The Ottawa REDBLACKS announced the following transactions, today:
SIGNED:
American running back Ronnie Brown
HEIGHT: 5’11 | WEIGHT: 192 lbs | BIRTH DATE: 2000-04-12
HOMETOWN: Baltimore, MD | SCHOOL: Shepherd
- Brown arrives in the nation’s capital following a Training Camp stint with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, after spending the 2023 preseason with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, where he got into game action. He played 41 games for Shepherd from 2019 to 2022, rushing for 3,041 yards on 370 carries, and scoring 30 touchdowns. Brown also caught 81 passes for 1,158 yards, and 11 touchdowns, while returning 59 kickoffs for 1,404 yards, and a touchdown.
National defensive back Louis Lavaud
HEIGHT: 5’10 | WEIGHT: 190 lbs | BIRTH DATE: 1999-01-14
HOMETOWN: Montreal, QC | SCHOOL: Carleton
- The REDBLACKS add another former Raven to their defensive backfield, in the Montreal native Lavaud. Through 20 games with Carleton from 2021 to 2023, he tallied 49 total tackles, 18 assisted tackles, two tackles for loss, two interceptions, two pass break-ups, a sack, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery.
