Régis Cibasu
{{short description|Canadian gridiron football player (born 1994)}}
{{Infobox Canadian Football League biography
|name=Régis Cibasu
|team=Montreal Alouettes
|image=2022, 83, Régis Cibasu (3).jpg
|image_upright=1
|caption=Cibasu with the Montreal Alouettes in 2022
|status=Active
|import=no
|position1=Wide receiver
|number=3
|CIS=Montreal
|high_school=
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1994|09|13}}
|birth_place=Kinshasa, Zaire
|Height_ft=6
|Height_in=3
|Weight_lbs=240
|CFLDraftedYear=2018
|CFLDraftedRound=3
|CFLDraftedPick=20
|CFLDraftedTeam=Toronto Argonauts
|playing_years1={{CFL Year|2019|2020}}
|playing_team1=Toronto Argonauts
|playing_years2={{CFL Year|2021}}–present
|playing_team2=Montreal Alouettes
|career_highlights=
- Grey Cup champion (2023)
- Vanier Cup champion (2014)
- Vanier Cup MVP (2014)
|CFLAllStar=
|CFLWestAllStar=
|Awards=
|Honours=
|Records=
|CFL=regis-cibasu/164105/
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Régis Cibasu (born September 13, 1994) is a Zairian-Canadian professional 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.{{cite web|url=https://usports.ca/en/sports/football/m/news/2018/10/2914374870/the-story-of-regis-cibasu|title=Régis Cibasu: A man whose actions speak louder than words|publisher=U Sports|date=October 11, 2018|access-date=April 20, 2020}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://presto-en.usports.ca/vaniercup/2014/recap |title=50th TELUS Vanier Cup: Hometown Carabins capture first national title |publisher=Canadian Interuniversity Sport |date=November 29, 2014 |access-date=April 20, 2020}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.argonauts.ca/2019/05/02/draft-night-surprise-argos-ink-regis-cibasu/|title=Draft night surprise: Argos ink Regis Cibasu|date=May 2, 2019|publisher=argonauts.ca|access-date=April 20, 2020}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.argonauts.ca/2018/05/03/argos-select-blank-and-blank-with-18th-and-20th-picks/|title=Argos select Kwemo and Cibasu with 18th and 20th picks in CFL Draft|date=May 3, 2018|publisher=argonauts.ca}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets-ticats/app/uploads/ticats/2015/05/22150957/CFL-2019-Gm-16-HAM-at-TOR-Final-Stats.pdf|title=CFL Game Details, Week #2 - Game #16 - Year 2019, Hamilton Tiger-Cats @ Toronto Argonauts|date=June 22, 2019|publisher=Hamilton Tiger-Cats|access-date=April 20, 2020}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://torontosun.com/sports/football/cfl/toronto-argonauts/argos-desperate-to-turn-adversity-into-much-needed-prosperity|title=Argos desperate to turn adversity into prosperity|date=July 5, 2019|publisher=Toronto Sun|last=Zicarelli|first=Frank|access-date=April 20, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://d3ham790trbkqy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2016/06/July62019vsBCpdf.pdf|title=Toronto Argonauts Depth Chart vs BC Lions|date=July 6, 2019|publisher=argonauts.ca|access-date=April 20, 2020}} For the 2019 season, he played in 16 regular season games and recorded three special teams tackles.{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/stats/?stat_category=defence&season=2019|title=CFL Stats, 2019, Defence|publisher=Canadian Football League|access-date=April 20, 2020}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/transactions/2021/ |title=Transactions – Football player trades and signings |publisher=Canadian Football League |access-date=February 8, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/fa21/#ARGOS|title=Official 2021 CFL free agent tracker|publisher=Canadian Football League|access-date=February 8, 2021}}
=Montreal Alouettes=
On February 9, 2021, it was announced that Cibasu had signed with the Montreal Alouettes.{{cite web|url=https://en.montrealalouettes.com/2021/02/10/alouettes-add-five-local-players-roster/ |title=Alouettes add five local players to the roster |date=February 9, 2021 |publisher=Montreal Alouettes}} He played in 13 regular season games in 2021 where he had five special teams tackles. After changing positions back to wide receiver in 2022, he made his first career reception on June 16, 2022, against his former team, the Argonauts.{{cite web|url=https://en.montrealalouettes.com/players/regis-cibasu-2/164105/ |title=Régis Cibasu |publisher=Montreal Alouettes |access-date=November 26, 2022}} He played in 17 regular season games where he had two receptions for eight yards and four special teams tackles.
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.
References
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External links
- [https://en.montrealalouettes.com/players/regis-cibasu/164105/ Montreal Alouettes bio]
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Category:Canadian football fullbacks
Category:Canadian football wide receivers
Category:Montreal Alouettes players
Category:Montreal Carabins football players
Category:Toronto Argonauts players
Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo emigrants to Canada
Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo players of Canadian football
Category:Sportspeople from Kinshasa