Dejon Brissett

Dejon Brissett (born July 9, 1996) is a Canadian professional football wide receiver for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He is a two-time Grey Cup champion after winning with the Toronto Argonauts in 2022 and 2024. He played college football for the Richmond Spiders and the Virginia Cavaliers.

Early life Brissett is a native of Mississauga, Ontario, and primarily played basketball growing up before turning his attention to football. He transferred to Lake Forest Academy in Illinois for his sophomore year, where he played basketball, football, and track. His 46-3 triple jump was the best in 2015 by more than a foot. On the football field, he played wide receiver, defense, and special teams. Brissett ran a 4.59 40-yard dash, has a vertical leap of 35 inches, and was named the Chicago Catholic League Red Division's Offensive Player of the Year.

College career Brissett began his collegiate career at Richmond. He made five catches for 66 yards as a sophomore in 2016. In the second game of his junior season, Brissett made 12 receptions for 159 yards in a 20–17 win at Colgate. As a junior in 2017, he made 63 receptions for 896 yards and seven touchdowns, averaging 81.5 receiving yards per game. In 2018, he made 16 receptions for 299 yards and a touchdown, averaging 99.7 yards per game. His season was cut short after three games after an ankle injury that he suffered on September 13 against Saint Francis (PA). During his Richmond career, Brissett recorded 86 receptions for 1,282 yards and nine touchdowns and returned 41 kicks for 941 yards and one touchdown.

Professional career Toronto Argonauts Brissett was drafted second overall in the 2020 CFL draft by the Toronto Argonauts, who finished with a 4–14 record in 2019. Following training camp, he made the team's active roster and played in his first professional game on August 7, 2021, against the Calgary Stampeders. He later scored his first career touchdown on October 6, 2021, against the Ottawa Redblacks when he returned a blocked punt 23 yards for the major. Brissett played in all 14 regular season games in 2021, making five starts, where he had nine catches for 131 yards, three defensive tackles, one special teams tackle, and one fumble recovery touchdown.

Brissett missed the majority of the 2024 season with a knee injury. He caught five passes for 72 yards and a touchdown through Toronto's first two games, and then was placed on the injured list. He returned to play in each of Toronto's final four regular season games, finishing the season with 14 receptions for 171 yards and three touchdowns. In the 111th Grey Cup, Brissett caught three passes for 45 yards and a touchdown, and recovered an onside kick attempt in the team's victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. For his performance, he was named the game's Most Valuable Canadian.

In 2025, Brissett had a career-high 65 receptions for 907 yards and three touchdowns in 18 regular season games.

Calgary Stampeders On February 10, 2026, it was announced that Brissett had signed a two-year contract with the Calgary Stampeders.

Personal life Brissett is the son of McKeitha McFarlane and Bernard Brissett, who separated when he was young. He is of Jamaican descent. Brissett is the older brother of Oshae Brissett, who played college basketball at Syracuse and won a championship with the Boston Celtics, as well as a championship with Maccabi Tel Aviv.