Veteran quarterbacks Collaros, Mitchell both knocked out of Hamilton-Winnipeg game

HAMILTON — Veteran quarterbacks Zach Collaros and Bo Levi Mitchell were both knocked out of Sunday’s CFL game between the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Winnipeg starter Collaros suffered an upper-body injury early in the second quarter that knocked him out of the contest. Collaros was sacked by Hamilton’s Reggie Stubblefield and was able to walk off the field and remained on the sidelines with his helmet on but rookie Taylor Elgersma took over as the Bombers starter.

At halftime, a Bombers official said the 37-year-old Collaros wouldn’t return to the contest.

Then at 3:24 of the third, Winnipeg’s Jake Ceresna sacked Mitchell, Hamilton’s starter, and came down on Mitchell’s left leg. Mitchell, 36, was treated by medical personnel on the field before being placed on a stretcher and loaded into an ambulance that had come on to the field.

Mitchell, 36, the East Division’s top player the last two seasons, gave the crowd the thumbs up before going into the ambulance. He missed much of the 2023 season, his first with Hamilton, with a lower leg fracture.

Following an 18-minute delay, play resumed.

Veteran Tre Ford, who joined Hamilton during the off-season as a free agent, replaced Mitchell under centre.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 5, 2026.

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