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Ottawa Redblacks sign Canadian running back Ante Milanovic-Litre to one-year contract

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks signed Canadian running back Ante Milanovic-Litre to a one-year contract Thursday. Milanovic-Litre, 28, spent the 2022 campaign with Edmonton after four seasons with the Calgary Stampeders.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks signed Canadian running back Ante Milanovic-Litre to a one-year contract Thursday.

Milanovic-Litre, 28, spent the 2022 campaign with Edmonton after four seasons with the Calgary Stampeders.

The Vancouver native ran for 241 yards and a touchdown in 18 regular-season games last year with the Elks.

Milanovic-Litre won a Grey Cup with Calgary in 2018.

Ottawa also re-signed American defensive back Abdul Kanneh to one-year deal. Kanneh, 32, had 37 tackles, two interceptions and a forced fumble in 12 regular-season games with the Redblacks in 2022.

The five-foot-seven, 190-pound Kanneh is entering his ninth CFL season and sixth with Ottawa. Kanneh helped the Redblacks earn a Grey Cup title in 2016.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 16, 2023.

The Canadian Press

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