2019 BC Lions season


The 2019 BC Lions season was the 62nd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 66th overall. The Lions were eliminated from post-season contention following a week 18 loss to the Edmonton Eskimos on October 12, 2019.
The Lions played without Wally Buono as head coach or general manager for the first time since the 2002 season following his final appearance last year. Buono was replaced as head coach by DeVone Claybrooks, who entered his first season as a head coach and is the 26th head coach in franchise history. Current general manager, Ed Hervey, who was in his second season in that role.
The Lions held their training camp at Hillside Stadium in Kamloops, British Columbia for the tenth straight year.
Claybrooks was fired as head coach after one season on November 6, 2019.

Offseason

Foreign drafts

For the first time in its history, the CFL held drafts for foreign players from Mexico and Europe. Like all other CFL teams, the Lions held three non-tradeable selections in the 2019 CFL–LFA Draft, which took place on January 14, 2019. The 2019 European CFL Draft took place on April 11, 2019 where all teams held one non-tradeable pick.
DraftRoundPickPlayerPositionSchool/Club Team
LFA17Octavio GonzalezDLFundidores Monterrey
LFA216Fernando RicharteWRDinos Saltillo
LFA325Gerardo AlvarezWRDinos Saltillo
Euro17Benjamin PluWRThonon Black Panthers

CFL Draft

The 2019 CFL Draft took place on May 2, 2019. The Lions traded their first-round pick in 2019 to Winnipeg for a first round pick in 2018. The Lions exchanged their second-round pick for Tyrell Sutton and a third-round pick and they traded their third-round pick for Davon Coleman and a sixth-round pick.
RoundPickPlayerPositionSchoolHometown
326Noah RobinsonLBMissouriWorcester, MA
433Hakeem JohnsonDBWesternBrampton, ON
542Jonathan HarkeOLAlbertaSherwood Park, AB
649Charles NwoyeDEBritish ColumbiaStrathmore, AB
651Mario VillamizarFBWilfrid LaurierSt. Catharines, ON
760Brad LyonsDLSimon FraserPort Coquitlam, BC
869Jamel LylesRBManitobaSurrey, BC

Preseason

Schedule

Regular Season

Standings

Schedule

Team

Roster

Coaching staff