Dominic Picard

Dominic Picard
No. 60 Montreal Alouettes
Picard in 2009.
Position:	Centre
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1982-06-22) June 22, 1982
Place of birth:	Sainte-Foy, Quebec
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:	298 lb (135 kg)
Career information
College:	Laval
CFL draft:	2006 / Round: 3 / Pick: 23
Career history
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2006–2008) Toronto Argonauts (2009–2011) Saskatchewan Roughriders (2012–2014) Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2015) Montreal Alouettes (2016–present)
CFL status:	National

Dominic Picard (born June 22, 1982) is a Canadian football centre for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. He played CIS Football at Laval.

College career

Picard played four seasons for the Laval Rouge et Or where he won two Vanier Cups (2003–04). Picard won the J. P. Metras Trophy in 2005, which is awarded to the top lineman in the country. He was named an All-Canadian in 2004 and 2005 and rookie of the year in the Quebec Conference in 2002.

Professional career

Picard was drafted 23rd overall by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the 2006 CFL Draft and played with the club for three seasons. He then joined the Toronto Argonauts in 2009 as a top free agent and spent three seasons with the club, including his selection as the top lineman of the Argos and first Eastern All-Star award in 2011. Picard tested free agency for a second time in his pro career and signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders on February 16, 2012. Picard was selected 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. However, the Roughriders released him on January 6, 2015 and he signed with the Blue Bombers that same day,^[1] returning to the team that drafted him.^[2] Picard was released by the Blue Bombers on December 30, 2015 and then signed with the Montreal Alouettes on January 19, 2016.^[3]

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Active roster	0 Stefan Logan 2 Jovon Johnson 3 Vernon Adams Jr. 5 Shane Carden 6 Ramon Taylor 7 John Bowman 8 Nik Lewis 10 Marc-Olivier Brouillette 11 Chip Cox 12 Rakeem Cato 15 Sam Giguère 20 Tyrell Sutton 21 Chris Ackie 22 Anthony Coady 26 Nicholas Shortill 29 Jonathan Mincy 30 Anthony Fera 31 Winston Venable 34 Kyries Hebert 35 Greg Henderson 36 Daryl Townsend 37 Martin Bédard 41 Tyree Hollins 43 Dominique Termansen 44 Jared Koster 46 Jean-Christophe Beaulieu 48 Bear Woods 49 Jeffrey Finley 51 Kristian Matte 52 Nicolas Boulay 53 Philippe Gagnon 54 Jeff Perrett 55 Gabriel Knapton 58 Luc Brodeur-Jourdain 61 Ryan White 62 Jake Piotrowski 68 Philip Blake 69 Jacob Ruby 80 Seydou Junior Haidara 81 Kyle Graves 85 B. J. Cunningham 91 Alan-Michael Cash 97 Aaron Lavarias 99 Jesse Joseph

6-game injured list	1 Greg McGhee 14 Boris Bede 17 Billy Parker 18 Jonathan Crompton 19 S. J. Green 23 Brandon Rutley 24 Andrew Lue 25 Martese Jackson 39 Wayne Moore 42 Jean-Samuel Blanc 84 Alex Charette 90 Michael Klassen 94 DeQuin Evans

Practice roster	-- LaQuan McGowan -- Khalid Wooten 4 Connor Halliday 18 Alex Pierchalski 33 Cam McDaniel 59 Mathu Gibson 66 James Bodanis 67 Michael Bamiro 82 Cody Hoffman 83 Marcus Henry 87 Kristopher Bastien 88 Tiquan Underwood 95 Ray Drew

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Head coach: Corey Chamblin

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