Régis Cibasu
No. 83     Montreal Alouettes
Cibasu with the Alouettes in 2022
Born: (1994-09-13) September 13, 1994
Kinshasa, Zaire
Career information
StatusActive
CFL statusNational
Position(s)Wide receiver
Height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight240 lb (110 kg)
UniversityMontreal Carabins
CFL Draft2018 / Round: 3 / Pick: 20
Drafted byToronto Argonauts
Career history
As player
2019–2020Toronto Argonauts
2021–presentMontreal Alouettes
Career highlights and awards
Career stats

Régis Cibasu (born September 13, 1994) is a professional Canadian football wide receiver for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL).

University career

Cibasu played U Sports football with the Montreal Carabins, originally joining the team in 2014 and playing wide receiver. He quickly established himself as a dominant force as he was named an RSEQ First Team All-Star and the RSEQ Rookie of the Year in 2014.[1] He finished his stellar year with a Vanier Cup Most Valuable Player award after recording six receptions for 90 yards in a Carabins victory in the 50th Vanier Cup game in Montreal.[2] He continued to have success over his five-year university career with the Carabins and finished as the program's all-time leading receiver with 183 receptions for 2,231 receiving yards and nine touchdowns in 38 career games.[3]

Professional career

Toronto Argonauts

Cibasu was drafted in the third round, 20th overall, by the Toronto Argonauts in the 2018 CFL Draft as a wide receiver.[4] However, he elected to return to university to complete his fifth and final year of eligibility. He was then signed on the 2019 CFL Draft day on May 2, 2019.[3]

Upon making the active roster following 2019 training camp, he dressed in his first professional game on June 22, 2019, against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats as a back-up receiver.[5] Following an injury to the team's starting fullback, Declan Cross, Cibasu switched positions to fullback and started his first professional game on July 6, 2019, against the BC Lions.[6][7] For the 2019 season, he played in 16 regular season games and recorded three special teams tackles.[8] He did not play in 2020 due to the cancellation of the 2020 CFL season and, as a pending free agent in 2021, he was released early by the Argonauts on February 8, 2021.[9][10]

Montreal Alouettes

On February 9, 2021, it was announced that Cibasu had signed with the Montreal Alouettes.[11] He played in 13 regular season games in 2021 where he had five special teams tackles. After changing positions back to wide receiver in 2022, he made his first career reception on June 16, 2022, against his former team, the Argonauts.[12] He played in 17 regular season games where he had two receptions for eight yards and four special teams tackles.[12]

Personal life

Cibasu was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), but moved to southwest Montreal with his parents when he was three years old.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Régis Cibasu: A man whose actions speak louder than words". U Sports. October 11, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "50th TELUS Vanier Cup: Hometown Carabins capture first national title". Canadian Interuniversity Sport. November 29, 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Draft night surprise: Argos ink Regis Cibasu". argonauts.ca. May 2, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Argos select Kwemo and Cibasu with 18th and 20th picks in CFL Draft". argonauts.ca. May 3, 2018.
  5. ↑ "CFL Game Details, Week #2 - Game #16 - Year 2019, Hamilton Tiger-Cats @ Toronto Argonauts" (PDF). Hamilton Tiger-Cats. June 22, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  6. ↑ Zicarelli, Frank (July 5, 2019). "Argos desperate to turn adversity into prosperity". Toronto Sun. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Toronto Argonauts Depth Chart vs BC Lions" (PDF). argonauts.ca. July 6, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  8. ↑ "CFL Stats, 2019, Defence". Canadian Football League. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Transactions – Football player trades and signings". Canadian Football League. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Official 2021 CFL free agent tracker". Canadian Football League. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Alouettes add five local players to the roster". Montreal Alouettes. February 9, 2021.
  12. 1 2 "Régis Cibasu". Montreal Alouettes. Retrieved November 26, 2022.
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