Arnaud Gascon-Nadon (born July 10, 1988) is a Canadian former professional football defensive lineman who played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) in 2018. He was selected 17th overall by the Tiger-Cats in the 2012 CFL Draft. After the 2011 CIS season, he was ranked as the 13th best player in the Canadian Football League's Amateur Scouting Bureau January rankings for players eligible in the 2012 CFL Draft, and ninth by players in Canadian Interuniversity Sport.[1] Gascon-Nadon played CIS football with the Laval Rouge et Or and for the Rice University Owls in 2008.[2]

Arnaud Gascon-Nadon
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Gascon-Nadon with the J. P. Metras Trophy in 2011
Born: (1988-07-10) July 10, 1988 (age 36)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Career information
CFL statusNational
Position(s)DL
Height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight250 lb (110 kg)
CollegeRice
UniversityLaval
CFL draft2012, round: 3, pick: 17
Drafted byHamilton Tiger-Cats
Career history
As player
20132015Hamilton Tiger-Cats
20162017Ottawa Redblacks
20182019Edmonton Eskimos
Career highlights and awards
Career stats

Gascon-Nadon was with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats from 2013 to 2015 and with the Ottawa Redblacks in 2016 and 2017, winning the Grey Cup with them in 2016. He dressed in six games for the Edmonton Eskimos in 2018.[3] He became a free agent after the 2018 season.[4] Gascon-Nadon officially announced his retirement in the summer of 2019.

He endorsed the Conservative Party of Quebec for the 2022 Quebec general election.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Prospect Central". CFL.ca. Canadian Football League. Archived from the original on January 25, 2012.
  2. ^ "Player Bio: Arnaud Gascon-Nadon - Rice Official Athletic Site". www.riceowls.com. Archived from the original on March 8, 2010.
  3. ^ "Arnaud Gascon-Nadon". statscrew.com/. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
  4. ^ "2019 CFL Free Agent Tracker". tsn.ca. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
  5. ^ @E_Duhaime (August 22, 2022). "Très heureux aujourd'hui d'obtenir l'appui d'Arnaud Gascon-Nadon, joueur-étoile du Rouge et Or et gagnant de la coupe Grey" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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