Receiver Bakari Grant celebrates a touchdown as a member of the 2015 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (Photo by Canadian Press/Peter Power)
The 2016 CFL free agency period officially opens at 12:00pm ET on February 9, 2016. Below lists the players who will become CFL free agents should they not re-sign with their current respective team. The status column indicates whether a player has re-signed with his team or is still bound for the open market.
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MONTREAL ALOUETTES
| PLAYER | POS | NAT/INT | STATUS |
| Beaulieu, JC | RB | National | Extended (01/13/16) |
| Bourke, Josh | OL | National | Signed with TOR (02/09/16) |
| Bowman, John | DE | International | Extended (1/18/16) |
| Brown, Jerald | DB | International | |
| Ellis, Dominique | DB | International | Re-Signed (02/09/16) |
| Giguere, Sam | WR | National | Re-signed (02/09/16) |
| Gilyard, Mardy | WR | International | |
| Hefney, Jonathan | DB | International | |
| Irvin, Corvey | DT | International | |
| Johnson, Chad | WR | International | |
| LeFevour, Dan | QB | International | Released (01/27/16) |
| Lewis, Nik | WR | International | Extended (01/20/16) |
| Logan, Stefan | RB | International | Extended (01/29/16) |
| Matte, Kristian | OL | National | Extended (01/11/16) |
| Piotrowski, Jake | OL | National | Extended (01/12/16) |
| Quinlan, Kyle | QB | National | |
| Stamps, Fred | WR | International | |
| Tuck, James | DL | National | Extended (2/5/16) |
| Venable, Winston | LB | International | Re-signed (02/09/16) |
| Volny, Carl | RB | National | |
| White, Mitchell | DB | International | Extended (2/9/16) |
OTTAWA REDBLACKS
| PLAYER | POS | NAT/INT | STATUS |
| Albright, Matthew | OL | National | Extended (01/04/16) |
| Capicciotti, Justin | DE | National | Signed with SSK (02/10/16) **Unconfirmed** |
| Carter, Matt | WR | National | |
| DeMarco, Thomas | QB | International | |
| Evans, Zack | DL | National | Extended (01/04/16) |
| Green, James | LB | National | |
| Henry, Marcus | WR | International | |
| Hinds, David | DB | International | |
| Johnson, Jeremiah | RB | International | Signed with BC (02/10/16) |
| Johnson, Jovon | DB | International | Signed with MTL (02/10/16) |
| Kelly, Colin | OT | International | |
| Lavoie, Patrick | TE | National | Extended (12/23/15) |
| Marshall, Andrew | DE | National | |
| Munoz, Damaso | LB | International | Extended (1/15/16) |
| Shologan, Keith | DL | National | Signed with WPG (02/09/16) |
| Smith, Jamill | WR | International | |
| Smith, Marlon | DE | International | |
| Thompson, Brandyn | DB | International | |
| Verdone, Jordan | LB | National | |
| Williams, Chris | WR | International | Extended (01/05/16) |
| PLAYER | POS | NAT/INT | STATUS |
| Adjey, Natey | WR | National | |
| Agnew, Vincent | DB | International | |
| Alix, Anthony | K | National | |
| Cummings, Euclid | DL | International | Signed with WPG (02/09/16) |
| Foley, Ricky | DE | National | Extended (12/09/15) |
| Gabriel, Jermaine | DB | National | Extended (02/05/16) |
| Gillanders, Brendan | RB | National | Signed with OTT (02/09/16) |
| Green, Isaiah | DB | International | |
| Greenwood, Cory | LB | National | Extended (02/09/16) |
| Harris, Trevor | QB | International | Signed with OTT (02/09/16) |
| Jones, Greg | LB | International | Signed with SSK (02/10/16) |
| Keeping, Jeff | OL | National | Signed with WPG (02/09/16) |
| Laing, Cleyon | DT | National | |
| Miles, Thomas | LB | National | Extended (12/24/15) |
| Mitchell, Scott | OL | National | |
| Okpalaugo, Tristan | DL | International | |
| Owens, Chad | WR | International | |
| Palardy, Justin | K | National | |
| Ray, Ricky | QB | International | Extended (12/04/15) |
| Robinson, Zander | FB | National | |
| Smith, Wayne | OL | National | Extended (2/5/2016) |
| Stala, Dave | WR | National | |
