Josiah St. John | |
Position1: | Offensive tackle |
Birth Date: | 18 May 1992 |
Birth Place: | Toronto, Ontario |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 5 |
Weight Lbs: | 305 |
Cfldraftedyear: | 2016 |
Cfldraftedround: | 1 |
Cfldraftedpick: | 1 |
Cfldraftedteam: | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
Playing Years1: | – |
Playing Team1: | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
Playing Team2: | BC Lions |
Playing Team3: | Edmonton Eskimos |
Playing Team4: | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
Playing Team5: | Edmonton Elks |
Career Footnotes: | |
Import: | no |
Status: | Active |
Cfl: | josiah-st-john/747998/ |
Josiah St. John (born May 18, 1992) is a professional Canadian football offensive tackle who is a free agent. He most recently played for the Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football with the Oklahoma Sooners.
St. John was ranked as the fifth best player available in the 2016 CFL Draft by the CFL's Central Scouting Bureau. He was the first overall selection in the 2016 CFL Draft by the Saskatchewan Roughriders, but he was in a contract dispute with the team at the start of the 2016 season.[1] He finally signed with the team on July 4, 2016 after missing all of training camp and the Roughriders' first game of the season.[2] Over three years with the Roughriders, he dressed in 22 games and started in eight (including six games started in his rookie year) before becoming a free agent in 2019.
On May 19, 2019, St. John signed with the Toronto Argonauts. He was part of the Argonauts' training camp cuts on June 7, 2019.
St. John signed a practice roster agreement with the BC Lions on September 9, 2019. He was released from the practice roster on November 1, 2019.
On November 5, 2019, St. John was added to the practice roster of the Edmonton Eskimos. He dressed in the 2019 East Final for the team and became a free agent on February 11, 2020.
After becoming a free agent, St. John re-signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders on February 12, 2020. He signed a one-year contract extension with the team on January 6, 2021.[3]
St. John joined the Edmonton Elks as a free agent on February 14, 2023.[4] He became a free agent upon the expiry of his contract on February 13, 2024.[5]