKS) ( French: Le Rouge et Noir d'Ottawa) are a professional Canadian football team based in Ottawa, Ontario. The team plays in the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Startin ...

. In between his time with the Eskimos and the Redblacks, he went back to the NFL playing for Tampa Bay in training camp, however once again he didn’t make the roster. He served a captain for the Redblacks in 2016 and in 2015 earned the team’s defensive player of the year.

References

External links

Tampa Bay Buccaneers bioOttawa Redblacks bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Munoz, Damaso 1986 births Living people American football linebackers Canadian football linebackers Edmonton Elks players Ottawa Redblacks players Players of American football from Miami Rutgers Scarlet Knights football players Rutgers Scarlet Knights football coaches Tampa Bay Buccaneers players Players of American football from New York (state) Sports coaches from Miami Players of Canadian football from Miami