CFL: 7th season
Stamps: 1st season
Games played through 2024
Regular season: 90
Playoffs: 7
Grey Cup: 0
Acquired
Signed on Feb. 4, 2025.
Pro path
2024
(Ottawa) In his return to the Redblacks after a four-year absence, Rhymes played and started all 18 regular-season games. He made 72 receptions for 1,011 yards – the third 1,000-yard season of his CFL career – and two touchdowns. Rhymes had four 100-yard games – in Week 6 at Edmonton, a season-high 138 against Toronto in Week 14 and two (in Weeks 15 and 21) against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He had back-to-back 10-catch games against Toronto in Week 14 and against Hamilton in Week 15. Rhymes had three catches for 42 yards in the Eastern Semi-Final.
2023
(BC) Rhymes played 10 games and made 10 starts for the Lions, accumulating 35 catches for 535 yards and six touchdowns. He had a pair of 100-yard games including 109 yards and two touchdowns in a season-opening victory at Calgary. Rhymes also had a pair of TD catches in Week 4 at Toronto. He missed a total of eight games due to injury. Rhymes was in uniform for both of BC’s playoff games and had three catches for 38 yards.
2022
(BC) Rhymes earned West Division and CFL all-star honours as he established career highs across the board with 85 receptions, 1,401 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns. He played all 18 regular-season games and had at least two catches in every contest including a season-high of nine in Week 9 against Edmonton. Rhymes had five 100-yard games including a high of 143 against Toronto in Week 3. He played in both the Western Semi-Final and the Western Final and had six catches for 114 yards in the two playoff games.
2021
(BC) In his first season with the Lions, Rhymes dressed for eight games and had 28 receptions for 411 yards and one touchdown. He made his BC debut in Week 1 at Saskatchewan and made six catches for 76 yards. His first touchdown with the Lions came in a Week 13 contest in Toronto. Rhymes was on the injury list for six games in September and October before returning to action in that Week 13 contest against the Argonauts.
2020
(BC) Rhymes was under contract with the Lions but the season was cancelled because of the global pandemic.
2019
(Ottawa) Rhymes played and started 17 games for the Redblacks and established new career highs with 65 receptions, 1,056 receiving yards and five touchdowns. He had four 100-yard games including season bests of 11 catches and 168 yards against Saskatchewan in Week 2. In a road game against the Roughriders in Week 11, Rhymes had a career-long 75-yard reception that went for a touchdown.
2018
(Ottawa) Rhymes played eight games and made six starts for the Redblacks, accumulating 22 catches for 303 yards and one touchdown. The major – the first of his professional career – came in Week 10 at Winnipeg. In the regular-season finale against Toronto, Rhymes had his first career 100-yard receiving game as he made six catches for 101 yards. He had two catches for 24 yards in the Redblacks’ Eastern Final victory over Hamilton.
2017
(Ottawa) After starting the season on the practice roster, Rhymes made his CFL debut in Week 2 at Calgary and had three catches for 20 yards. He played a total of 11 games during the regular season and had 15 receptions for 219 yards. Rhymes had a season-high 85 receiving yards in a Week 17 game in Saskatchewan. He was in uniform for the Eastern Semi-Final and had two receptions for 35 yards.
Notable
First game: June 29, 2017, at Calgary
First reception: June 29, 2017, at Calgary
First touchdown: Aug. 17, 2018, at Winnipeg
West Division all-star: 2022
CFL all-star: 2022
Career 100-yard receiving games: 18
College
Rhymes played his senior season (2015) at Murray State. In 10 games with the Racers, he made 12 catches for 190 yards and one touchdown. He started his collegiate career with 32 games over four seasons (2011-14) at Florida International and recorded 27 catches for 319 yards for the Panthers.
Personal
Rhymes is an alumnus of Miami Northwestern Senior High School. In his senior season with the Bulls, he hauled in 37 receptions for 686 yards and eight touchdowns.
