BREAUX, MITCHELL ANNOUNCE THEIR RETIREMENT
Cornerback Delvin Breaux Sr., who played in three Grey Cups with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats despite suffering a near-fatal neck injury in high school, announced his retirement Thursday.
Breaux, 31, fractured three vertebrae during a kickoff return in October 2006. He had earlier received a scholarship to play for the LSU Tigers but never did, acting as a player-coach at the school.
“I just want to thank God for giving me the opportunity to make my journey pass through Hamilton,” Breaux said in a statement. “I pursued this dream because I wanted to show each and every individual that there is hope inside that no one can ever take away from you when you believe in yourself.”
Breaux spent time with the New Orleans Voodoo (Arena Football League), Hamilton (2013-14, 2018-19) and NFL’s New Orleans Saints (2015-17). Breaux remained with the Ticats last year but the CFL didn’t play due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
He played 49 career games with Hamilton and twice was a CFL all-star (2014, ’18). The six-foot-one, 210-pound Breaux helped the Ticats reach the Grey Cup game in 2013, 2014 and 2019 and last November was named to the league’s first All-Decade team.
Meanwhile Bryant Mitchell’s days as a member of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers are over without his ever stepping on to the field for the club. Signed this past February as a free agent, the veteran receiver informed the club on Thursday that he was retiring from the game.
Mitchell posted his retirement announcement on his social media platforms and included on his Instagram post a photograph of himself being carted off the field as a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after tearing his Achilles during a preseason game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2019.
(With files from CP & BlueBombers.com)
