Cameron Judge

{{Short description|Canadian gridiron football player (born 1994)}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

|name=Cameron Judge

|image=2025, 08, Cameron Judge (H).jpg

|image_size=

|caption=Judge with the Toronto Argonauts in 2025

|current_team=Toronto Argonauts

|number=8

|position=Linebacker

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1994|11|29}}

|birth_place=Montreal, Quebec, Canada

|height_ft=6

|height_in=1

|weight_lbs=235

|high_school=Oaks Christian School {{nowrap|(Westlake Village, California, U.S.)}}

|college=UCLA

|cfldraftyear=2017

|cfldraftround=1

|cfldraftpick=2

|pastteams=

Saskatchewan Roughriders ({{CFL Year|2017}}–{{CFL Year|2019}})
Toronto Argonauts ({{CFL Year|2021}})
Calgary Stampeders ({{CFL Year|2022}}–{{CFL Year|2024}})
Toronto Argonauts ({{CFL Year|2025}}–present)

|status=Active

|cflstatus=National

|highlights=

Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy ({{CFL Year|2019}})
CFL All-Star (2022)
CFL West All-Star (2022)

|cfl=cameron-judge/163145/

}}

Cameron Judge (born November 29, 1994) is a Canadian professional football linebacker for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). After being selected second overall in the 2017 CFL Draft by the Saskatchewan Roughriders, he played three seasons for the team from 2017 to 2019. Judge has also been a member of the Calgary Stampeders.

Early life

Judge was born on November 29, 1994, in Montreal, Quebec, to actor Christopher Judge and Margaret Judge, a former model.{{cn|date=June 2024}} The family moved from Montreal (where Christopher Judge had been working on a television show) to Los Angeles when Judge was three months old. When Judge was three years old, the family moved to British Columbia and split their time living between Vancouver and Victoria. It was during his time in Vancouver, that Judge developed an interest in football and started playing minor football. When Judge was twelve years old, the family moved back to California, primarily to give Judge and his older brother, Christopher, a better environment to develop their football skills.{{Cite web|url=https://3downnation.com/2017/04/26/game-changing-linebacker-late-add-to-cfl-draft/|title=Game-changing linebacker late add to CFL draft {{!}} 3DownNation|last=Dunk|first=Justin|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-10}}

After one year as a running back and linebacker for the junior varsity team, Judge became a three-year varsity starter at linebacker for Oaks Christian School in Westlake Village, California, under the coaching of Bill Redell and legendary NFL linebacker Clay Matthews Jr. Judge was rated a 4 star recruit and a top 5 linebacker on the West Coast according to scout.com. Selected to the Tom Lemming list of top 25 outside linebackers. Maxpreps.com 2012 Preseason All-Southern California team{{Cite web |last=Nestor |date=2012-06-11 |title=UCLA Football Recruiting: 4 Star Oaks Christian Linebacker Cameron Judge Commits to Bruins |url=https://www.bruinsnation.com/2012/6/11/3079457/ucla-football-recruiting-cameron-judge-oaks-christian-linebacker |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=Bruins Nation |language=en}}

College career

Judge accepted a scholarship offer from UCLA where he played college football for the team from 2013 to 2016 and was a team co-captain in 2015.{{cite web|title=Cameron Judge|publisher=UCLA|access-date=March 24, 2017|url=http://www.uclabruins.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3847}}{{cite news|title=UCLA's Cameron Judge shows versatility, especially in a pinch|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=November 3, 2015|url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/la-sp-ucla-football-20151104-story.html}} He and other members of the defensive unit for UCLA were considered the best group of players in the linebacker position in the Pac-12 Conference.{{cite web|url=http://www.scout.com/college/ucla/story/1691546-ucla-fall-camp-preview-linebackers|title=UCLA Fall Camp Preview: Linebackers|access-date=August 10, 2016}} During his time there Judge played both inside and outside linebacker positions, and was a special teams captain for the Pac-12 Conference team.{{cite web|url=http://www.uclabruins.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3847|title=Cameron Judge - 2013 Football Roster - UCLABruins.com - UCLA Athletics|access-date=August 10, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/547607/cameron-judge|title=Cameron Judge|access-date=August 10, 2016}}

