Bralon Addison

Bralon Addison
No. 86 – Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Position: Wide receiver
Personal information
Born: (1993-10-12) October 12, 1993
Missouri City, Texas
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight: 197 lb (89 kg)
Career information
High school: Missouri City (TX) Hightower
College: Oregon
Undrafted: 2016
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
CFL status: International
Career NFL statistics as of 2018
Receptions: 1
Receiving yards: 11
Receiving touchdowns: 0
Punt returns: 2
Punt return yards: 107
Kick returns: 4
Kick return yards: 64
Player stats at CFL.ca

Bralon Addison (born October 12, 1993) is an American gridiron football running back and wide receiver who is currently playing for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League. He played college football at Oregon.

Early years

Addison attended Hightower High School in Missouri City, Texas. He played predominately played quarterback his senior and junior years and wide receiver his sophomore year. He had for 2,158 passing yards, 22 passing touchdowns 1,625 rushing yards and 20 rushing touchdowns as a senior. As a junior, he passed for 1,858 yards with 28 touchdowns and rushed for 1,068 yards and 15 touchdowns. Addison was rated by Rivals.com as a four-star recruit and committed to the University of Oregon to play college football.[1][2]

College career

As a true freshman at Oregon in 2012, Addison played in all 13 games and had 22 receptions for 243 yards. As a sophomore in 2013, Addison started 11 of 13 games, recording 61 receptions for 890 yards and seven touchdowns. He also returned two punt returns for touchdowns. Addison missed 2014 due to a torn ACL suffered during spring practice.[3] He came close to playing in the 2015 College Football Playoff National Championship, but was not completely healed in time for the game.[4][5] Addison returned from the injury to play in all 13 games in 2015. He finished with 63 receptions for 804 yards, 10 receiving touchdowns, two rushing touchdowns and one punt return touchdown. After the season, he entered the 2016 NFL Draft.[6]

Professional career

Denver Broncos

After going undrafted in the 2016 NFL Draft, Addison was signed by the Denver Broncos. On August 30, 2016, Addison was waived by the Broncos during roster cuts.[7]

Chicago Bears

On December 5, 2016, Addison was signed to the Bears' practice squad.[8] He was promoted to the active roster on December 20, 2016.[9] On May 1, 2017, Addison was waived by the Bears.[10]

Toronto Argonauts

On April 18, 2018, Addison signed with the Toronto Argonauts.[11] He was released by the team on August 25, 2018.

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

On September 1, 2018, Addison signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.[12].

References

  1. ↑ "Rivals.com". sports.yahoo.com.
  2. ↑ "Hightower's Bralon Addison picks Oregon over Texas A&M". 1 February 2012.
  3. ↑ "Oregon wide receiver Bralon Addison tears ACL in knee and could miss 2014 season".
  4. ↑ "Dontre Wilson, Bralon Addison struggle with whether to play".
  5. ↑ Oregon WR Bralon Addison remains out for national title game Archived April 5, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ "Oregon Ducks receiver Bralon Addison declares for NFL draft".
  7. ↑ Mason, Andrew. "Broncos release Britton Colquitt, make three other moves to get down to 75". DenverBroncos.com.
  8. ↑ Mayer, Larry (December 5, 2016). "Bears add veteran Banks to secondary". ChicagoBears.com.
  9. ↑ Eurich, Matt (December 20, 2016). "Bears add Bralon Addison to active roster". CBSSports.com.
  10. ↑ Mayer, Larry (May 1, 2017). "Bears ink Boggs, waive six players". ChicagoBears.com.
  11. ↑ "Argos sign WR Bralon Addison and LB Durell Eskridge - Toronto Argonauts". 18 April 2018.
  12. ↑ "Ticats add five players to practice roster - Hamilton Tiger-Cats". 1 September 2018.
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