 Rhymes with the BC Lions in 2023 | |||||||||
| Ottawa Redblacks | |||||||||
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Born: | June 20, 1993 Miami, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school: | Miami Northwestern Senior (Miami) | ||||||||
| College: | Florida International Murray State | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2016 | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
| CFL status: | American | ||||||||
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Dominique Rhymes (born June 20, 1993) is an American professional football wide receiver for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
Rymes played at Miami Northwestern Senior High School he is former teammates with professional football player Teddy Bridgewater. His senior year he caught 37 passes for 686 yards and 8 touchdowns. He was considered a three-star recruit coming out of high school.
Rhymes played college football for the FIU Panthers from 2011 to 2014, while using a medical redshirt season in 2014.[1][2] He then transferred to Murray State University to play for the Racers in 2015.[1]
Rhymes signed with the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL) on May 29, 2017.[3] He saw only limited action in his first two seasons with the Redblacks, catching 37 passes for 522 yards with one touchdown. His third year in the league proved to be a breakout season for Rhymes as he led the Redblacks in receptions (65), receiving yards (1,056) and receiving touchdowns (5). Following the 2019 season Rhymes and the Redblacks were unable to come to an agreement for a new contract and he became a free agent on February 11, 2020.[4]
On February 21, 2020, Rhymes signed with the BC Lions.[5] However, he did not play in 2020 due to the cancellation of the 2020 CFL season and then signed a one-year contract extension with the team on December 14, 2020.[6] In his first year with the team, in 2021, Rhymes played in eight games where he had 28 catches for 411 yards and one touchdown.[7] At the end of the 2022 season, he was named a CFL All-Star after finishing third in receptions (85), and second in receiving yards (1,401) and touchdowns (11).[7][8]
On February 12, 2023, Rhymes requested a trade, seeking a larger salary contract extension elsewhere.[9] Nevertheless, the following day on February 13, Rhymes and the Lions agreed to a two-year contract extension through the 2024 season.[10] He played in ten regular season games in 2023, missing time due to injury, where he had 35 receptions for 535 yards and six touchdowns.[7] After giving contract extensions to fellow receivers Keon Hatcher and Alexander Hollins, the Lions released Rhymes on January 17, 2024.[11]
On January 22, 2024, it was announced that Rhymes had returned to the Ottawa Redblacks on a two-year contract.[12]