Professional career

File:2024, 04, Cameron Judge.jpg

{{NFL predraft

| height ft = 6

| height in = 0 7/8

| weight = 220

| dash = 4.55

| ten split = 1.59

| twenty split = 2.64

| shuttle = 4.19

| cone drill = 6.81

| vertical = 36.5

| broad ft = 10

| broad in = 11

| bench = 19

| arm span = 31

| hand span = 9 3/4

| note = All values from Pro Day{{Cite web |url=http://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=127464&DraftYear=2017 |title=2017 NFL Draft Scout Cameron Judge College Football Profile |access-date=July 12, 2023 |website=DraftScout.com}}

}}

=Saskatchewan Roughriders=

In 2019, he was the unanimous selection for Saskatchewan Roughriders Most Outstanding Canadian,{{Cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2019/10/30/cfl-announces-2019-team-award-winners/|title=CFL announces 2019 team award winners|date=October 30, 2019}} and was named a finalist for CFL Most Outstanding Canadian.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2019/11/07/fajardo-banks-headline-2019-shaw-cfl-awards-finalists/|title=Fajardo, Banks headline 2019 Shaw CFL Awards Finalists|date=November 7, 2019}} After the CFL canceled the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Judge chose to opt-out of his contract with the Roughriders on August 28, 2020.{{cite news |title=Riders release Cameron Judge, three others |url=https://www.cfl.ca/2020/08/28/riders-release-cameron-judge-three-others/ |website=CFL.ca |date=August 28, 2020 |access-date=August 29, 2020}} Judge played three seasons for the Riders, appearing in 38 games, registering 102 tackles, 7 quarterback sacks, two interceptions, two forced fumbles and one defensive touchdown.

=Toronto Argonauts (1st tenure)=

On February 17, 2021, it was announced that Judge had signed a one-year contract with the Toronto Argonauts.{{cite news |url=https://www.argonauts.ca/2021/02/17/argos-add-canadian-lb-cameron-judge/ |title=Argos add Canadian LB Cameron Judge |publisher=Toronto Argonauts |date=February 17, 2021}} He played in nine regular season games where he recorded 13 defensive tackles and one special teams tackle.

=Calgary Stampeders=

On February 4, 2022, Judge was traded to the Calgary Stampeders in exchange for Royce Metchie as both players had contracts expiring the following week.{{cite web|title=Argos, Stamps swap Canadian talent |url=https://www.cfl.ca/2022/02/04/argos-stamps-swap-canadian-talent/ |publisher=Canadian Football League |date=February 4, 2022}} Judge and the Stamps agreed to a contract later that same day.{{Cite web |author=3Down Staff |date=2022-02-04 |title=Quick Judge-ment: Stampeders officially sign recently acquired Canadian LB Cameron Judge |url=https://3downnation.com/2022/02/04/quick-judge-ment-stampeders-officially-sign-recently-acquired-canadian-lb-cameron-judge/ |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=3DownNation |language=en-US}} In September 2022 Judge was suspended one game for punching B.C. Lions wide receiver Lucky Whitehead in post-game altercation.{{Cite web |date=September 20, 2022 |title=Stampeders' Judge suspended 1 game following post-game altercation with Lions' Whitehead |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/cfl-bc-lions-cameron-judge-one-game-suspension-sept-20-1.6589314 |access-date=September 23, 2022 |website=The Canadian Press}}

=Toronto Argonauts (2nd tenure)=

On January 10, 2025, Judge was traded from the Stampeders to the Toronto Argonauts in exchange for defensive lineman Folarin Orimolade.{{Cite web |date=January 10, 2025 |title=Argos Bring Back LB Cam Judge in Trade With Stampeders |url=https://www.argonauts.ca/2025/01/10/argos-bring-back-lb-cam-judge-in-trade-with-stampeders/ |access-date=January 10, 2025 |website=Argonauts.ca press release}}