David Foucault
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Foucault with the Elks in 2023
No. 68 – Edmonton Elks
Position:Offensive line
Personal information
Born: (1989-02-07) February 7, 1989
LaSalle, Quebec
Height:6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Weight:323 lb (147 kg)
Career information
University:Montreal
CFL Draft:2014 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5
Undrafted:2014
Career history
Roster status:Active
CFL status:National
Career NFL statistics
Games played:5
Games started:1
Player stats at NFL.com · CFL.ca

David Foucault (born February 7, 1989) is a Canadian football offensive lineman for the Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) football for the Montreal Carabins. He has also played for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL) and the BC Lions and Montreal Alouettes of the CFL.

Professional career

Foucault was selected fifth overall by the Montreal Alouettes (CFL) in the 2014 CFL Draft. Along with Antoine Pruneau, he became one of the first two Montreal Carabins chosen in the first round of the CFL Draft.[1] The Alouettes continued to hold his player rights until April 2017.

Carolina Panthers

2014 season

Unlike fellow Québécois NFL rookie Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, Foucault was not drafted into the NFL, but he was invited to the Carolina Panthers, the Indianapolis Colts, and the Miami Dolphins rookie camps. He attended the Panthers' camp because the team had fewer offensive linemen competing for positions than the Colts and the Dolphins.[2] The Panthers signed him following the tryout.[3] On August 31, the team announced that Foucault had made the final 53-man roster.[4]

2015 season

On September 5, 2015, Foucault was released by the Panthers.[5] On September 7, 2015, he was signed to the Panthers' practice squad.[6] On October 2, Foucault was called up from the practice squad.[7]

On October 6, he was cut from the team,[8] but signed once again to the practice squad on October 8.[9]

As of January 17, 2016, Foucault was on the Panther's practice squad[10] and was on the sidelines during the Divisional Round playoff game against Seattle.

On February 7, 2016, Foucault's Panthers played in Super Bowl 50. In the game, the Panthers fell to the Denver Broncos by a score of 24–10.[11]

2016 season

On August 28, 2016, Foucault was waived by the Panthers.[12]

BC Lions

On March 27, 2017, the BC Lions (CFL) acquired the rights to Foucault and offensive lineman Vincent Brown from the Montreal Alouettes in exchange for international offensive lineman Jovan Olafioye and future considerations.[13] On April 11, 2017, the Lions and Foucault agreed to a three-year contract through the 2019 CFL season.[14] He played in 51 regular season games with the Lions and became a free agent after 2019.

Montreal Alouettes

On February 8, 2021, it was announced that Foucault had signed with the Montreal Alouettes.[15] He played in 13 games for the Alouettes, but was released shortly after the season ended on December 20, 2021.[16]

Edmonton Elks

Foucault signed with the Edmonton Elks on January 3, 2022.[17] On November 7, 2022, the Edmonton Elks extended Foucault’s contract for 2 years, through the 2024 season.

References

  1. ↑ "Les premiers pas de Foucault dans la NFL" (in French). Réseau des sports. May 26, 2014. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  2. ↑ Kryk, John (May 21, 2014). "Quebec's David Foucault chose tryout with Panthers over Dolphins and Colts — and is working at left tackle". Canoe.ca. Archived from the original on September 4, 2014. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  3. ↑ Zurkowsky, Herb (May 19, 2014). "Top Alouettes draft pick David Foucault signs with NFL's Panthers". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  4. ↑ Strickland, Bryan (September 1, 2014). "Norwell, Foucault stay in line". Carolina Panthers. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  5. ↑ Henson, Max (September 5, 2015). "Panthers trim roster to 53". Panthers.com. Archived from the original on August 8, 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
  6. ↑ "WR Bersin among 10 set to join practice squad". Panthers.com. September 6, 2015. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
  7. ↑ Voth, Bill (October 3, 2015). "Panthers Call Up David Foucault, Release Wes Horton". BlackAndBlueReview.com. Archived from the original on October 5, 2015.
  8. ↑ "NFL Transactions". www.foxsports.com. October 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Carolina Panthers: David Foucault". Archived from the original on December 26, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Carolina Panthers Player Roster". Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Super Bowl 50 - Denver Broncos vs. Carolina Panthers - February 7th, 2016". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
  12. ↑ Strickland, Bryan. "Panthers announce first cuts". Panthers.com.
  13. ↑ "Lions acquire O-linemen David Foucault and Vincent Brown in trade with Montreal". BC Lions. March 27, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Lions sign national OL Foucault". TSN.ca. April 11, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Als bring OL David Foucault home, sign three 2020 picks". Canadian Football League. February 8, 2021.
  16. ↑ "Alouettes release Trevor Harris, David Foucault". Canadian Football League. December 20, 2021.
  17. ↑ "Elks sign OL Foucault, DB Dubuisson". Canadian Football League. January 3, 2022.
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