O'Shea Dugas

American football player (born 1996)

American football player

O'Shea Dugas
No. 74 – Birmingham Stallions
Position:	Offensive tackle
Personal information
Born:	(1996-09-22) September 22, 1996 (age 27) Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:	335 lb (152 kg)
Career information
High school:	Lafayette (LA) Northside
College:	Louisiana Tech
Undrafted:	2019
Career history
Cincinnati Bengals (2019–2020)* Edmonton Elks (2021) Birmingham Stallions (2022–present)
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only

Roster status:	Active
Career highlights and awards
2× USFL champion (2023, 2022)

O'Shea Deon Dugas (born September 22, 1996) is an American football offensive tackle for the Birmingham Stallions of the United Football League (UFL). He played college football at Louisiana Tech.

College career

After graduating high school, he chose Louisiana Tech over Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Memphis, Nevada, Southern Miss, and Tulane. At Louisiana Tech he earned Second-team All-Conference from 2016 to 2017, and First-team All Conference in 2018. He was also on the Conference USA All-Freshman Team in 2015.^[1]

Professional career

Cincinnati Bengals

After going undrafted in 2019 he was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals on May 10, 2019.^[2] On September 2, 2019, he was placed on injury reserve due to a knee injury during preseason.^[3] On November 11, 2020, he was signed to the practice squad.^[4] He was waived on September 3, 2020.^[5]

Edmonton Elks

Dugas was added to the active roster of the Edmonton Elks of the CFL on July 9, 2021.^[6] He did not play in a regular season game for the Elks and was released on July 29, 2021.^[7]

Birmingham Stallions

Dugas was selected in the 6th round of the 2022 USFL draft by the Birmingham Stallions.^[8] After being ruled out for week 1 with a back injury,^[9] he was transferred to the team's practice squad on April 14, 2022.^[10] He was transferred back to the active roster on April 22.^[11]

Dugas re-signed with the team on July 20, 2023.^[12] He was waived on March 22, 2024.^[13] He re-signed with the team on April 2, 2024.^[14]

References

^ "O'Shea Dugas". Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
^ Page, Fletcher (May 10, 2019). "Who are the Cincinnati Bengals 2019 undrafted college free agent signings?". cincinnati.com. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
^ Marcum, Jason (September 2, 2019). "Bengals re-sign John Jerry and place O'Shea Dugas on IR". cincyjungle.com. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
^ Rapien, James (November 11, 2020). "Xavier Su'a-Filo Cleared to Practice, Bengals Sign O'Shea Dugas to Practice Squad". si.com. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
^ "Bengals Waive O'Shea Dugas, Brady Sheldon and Bryce Sterk". www.bengals.com. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
^ "Elks make several roster moves". July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
^ "Transactions – Football player trades and signings". Canadian Football League. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
^ Camenker, Jacob (February 23, 2022). "USFL Draft tracker: Complete results, rosters for new football league". Sporting News.
^ @USFLStallions (April 15, 2022). "Week 1 Game Status Update: • O'Shea Dugas, OL: Out (Low Back) • Jordan Chunn, RB: Out (Hamstring)" (Tweet). Retrieved April 15, 2022 – via Twitter.
^ @USFLStallions (April 15, 2022). "Roster updates" (Tweet). Retrieved April 15, 2022 – via Twitter.
^ @USFLStallions (April 22, 2022). "Roster updates" (Tweet). Retrieved April 23, 2022 – via Twitter.
^ @USFLStallions (July 21, 2023). "Free Agent Signing" (Tweet). Retrieved July 21, 2023 – via Twitter.
^ "Birmingham Stallions Announce Final Roster ahead of 2024 Season". UFLBoard.com. March 22, 2024. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
^ @UFL_PR (April 3, 2024). "The United Football League has announced the following transactions:" (Tweet). Retrieved April 2, 2024 – via Twitter.