Dru Brown is returning to Winnipeg after the Blue Bombers acquired the quarterback in a trade with Ottawa on Tuesday.
The Blue Bombers also received a second-round pick in the 2027 CFL draft and sent their first-round selection in 2027 and a conditional second-round pick in 2028 to Ottawa.
The move comes after Brown lost his starting job in Ottawa to Jake Maier before the season.
Brown appeared in 38 games with Winnipeg from 2021-23, helping the Bombers win the Grey Cup in his first season.
He mostly served as a backup to star quarterback Zach Collaros but went 2-1 in three starts.
After his negotiating rights were traded to Ottawa in January 2024, Brown signed with the Redblacks and became their starting quarterback.
He went 8-6-1 in his first season with Ottawa and helped the team reach the playoffs for the first time since 2018, but regressed last season when he went 2-7 in an injury-plagued season.
He will return to a depth role behind Collaros in Winnipeg. The Blue Bombers dressed Canadian Taylor Elgersma as Collaros’s backup in its first two games of the season.
Brown holds the CFL record for most touchdown passes in a season without an interception, set in 2023 with nine.
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