.jpg) Cibasu with theMontreal Alouettes in 2022 | |
| No. 3 – Montreal Alouettes | |
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| Position | Wide receiver |
| Roster status | Active |
| CFL status | National |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1994-09-13)September 13, 1994 (age 31) Kinshasa, Zaire |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 240 lb (109 kg) |
| Career information | |
| University | Montreal |
| CFL draft | 2018: 3rd round, 20th overall pick |
| Career history | |
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| Awards and highlights | |
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| Stats at CFL.ca | |
Régis Cibasu (born September 13, 1994) is a Zairian-Canadian professionalfootballwide receiver for theMontreal Alouettes of theCanadian Football League (CFL).
Cibasu playedU Sports football with theMontreal Carabins, originally joining the team in2014 and playingwide receiver. He quickly established himself as a dominant force as he was named anRSEQ First Team All-Star and the RSEQ Rookie of the Year in 2014.[1] He finished his stellar year with aVanier CupMost Valuable Player award after recording six receptions for 90 yards in a Carabins victory in the50th 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]
Cibasu was drafted in the third round, 20th overall, by theToronto Argonauts in the2018 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 the2019 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 theHamilton 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 theBC Lions.[6][7] For the2019 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 the2020 CFL season and, as a pending free agent in 2021, he was released early by the Argonauts on February 8, 2021.[9][10]
On February 9, 2021, it was announced that Cibasu had signed with theMontreal Alouettes.[11] He played in 13 regular season games in2021 where he had five special teams tackles. After changing positions back to wide receiver in2022, 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]
Cibasu was born inKinshasa,Zaire (now theDemocratic Republic of the Congo), but moved to southwestMontreal with his parents when he was three years old.[1][2]
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