Alex Singleton has 101 tackles. The next man on the list has 82. That leaves the Denver
linebacker 19 clear of the field with nine games still to play, and on Sunday he lines up against
two more Canadians in Carolina. Week 9 has three games with a Canadian on both sides. Three more
share a Buffalo locker room for Monday night. There are 28 Canadians in the NFL this week.
Denver at Carolina is the one to watch
Singleton, who holds dual citizenship, leads the NFL in tackles with 101 from eight games, 49
solo and 52 assisted, with two sacks. Across from him are two more. Chuba Hubbard of Sherwood Park,
Alberta, has 118 carries for 540 yards and five touchdowns. John Metchie III of Brampton, Ontario,
has 12 catches for 114. Denver is 6-2 and ranked second on our power rankings. Carolina is 3-4 and 26th. Our
model makes the Broncos favourites by 8.3 points.
Three Bills in the Monday night game
Buffalo at Minnesota is the best fixture of the week, first-ranked against third, and Buffalo
carries three Canadians into it. Dalton Kincaid leads them. He has 27 catches for 401 yards and two
touchdowns, the most productive season of any Canadian pass-catcher in the league this year. Joshua
Palmer of Brampton has four catches for 117 and two scores, which is 29 yards a catch. Michael
Hoecht of Oakville has six tackles and half a sack off the edge.
Cincinnati at Atlanta has Canadians on both sides too
Chase Brown of London, Ontario, has 94 carries for 340 yards and 36 catches for the Bengals, who
use him as much in the passing game as on the ground. Atlanta has two of its own. Matthew Bergeron
of Victoriaville, Quebec, plays on the offensive line and Sydney Brown of London is at safety. That
puts two players from the same Ontario city on opposite sidelines.
The Chargers carry three, and one province is well represented
The Chargers host Houston with three Canadians on the roster: Akheem Mesidor of Ottawa, Deane
Leonard of Calgary and Logan Taylor of Lunenburg. One province does particularly well here. Ottawa
alone has three players in the league this week, Mesidor plus Neville Gallimore of the Bears and
Wesley Bailey of the Rams.
Who is unavailable
Three are on injured reserve, though one of them now has a route back. Arizona has designated
Isaiah Adams of Ajax to return, which clears him to practise again. Tavius Robinson with Baltimore
and David Onyemata of Winnipeg with the Jets carry no such designation. Giovanni Manu of Pitt
Meadows is not on Detroit’s active roster. Elic Ayomanor is the only Canadian idle through a bye,
with Tennessee out of Week 9, which pauses a season of 13 catches for 211 yards and a touchdown
from the Medicine Hat rookie.
Jevón Holland is quietly having the best defensive season
The Coquitlam safety has three interceptions and five passes defended in six games for the
Giants, who were on bye in Week 8 and travel to Philadelphia on Sunday. Our model cannot separate
those two. It makes the Eagles favourites by 0.1 points at a 50% win probability. Holland’s
afternoon may decide more than the ranking suggests.
Every Canadian in NFL Week 9
| Player | Pos | Club | From | Week 9 | 2026 so far |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah Adams | OL | Cardinals | Ajax, ON | at Seahawks | Injured reserve, designated to return |
| Albert Reese | OT | Cardinals | Edmonton, AB | at Seahawks | Active |
| Matthew Bergeron | OL | Falcons | Victoriaville, QC | vs Bengals | Active |
| Sydney Brown | S | Falcons | London, ON | vs Bengals | Active |
| Tavius Robinson | Edge | Ravens | Guelph, ON | vs Jaguars | On injured reserve |
| Dalton Kincaid | TE | Bills | Dual citizen | at Vikings | 27 catches, 401 yards, 2 TD |
| Joshua Palmer | WR | Bills | Brampton, ON | at Vikings | 4 catches, 117 yards, 2 TD |
| Michael Hoecht | Edge | Bills | Oakville, ON | at Vikings | 6 tackles, half a sack |
| Chuba Hubbard | RB | Panthers | Sherwood Park, AB | vs Broncos | 118 carries, 540 yards, 5 TD |
| John Metchie III | WR | Panthers | Brampton, ON | vs Broncos | 12 catches, 114 yards, 1 TD |
| Neville Gallimore | DL | Bears | Ottawa, ON | vs Buccaneers | Active |
| Theo Benedet | OL | Bears | North Vancouver, BC | vs Buccaneers | Active |
| Chase Brown | RB | Bengals | London, ON | at Falcons | 94 carries, 340 yards, 36 catches |
| Alex Singleton | LB | Broncos | Dual citizen | at Panthers | 101 tackles, leads the NFL |
| Giovanni Manu | OL | Lions | Pitt Meadows, BC | at Dolphins | Not on the active roster |
| Benjamin St-Juste | CB | Packers | Montreal, QC | at Patriots | Active |
| Alaric Jackson | OL | Rams | Windsor, ON | at Commanders | Active |
| Wesley Bailey | Edge | Rams | Ottawa, ON | at Commanders | Active |
| Akheem Mesidor | Edge | Chargers | Ottawa, ON | vs Texans | Active |
| Deane Leonard | DB | Chargers | Calgary, AB | vs Texans | Active |
| Logan Taylor | G | Chargers | Lunenburg, NS | vs Texans | Active |
| Jared Wayne | WR | Dolphins | Peterborough, ON | vs Lions | 4 catches, 65 yards |
| Nathan Shepherd | DL | Saints | Ajax, ON | vs Browns | Active |
| Jevón Holland | S | Giants | Coquitlam, BC | at Eagles | 3 interceptions, 5 passes defended |
| Theo Johnson | TE | Giants | Windsor, ON | at Eagles | 4 catches, 55 yards, 1 TD |
| David Onyemata | DL | Jets | Winnipeg, MB | at Chiefs | On injured reserve |
| Kurtis Rourke | QB | 49ers | Oakville, ON | vs Raiders | Active |
| Elic Ayomanor | WR | Titans | Medicine Hat, AB | Bye | 13 catches, 211 yards, 1 TD |
Rosters and statuses verified against the league feed on 5 November 2026 and can change
through the week. Statistics are season totals through Week 8. For the model’s pick on every game,
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