Redblacks linebacker Hebert suspended one game for hit on Daniels

By Abbey Westbury
June 29 2018 03:37 PM

CP986349648 — Ottawa Redblacks\' Kyries Hebert, right, slams into Calgary Stampeders\' DaVaris Daniels, during second half CFL football action in Calgary, Thursday, June 28, 2018. The Canadian Football League has suspended Ottawa Redblacks linebacker Kyries Hebert for one game for a hit on Calgary receiver DaVaris Daniels. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

TORONTO – The Canadian Football League has suspended Ottawa Redblacks linebacker Kyries Hebert for one game for a hit on Calgary receiver DaVaris Daniels.

The incident occurred in Calgary’s 24-14 home win over Ottawa on Thursday.

Hebert launched himself into the air and led with the crown of his helmet in the offending hit while Daniels was in a defenceless position.

The discipline comes after CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie held a hearing with Hebert and a representative of the Canadian Football League Players’ Association via telephone.

“As a league and a leader in football, we need to eliminate these type of hits from the game,” Ambrosie said in a statement. “A play like this puts unnecessary risk to a player’s safety and has no place in the game.”

The ban is effective immediately, meaning Hebert will be unavailable for Ottawa’s July 6 game at Montreal.

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