Régis Cibasu
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. For the 2019 season, he played in 16 regular season games and recorded three special teams tackles. 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. Montreal Alouettes. On February 9, 2021, it was announced that Cibasu had signed with the Montreal Alouettes. 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.