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Edmonton Eskimos linebacker J.C. Sherritt retires after eight CFL seasons

Jan 16, 2019 | 11:30 AM

EDMONTON — Linebacker J.C. Sherritt retired Wednesday after spending his entire eight-year CFL career with the Edmonton Eskimos.

Sherritt, 30, was the CFL’s top defensive player in 2012 and helped Edmonton capture the Grey Cup in 2015. The California native appeared in 109 career games, registering 552 tackles, 15 sacks, 17 forced fumbles, 14 interceptions, six fumble recoveries and one TD.

“J.C. will go down as one of the best Eskimos of all time,” Brock Sunderland, Edmonton’s GM/vice-president of football operations, said in a statement. “He defines what it means to do things the Eskimo Way, and I know he will have as much success in his post-playing career as he did on the field.”

The five-foot-nine, 218-pound Sherritt had 100 tackles, two interceptions and three sacks last season after missing most of 2017 with a ruptured Achilles tendon.