Jeremy O'Day
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Buffalo, New York, U.S.
 O'Day with the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 2025 | |
| Saskatchewan Roughriders | |
|---|---|
| Title | General manager |
| Personal information | |
| Born | August 31, 1974 Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 300 lb (136 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | Edinboro |
| Career history | |
Playing | |
| 1997–1998 | Toronto Argonauts |
| 1999–2010 | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
Operations | |
| 2011 | Saskatchewan Roughriders (Football Operations Coordinator) |
| 2012–2014 | Saskatchewan Roughriders (Assistant General Manager) |
| 2015 | Saskatchewan Roughriders (Assistant General Manager and Director of Football Operations) |
| 2015 | Saskatchewan Roughriders (Interim Vice President of Football Operations and General Manager) |
| 2016–2018 | Saskatchewan Roughriders (Assistant Vice president of Football Operations & Administration) |
| 2019–present | Saskatchewan Roughriders (Vice President of Football Operations and General Manager) |
| Awards and highlights | |
| Stats at CFL.ca (archive) | |
Jeremy O'Day (born August 31, 1974) is an American professional football executive who is the current Vice President of Football Operations and General Manager for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He previously played in the CFL as an offensive lineman. O'Day played college football at Edinboro University in Pennsylvania.[1]
O'Day grew up in Lockport, New York, playing high school football at Lockport High School.[2]
College career
O'Day played football for the Edinboro Fighting Scots from 1993 to 1996, helping the team finish with a 30-12 record during that period. The team appeared in the NCAA Division II Playoffs in 1993 and 1995, and in 1995, won the PSAC West championship.[3]
O'Day was inducted into the Edinboro University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2008.[3]
Professional career
O'Day's parents were born in Canada, specifically Kitchener, Ontario, meaning that O'Day would be classified as a Canadian in the CFL.[4]
Toronto Argonauts
O'Day was selected by the Toronto Argonauts in the second round of the 1997 CFL Supplemental Draft, and signed with the team on May 28.
In 1997, O'Day dressed for all 18 regular season games, starting 2 and backing up for 16, and the East Division Final against the Montreal Alouettes. He also dressed for the Grey Cup game, and earned his first Grey Cup ring when the Argonauts defeated his future team, the Saskatchewan Roughriders, 47-23.
In 1998, O'Day once again dressed for all 18 regular season games, starting the first 2 and backing up for the final 16, as well as the team's East Division Semi-Final loss to Montreal.
He was granted free agency status on February 16, 1999.
Saskatchewan Roughriders
On February 26, 1999, O'Day signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
In 1999, O'Day dressed for all 18 regular season games, starting 7 at right guard, and dressing as a backup offensive lineman for the other 11 games.
In 2000, he dressed for and started all 18 regular season games, starting 17 at centre and 1 at left tackle.
In 2001, O'Day dressed for and started all 18 regular season games, starting 15 at centre and 3 at left tackle. He was nominated as the Roughriders' Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman for the first time.
In 2002, he dressed for 13 regular season games, starting 2 at left tackle and 11 at centre; he missed 5 games with a knee injury. The Roughriders qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 1997, in the crossover to the East Division. O'Day started the East Semi-Final at centre against his former team, the Toronto Argonauts; the Roughriders lost 24-14.
In 2003, O'Day started all 18 regular season games at centre, and was named a CFL West Division All-Star for the first time. He also started at centre for the West Semi-Final against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the Roughriders' first playoff win since 1997, and the team's West Final loss to the Edmonton Eskimos.
In 2004, O'Day started at centre for all 18 regular season games, the West Semi-Final victory against Edmonton, and the West Final loss against the BC Lions.
In 2005, he started 13 games at centre and missed 5 games with a knee injury. The Roughriders qualified for the crossover, and he started at centre for the team's East Semi-Final loss to Montreal. O'Day was named a CFL West All-Star for the second time in his career.
In 2006, O'Day started at centre for all 18 regular season games, as well as the West Semi-Final win against the Calgary Stampeders, and the West Final loss against BC. He was nominated as the Roughriders' Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman[5] for the second time in his career, was a CFL West All-Star for the third time, and a CFL All-Star for the first time. On December 13, the Roughriders announced that O'Day had signed a multi-year contract with the team.[6]
On April 30, 2007, it was announced that O'Day was the inaugural recipient of the Roughriders' President’s Ring, presented by Frontier Peterbilt and voted upon by the players for his leadership on and off the field.[7]
In 2007, O'Day started at centre for all 18 regular season games. He also started at centre for the West Semi-Final win against Calgary, which was the Roughriders' first home playoff game since 1988 and win since 1976, the West Final victory against BC, and the Grey Cup win against Winnipeg. This was O'Day's second Grey Cup victory. He was nominated as the Roughriders' Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman[5] for the third time in his career, a CFL West All-Star for the fourth time, and a CFL All-Star for the second time.
In 2008, O'Day started the first 14 regular season games at centre, but missed the final 4 games due to injury. He was able to start at centre for the West Semi-Final, a loss to BC. He was the winner of the 2008 CFL season Tom Pate Memorial Award for community service.[8]
In 2009, O'Day started all 18 regular season games at centre. He was named a CFL West All-Star for the fifth time, and a CFL All-Star for the third time. O'Day started at centre for the West Final against Calgary, which was the Roughriders' first home West Final game played and win since 1976. He also started the Grey Cup game at centre, which the Roughriders lost to Montreal.
In 2010, O'Day started all 18 regular season games at centre. He was nominated as the Roughriders' Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman[9] for the fourth time, and was named a CFL West All-Star for the sixth time. O'Day also started at centre for the West Semi-Final, a win over BC, the West Final, a win over Calgary, and the Grey Cup, which Saskatchewan lost to Montreal for the second consecutive year.
O'Day announced his retirement as a player on February 8, 2011.[1] During his career with the Roughriders, he dressed for 202 regular season games, and 238 overall in his 14 CFL seasons.