Montréal, June 21, 2008 – The Montreal Alouettes made their final cuts today and announced their official 46-man roster for their first regular season game this Thursday in Hamilton.

The following players have been released:

23         Richardson, Kevin          RB

29         Jenkins, Corey               LB

32         Firr, Terry                      SB

38         Sutton, Jimmie              DB

39         Smith, Chris                  LB

42         Jennings, Chris              RB

44         Whitaker, Brandon         RB

49         Jackson, DeAndre          CB

50         Powell, Robbie               G

60         Karhut, Ryan                 G

62         Van Zeyl, Chris              DT/G

64         Hand, Randy                 T

87         Smith, Brad                   SB

89         Godding, Keith               SB

94         Mahelona, Jesse            DT

97         Lucas, Ryan                  DT

The following players have been added to the injury list (one week):

8          Brady, Marcus               QB (shoulder)

17         Hendrix, Jesse               DB (ankle)

20         Proulx, Matthieu            FS (hamstring)

21         Imoh, Mike                    RB (calf)

26         Kashama, Alain             RE (knee)

33         Payton, Jarrett               RB (ankle)

35         Vilimek, Mike                FB (knee)

59         Bourke, Josh                 T (knee)

84         Thurmon, Elijah              WR (knee)

86         Cahoon, Ben                 SB (quad)

93         Ellis, Kai                       LB (knee)

The following players have been added to the injury list (nine weeks):

1          Santos, Ricky                QB 

52         Keeping, Jeff                  DT

55         Seagraves, Skip T

The following player has been added to the inactive list:

12         Leak, Chris                    QB

The practice roster will be announced tomorrow.

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