Brett Lauther


Brett Lauther is a professional Canadian football punter and placekicker for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the seventh round of the 2013 CFL Draft. He played CIS football at Saint Mary's University and attended Cobequid Educational Centre in Truro, Nova Scotia.

Professional career

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Lauther was drafted by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the CFL with the 53rd overall pick in the 2013 CFL Draft and was signed by the team on May 27, 2013. As a native Nova Scotian, he has the unusual distinction of playing in his first professional football game in the Maritimes, in Moncton, New Brunswick, as part of the third installment of Touchdown Atlantic. For this game, he was named Special Teams Player of the Week for Week Thirteen of the 2013 season after going 4 for 4 on field goal attempts on September 21, 2013, against the Montreal Alouettes. Lauther was re-signed by the Tiger-Cats on January 8, 2014 where he spent the entire season on the practice roster behind incumbent, Justin Medlock. He declined a contract from the Tiger-Cats during the following off-season.

Saskatchewan Roughriders

Lauther signed a practice roster agreement with the CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders on September 3, 2015. He was released on October 8, 2015.

Toronto Argonauts

On October 14, 2015, Lauther was added to the practice roster of the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL. He was released by the team on October 19, 2015.

Saskatchewan Roughriders (II)

On August 29, 2017, Lauther was signed to the practice roster of the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Edmonton Eskimos

On September 25, 2017, Lauther was signed by the Edmonton Eskimos in response to Sean Whyte's injury. He spent the remainder of the 2017 season on the practice roster.

Saskatchewan Roughriders (III)

On March 19, 2018, Lauther signed with the Roughriders for a third time, but participated in training camp with the team for the first time. Following an injury to incumbent kicker, Tyler Crapigna, Lauther became the team's placekicker and enjoyed a successful 2018 CFL season that culminated in his first Divisional All-Star award. He led the league with 54 field goals from 60 attempts and also led the league in points with 198. He also had the longest successful field goal that year which was made from 56 yards out.