June 19, 2016

Riders Acquire Brandon McDonald

The Saskatchewan Roughriders have acquired international defensive back Brandon McDonald from the Calgary Stampeders in exchange for a negotiation list player.  

McDonald (5’11 – 185) will be entering his third CFL season after splitting the previous two years with the Ottawa Redblacks and the Calgary Stampeders. The 30-year-old Mississippi native has started 16 of 17 regular season games played while picking up 65 defensive tackles, four interceptions and one quarterback sack. 

Before coming to the CFL, the University of Memphis product spent six seasons in the NFL playing 80 regular season games while registering 178 defensive tackles and one quarterback sack.