Ottawa Redblacks add CFL special teams leader Frank Beltre
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Frank Beltre led the CFL in special teams tackles in 2019, with 27.
The season before, in 2018, he was also a force on defence, with 35 tackles and two sacks.
The Ottawa Redblacks are hoping they get a combination of both — defence and special teams — signing the 31-year-old defensive lineman for the 2021 season.
Beltre played for the Calgary Stampeders from 2014-16, then played for the Toronto Argos in 2018 and 2019. In between CFL stops, he was with the New York Jets in 2017.
“He’s a guy who knows his way around the league, understands our field and will be able to come in and help some of the younger guys come along,” said Redblacks general manager Marcel Desjardins Thursday. “He’s a guy we’ve liked in that (special teams) role. And depending on how things play out with the D-line, he could be part of that rotation.
“We’ve been talking to him on and off, probably going back to last year. Without a (2020) season, for him there was no urgency to commit. For us, we’ve been patient with the process.”
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