Dominic Picard
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Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada
 Picard with the Toronto Argonauts in 2024 | |
| Toronto Argonauts | |
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| Title | Offensive line coach |
| CFL status | National |
| Personal information | |
| Born | June 22, 1982 Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 235 lb (107 kg) |
| Career information | |
| University | Laval |
| CFL draft | 2006: 3rd round, 23rd overall pick |
| Position | Offensive lineman, No. 64, 68 |
| Career history | |
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
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| Awards and highlights | |
| Stats at CFL.ca (archive) | |
Dominic Picard (born June 22, 1982) is a Canadian former professional football centre and is the offensive line coach for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played for four different teams over an 11-year career in the CFL. Picard played in 151 regular season CFL games and 11 post-season games and was a member of the 101st Grey Cup champion Saskatchewan Roughriders.[1] He was also named a CFL East All-Star in 2011. He played CIS Football at Laval.
Picard played CIS football for the Laval Rouge et Or from 2002 to 2005, where he won two Vanier Cups (2003–04).[2] He started 44 games in his career and was named an All-Canadian in 2004 and 2005 and rookie of the year in the Quebec Conference in 2002.[3] He had cancer during the 2004 season, during which he missed two playoffs games, and then made a remarkable comeback in the 2005 season where he won the J. P. Metras Trophy as the top lineman in the country.[3][4]
Professional career
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (first stint)
Picard was drafted 23rd overall by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the 2006 CFL draft and played with the club for three seasons. He started the Grey Cup in 2007 where he was leading an offensive line that allowed the fewest sacks in the CFL. He was working with Bob Wylie, who had coached for more than 20 years in the National Football League.
Toronto Argonauts
Picard then joined the Toronto Argonauts in 2009 as a top free agent and spent three seasons with the club where he has never missed a game with the organization, including his selection as the top lineman of the Argos and first Eastern All-Star award in 2011.
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Picard tested free agency for a second time in his professional career and signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders on February 16, 2012. Picard was selected as the top lineman for the Riders in 2012 and 2014 as well as top Canadian of the team in 2012. He won his first Grey Cup championship with the Roughriders in the 2013. After the end of the 2013 season, Picard signed a contract extension with the Roughriders through the 2015 season.[5] However, the Roughriders released him on January 5, 2015.[6]
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (second stint)
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On the same day that he was released by the Roughriders, and Picard signed with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, returning to the team that drafted him.[6] He was reunited with Bob Wylie once again, a coach that coached Picard in the early stage of his career back in Winnipeg. After one season, Picard was released by the Blue Bombers on December 30, 2015.
Montreal Alouettes
As a free agent, Picard signed with the Montreal Alouettes on January 19, 2016.[7] However, he did not play a regular season game for the team as he announced his retirement June 3, 2016.[8]