| Steele, Curtis | RB | International | Signed with SSK (2/10/16) |
| Underwood, Brandon | DB | International | |
| Vega, Jason | DL | International | |
| Waters, Swayze | K | International | |
| Whitaker, Brandon | RB | International | Re-signed (02/10/16) |
| PLAYER | POS | NAT/INT | STATUS |
| Aprile, Giovanni | WR | National | |
| Atkinson, Michael | DT | National | |
| Bulcke, Brian | DT | National | |
| Caldwell, David | LB | International | |
| Carter, Jalil | DB | International | |
| Crawford, Aaron | DB | National | |
| Davis, Emanuel | DB | International | |
| Dile, Mark | OL | International | |
| Edem, Mike | DB | National | Signed with BC (02/09/16) |
| Fantuz, Andy | WR | National | Re-signed (02/09/16) **Unconfirmed** |
| Figueroa, Joel | OL | International | |
| Gainey, Ed | DB | International | Signed with SSK (02/10/16) |
| Gale, Mitchell | QB | International | |
| Gascon-Nadon, Arnaud | DE | National | Signed with OTT (02/10/16) |
| Grant, Bakari | WR | International | Signed with CGY (02/10/16) **Unconfirmed** |
| Hall, Bryan | DT | International | |
| Harris, Erik | LB | International | Signed NFL deal (02/02/16) |
| Hazime, Hasan | DE | International | |
| Hickman, Justin | DE | International | |
| King, Neil | DB | National | |
| Laurent, Ted | DT | National | Re-signed (02/10/16) |
| Lewis, Jeremy | OL | International | Extended (02/08/16) |
| Madu, Mossis | RB | International | |
| Masoli, Jeremiah | QB | International | Extended (01/07/16) |
| Medlock, Justin | K | International | Signed with WPG (02/09/16) |
| Miller, Kyle | DB | National | |
| Molls, Dan | LB | International | |
| O’Neill, Hugh | K | National | |
| Olson, Jake | OL | International | |
| Page, Cleshawn | DB | International | |
| Plesius, Frederic | LB | National | |
| Prime, Carl-Olivier | FB | National | Extended (12/16/15) |
| Reed, Taylor | LB | International | Signed with CGY (02/10/16) **Unconfirmed** |
| Sears, Johnny | LB | International | Extended (01/08/16) |
| Sinkfield, Terrell | WR | International | Released, signed NFL deal (01/23/16) |
| Stephen, Courtney | DB | National | Extended (02/08/16) |
| Stewart, Brandon | DB | International | Signed with BC (02/09/16) |
| PLAYER | POS | NAT/INT | STATUS |
| Capers, Selvish | OL | International | |
| Daniels, Jace | OL | International | Extended (12/14/15) |
| Gibson, Thaddeus | DL | International | |
| Hajrullahu, Lirim | K | National | Signed with TOR (02/09/16) |
| Marshall, Cameron | RB | International | |
| Moore, Nick | WR | International | Signed with BC (02/10/16) |
| Newman, Graig | DB | National | Signed with SSK (02/09/16) |
| Nichols, Matt | QB | International | Extended (01/05/16) |
| Pontbriand, Michel-Pierre | FB | National | |
| Richardson, Louie | DL | National | Extended (01/25/16) |
| Shell, Lin-J | DB | International | |
| Walker, Chevon | RB | International | |
| Washington, Demond | DB | International | Signed with HAM (02/10/16) **Unconfirmed** |
| PLAYER | POS | INT/NAT | STATUS |
| Adcock, Levy | OL | International | Signed with BC (02/09/16) |
| Ainsworth, Dylan | DE | National | Re-Signed (02/09/16) |
| Allen, Anthony | RB | International | Released (12/15/15) |
| Bagg, Rob | WR | National | Extended (01/28/16) |
| Brackenridge, Tyron | S | International | Released (12/15/15) |
| Brown, Weldon | DB | International | Released (12/15/15) |
| Fulton, Xavier | OL | International | |
| Getzlaf, Chris | WR | National | |
| Green, Marshay | DB | International | Released (12/15/15) |
| Haidara, SJ | WR | National | Extended (12/23/15) |
| Hall, Alex | DE | International | |
| King, Jerriel | OL | International | Extended (12/23/15) |
| Lopez, Hugo | DB | National | Released (12/15/15) |
| Maze, Terrell | DB | International | Released (12/15/15) |
| McCallum, Paul | K | National | Released (12/21/15) |
| McHenry, Scott | WR | National | Released (12/15/15) |
