The 2020 BC Lions season was scheduled to be the 63rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and their 67th overall. Training camps, pre-season games, and regular season games were initially postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The CFL announced on April 7, 2020 that the start of the 2020 CFL season would not occur before July 2020. On May 20, 2020, it was announced that the league would likely not begin regular season play prior to September 2020. On August 17, 2020 however, the season was officially cancelled due to COVID-19.
This would have been the third season with Ed Hervey as the Lions' general manager. The Lions' incumbent head coach, DeVone Claybrooks, was fired on November 6, 2019 after one season. Rick Campbell was announced as the team's head coach on December 2, 2019.
The Lions were scheduled to hold their training camp at Hillside Stadium in Kamloops, British Columbia for the 11th straight year. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia, this was postponed and the Lions will fulfill the last year of their contract in 2021.
Offseason
CFL national draft The 2020 CFL National Draft took place on April 30, 2020. The Lions were scheduled to select third in each round, less any traded picks, after finishing third-last in the 2019 league standings. However, the club traded their third and 12th overall selections to the Calgary Stampeders in exchange for the first and 15th overall picks. Selecting first overall for the first time since the 1999 CFL draft, the Lions selected linebacker, Jordan Williams.
The Lions acquired an additional fifth-round pick after trading a negotiation list player and a fourth-round pick to the Stampeders for Justin Renfrow. The team also sent a sixth-round selection to Montreal in part of the trade for Tyrell Sutton.
Round Pick Player Position School Hometown 1 3 Jordan Williams LB East Carolina Louisville, KY 2 12 Nathan Rourke QB Ohio Oakville, ON 3 23 Courtney Hammond DL Western Oregon Corvallis, OR 5 40 Matt Guevremont OL Indiana (PA) Pickering, ON 5 43 Cordell Hastings WR Acadia Calgary, AB 7 58 Kayden Johnson RB York Kerrobert, SK 8 67 Damian Jamieson LB York Oakville, ON
CFL global draft The 2020 CFL global draft was scheduled to take place on April 16, 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this draft and its accompanying combine were postponed to occur just before the start of training camp, which was ultimately cancelled. The Lions were scheduled to select third in each round with the number of rounds never announced.
Planned schedule
Preseason Week Game Date Kickoff Opponent TV Venue A Bye B 1 Sat, May 30 1:00 p.m. PDT at Edmonton Football Team Commonwealth Stadium C 2 Fri, June 5 7:00 p.m. PDT vs. Calgary Stampeders BC Place
Regular season Week Game Date Kickoff Opponent TV Venue 1 1 Thu, June 11 6:00 p.m. PDT at Edmonton Football Team TSN Commonwealth Stadium 2 2 Thu, June 18 6:00 p.m. PDT at Calgary Stampeders TSN McMahon Stadium 3 3 Sat, June 27 4:00 p.m. PDT vs. Edmonton Football Team TSN BC Place 4 4 Sat, July 4 6:30 p.m. PDT at Saskatchewan Roughriders TSN Mosaic Stadium 5 5 Sat, July 11 7:00 p.m. PDT vs. Ottawa Redblacks TSN BC Place 6 6 Thu, July 16 5:30 p.m. PDT at Winnipeg Blue Bombers TSN IG Field 7 7 Thu, July 23 7:00 p.m. PDT vs. Montreal Alouettes TSN/RDS BC Place 8 8 Sat, Aug 1 4:00 p.m. PDT at Montreal Alouettes TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 9 9 Sat, Aug 8 7:00 p.m. PDT at Saskatchewan Roughriders TSN Mosaic Stadium 10 10 Sat, Aug 15 7:00 p.m. PDT vs. Calgary Stampeders TSN BC Place 11 Bye 12 11 Fri, Aug 28 7:00 p.m. PDT vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats TSN BC Place 13 12 Thu, Sept 3 4:30 p.m. PDT at Ottawa Redblacks TSN TD Place Stadium 14 13 Sat, Sept 12 7:00 p.m. PDT vs. Toronto Argonauts TSN BC Place 15 Bye 16 14 Sat, Sept 26 7:00 p.m. PDT vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders TSN BC Place 17 15 Fri, Oct 2 4:00 p.m. PDT at Toronto Argonauts TSN BMO Field 18 16 Sat, Oct 10 4:00 p.m. PDT vs. Calgary Stampeders TSN BC Place 19 Bye 20 17 Fri, Oct 23 7:00 p.m. PDT vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers TSN BC Place 21 18 Fri, Oct 30 4:00 p.m. PDT at Hamilton Tiger-Cats TSN Tim Hortons Field
Team
Roster BC Lions roster Quarterbacks
Receivers
Running backs
RB/KR
Fullbacks
Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams K/P K/P LS P K/PItalics indicate American player • Bold indicates Global player • 102 RosterRoster updated 2020-08-17 • Depth chart • Transactions
Coaching staff BC Lions staff Front office and support staff Owner – David Braley President and ceo – Rick LeLacheur General manager – Ed Hervey Director of player personnel and player development – Torey Hunter Director of football operations – Neil McEvoy Director of Canadian Scouting & CFL Draft Coordinator – Geroy Simon Southeast Regional Scout –Uzooma Okeke East Regional Scout –Rob Ralph Video assistant – Andrew Millin Head athletic therapist – Tristan Sandhu Assistant athletic therapist – Chris Wong Equipment manager – Unknown Equipment assistant – Aaron Yeung Equipment assistant – Brent Frid Director of communications – Jamie Cartmell Head coaches Head coach – Rick Campbell
Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – Jordan Maksymic Receivers – Jason Tucker Running backs – Vacant Offensive line – Kelly Bates Offensive assistant – Danny O'Brien
Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Rick Campbell Defensive line – Leroy Blugh Linebackers – Travis Brown Defensive backs – Ryan Phillips
Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Don Yanowsky
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