YEAR | TEAM | GP | TAR | REC | YDS | YAC | TD | AVG | LG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017
|
OTT | 10 | 31 | 15 | 219 | 83 | 0 | 14.6 | 36 |
2018
|
OTT | 8 | 35 | 22 | 303 | 104 | 1 | 13.8 | 59 |
2019
|
OTT | 17 | 112 | 65 | 1056 | 213 | 5 | 16.2 | 75 |
2021
|
BC | 8 | 45 | 28 | 411 | 98 | 1 | 14.7 | 48 |
2022
|
BC | 18 | 122 | 85 | 1401 | 252 | 11 | 16.5 | 46 |
2023
|
BC | 10 | 63 | 35 | 535 | 116 | 6 | 15.3 | 65 |
2024
|
OTT | 18 | 126 | 72 | 1011 | 287 | 2 | 14.0 | 66 |
Total
|
89 | 534 | 322 | 4936 | 1153 | 26 | 15.3 | 75 |
YEAR | TEAM | GP | CAR | YDS | TDS | AVG | LG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017
|
OTT | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
2018
|
OTT | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
2019
|
OTT | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
2021
|
BC | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
2022
|
BC | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
2023
|
BC | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
2024
|
OTT | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
Total
|
89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
YEAR | TEAM | GP | KOR | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022
|
BC | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2024
|
OTT | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Total
|
36 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Year | Team | Regular | Semi-Final | Final | Greycup | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017
|
OTT | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
2018
|
OTT | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
2019
|
OTT | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
2021
|
BC | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
2022
|
BC | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
2023
|
BC | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
2024
|
OTT | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
DATE | WEEK | OPP | REC | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | LG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
06-13
|
2 | WPG | 5 | 8 | 60 | 0 | 12.0 | 17 |
06-20
|
3 | MTL | 3 | 6 | 55 | 0 | 18.3 | 43 |
06-30
|
4 | HAM | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 |
07-06
|
5 | WPG | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 |
07-14
|
6 | EDM | 7 | 10 | 131 | 0 | 18.7 | 66 |
07-19
|
7 | EDM | 3 | 5 | 53 | 0 | 17.7 | 36 |
07-26
|
8 | CGY | 5 | 6 | 75 | 0 | 15.0 | 25 |
08-08
|
10 | SSK | 5 | 8 | 72 | 0 | 14.4 | 29 |
08-16
|
11 | CGY | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 8.0 | 8 |
08-24
|
12 | BC | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 |
08-31
|
13 | BC | 4 | 8 | 46 | 1 | 11.5 | 15 |
09-07
|
14 | TOR | 10 | 14 | 138 | 0 | 13.8 | 33 |
09-14
|
15 | HAM | 10 | 11 | 129 | 1 | 12.9 | 27 |
09-21
|
16 | MTL | 4 | 10 | 59 | 0 | 14.8 | 26 |
09-28
|
17 | SSK | 2 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 10.0 | 14 |
10-14
|
19 | MTL | 2 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 7.5 | 9 |
10-19
|
20 | TOR | 2 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 10.0 | 16 |
10-25
|
21 | HAM | 6 | 10 | 115 | 0 | 19.2 | 29 |
Total
|
72 | 126 | 1011 | 2 | 12.2 | 408 |
DATE | WEEK | OPP | CAR | YDS | TD | AVG | LG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
06-13
|
2 | WPG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
06-20
|
3 | MTL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
06-30
|
4 | HAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
07-06
|
5 | WPG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
07-14
|
6 | EDM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
07-19
|
7 | EDM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
07-26
|
8 | CGY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
08-08
|
10 | SSK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
08-16
|
11 | CGY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
08-24
|
12 | BC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
08-31
|
13 | BC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
09-07
|
14 | TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
09-14
|
15 | HAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
09-21
|
16 | MTL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
09-28
|
17 | SSK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
10-14
|
19 | MTL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
10-19
|
20 | TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
10-25
|
21 | HAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
Total
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
DATE | WEEK | OPP | KOR | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
09-07
|
14 | TOR | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Total
|
1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
DATE | TEAM | ACTION | STATUS |
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