| Mertile, Junior | DB | International | Released (12/15/15) |
| Moore, Spencer | WR | National | Extended (01/22/16) |
| Price, Keith | QB | International | |
| Regimbald, Kevin | LB | National | |
| Richardson, Jamel | WR | International | Released (12/15/15) |
| Sheffield, Cameron | DE | International | Released (12/15/15) |
| Smith, Ryan | WR | International | Signed with WPG (02/09/16) |
| Unamba, Don | DB | International | |
| Walker, Derek | DL | International | Released (12/15/15) |
| Watman, Corey | OL | National | Signed with TOR (02/09/16) |
| Webster, Matt | DB | National | Extended (12/21/15) |
| Wellman, Ryan | DL | National | Released (12/15/15) |
| West, Dan | LB | National | Extended (1/21/16) |
| White, Markus | DE | International | |
| Woldu, Paul | DB | National |
| PLAYER | POS | INT/NAT | STATUS |
| Arthur, Jabari | WR | National | |
| Beltre, Frank | DE | International | Extended (12/29/15) |
| Bishop III, Freddie | DL | International | Released, signed NFL deal (02/05/15) |
| Burnett, Joe | DB | International | Extended (12/22/15) |
| Charbonneau-Campeau, Simon | WR | National | Extended (12/23/15) |
| Chevrier, Randy | LS | National | |
| D’Aguilar, Ben | DL | National | Extended (2/4/16) |
| Evans, DeQuin | DB | International | |
| Fuller, Jeff | WR | International | |
| Johnson, Micah | DL | International | Extended (01/18/16) |
| McCartney, Karl | LB | National | |
| McDonald, Brandon | DB | International | Extended (1/8/16) |
| Messam, Jerome | RB | National | Extended (08/08/16) |
| Parker, Anthony | WR | National | Extended (12/18/15) |
| Raymond, Keon | LB | International | |
| Rogers, Eric | WR | International | Released; signed NFL deal (01/20/16) |
| Sharun, Corbin | LB | National | Extended (02/01/16) |
| Turner, Junior | DL | National | Extended (12/21/15) |
| PLAYER | POS | INT/NAT | STATUS |
| Boulay, Mathieu | FB | National | Extended (1/28/16) |
| Bowman, Adarius | WR | International | Extended (12/22/15) |
| Chambers, Shamawd | WR | National | Signed with SSK (02/10/16) |
| Foster, Otha | DB | International | Signed with SSK (02/10/16) |
| Grymes, Aaron | DB | International | |
| Hinds, Ryan | DB | National | |
| Jefferson, Willie | DL | International | Released (01/15/16) |
| Jones, Andrew | OL | National | Signed with SSK (02/09/16) |
| Lawrence, Kendial | RB | International | Signed with SSK (02/10/16) |
| Miller, Mike | DB | National | Extended (1/28/16) |
| Oramasionwu, Don | DT | National | |
| Sewell, Almondo | DT | International | Extended (12/22/15) |
| Sherritt, JC | LB | International | Re-signed (02/10/16) |
| Simmons, Brian | OL | International | Signed with HAM (02/10/16) |
| Simpson, Chad | RB | International | |
| Stafford, Kenny | WR | International | Signed with MTL (02/09/16) |
| White, John | RB | International | Re-Signed (02/09/16) |
| Whyte, Sean | K | National | Extended (01/11/16) |
| Wojt, Greg | OL | National |
| PLAYER | POS | INT/NAT | STATUS |
| Arceneaux, Emmanuel | WR | International | Extended (12/17/15) |
| Clarke, Steven | DB | International | Released (1/7/15) |
| Curran Rennie | LB | International | |
| Fabien, Kirby | OL | National | Extended (12/15/15) |
| Fraser, Eric | DB | National | Extended (12/18/15) |
| Harris, Andrew | RB | National | Signed with WPG (02/09/16) |
| Hoffman-Ellis, Alex | LB | International | Signed with HAM (02/09/16) |
| Johnson, Josh | DB | International | |
| Lochard, Pascal | RB | National | Signed with WPG (02/09/16) |
| Lulay, Travis | QB | International | Extended (02/08/16) |
| Norman, Matthew | OL | National | |
| Olafioye, Jovan | OL | International | Extended (1/14/16) |
| Parks, Cord | DB | International | |
| Rainey, Chris | RB | International | Extended (01/09/16) |
| Smith, Khreem | DT | International | |
| Taylor, Courtney | WR | International | |
| Valli, Dean | OL | National | Retired (01/27/16) |