{{Short description|Canadian gridiron football player (born 1997)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox Canadian Football League biography | name = Patrice Rene | team = BC Lions | image = 2024, 24, Patrice Rene.jpg | image_upright = 1 | caption = Rene with the BC Lions in 2024 | status = Active | import = no | position1 = Defensive back | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|11|19}} | birth_place = Port-au-Prince, Haiti | death_date = | death_place = | number = 24 | college = Rutgers<br>North Carolina | high_school = Episcopal High | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | weight_lbs = 206 | CFLDraftedYear = 2021 | CFLDraftedRound = 3 | CFLDraftedPick = 21 | playing_years1 = {{CFL Year|2022}} | playing_team1 = Winnipeg Blue Bombers | playing_years2 = {{CFL Year|2023}}–present | playing_team2 = BC Lions | career_footnotes = | career_highlights = | Honours = | CFL = patrice-rene/166255/ }}
'''Patrice Rene''' (born November 19, 1997) is a Haitian professional Canadian football defensive back for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
==Early life== Rene was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to parents Marie and Pierre and has three brothers and one sister.<ref name=profile/> His family later moved to Ottawa, Ontario, where he grew up.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-raised-players-set-to-blitz-nfl-1.6346550 |title=5 Ottawa-raised players set to blitz NFL draft |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=February 12, 2022}}</ref> Rene played his high school football at Episcopal High School in Virginia where he played for head coach Panos Voulgaris.
==College career== Rene originally committed to playing for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in 2016, but changed to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill after Rutgers underwent a coaching change prior to his arrival.<ref name=profile>{{cite web|url=https://www.bluebombers.com/2021/05/13/draft-profile-patrice-rene/ |title=Draft Profile {{!}} Patrice Rene |publisher=Winnipeg Blue Bombers |date=May 13, 2021}}</ref><ref name=circle>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/2021/06/patrice-renes-full-circle-journey-finally-brings-him-to-rutgers.html |title=Patrice Rene's 'full circle' journey finally brings him to Rutgers |publisher=Rutgers Scarlet Knights football |date=June 7, 2021}}</ref> He played college football for the Tar Heels from 2016 to 2020, while using a redshirt season in 2019 due to an ACL injury.<ref name=circle/><ref name=Rutgers>{{cite web|url=https://scarletknights.com/sports/football/roster/patrice-rene/10422 |title=Patrice Rene |publisher=Rutgers Scarlet Knights |access-date=November 11, 2023}}</ref><ref name=BCbio>{{cite web|url=https://www.bclions.com/players/patrice-rene/166255/ |title=Patrice Rene |publisher=BC Lions |access-date=November 11, 2023}}</ref> He played in 45 games, starting in 26, where he had 103 total tackles, two interceptions, and one forced fumble.<ref name=LionSign>{{cite web|url=https://3downnation.com/2023/05/05/b-c-lions-sign-canadian-cornerback-patrice-rene-four-others/ |title=B.C. Lions sign Canadian cornerback Patrice Rene, four others |publisher=3DownNation |date=May 5, 2023}}</ref>
After finishing his degree, Rene transferred to Rutgers University, as he originally intended, to complete a master's degree.<ref name=profile/><ref name=circle/> While playing for the Scarlet Knights, he dressed in five games and recorded eight tackles.<ref name=LionSign/>
==Professional career== ===Winnipeg Blue Bombers=== Rene was drafted in the third round, 21st overall, by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the 2021 CFL draft.<ref name=profile/> However, he completed his college eligibility that year and signed with the team for the following season on May 4, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2022/05/04/bombers-sign-trio-of-players-including-21-draft-pick-patrice-rene/ |title=Bombers sign trio of players including '21 Draft pick Patrice Rene |publisher=Canadian Football League |date=May 4, 2022}}</ref> Following training camp in 2022, he began the season on the team's practice roster.<ref name=2022Notes>{{cite web|url=https://winnipegsun.com/sports/football/cfl/winnipeg-bluebombers/bombers-trim-down-roster-name-practice-squad-after-of-week-1 |title=Bombers trim down roster, name practice squad ahead of Week 1 |publisher=Winnipeg Blue Bombers |date=June 4, 2022}}</ref> He then made his professional debut in Week 12, on August 25, 2022, against the Calgary Stampeders, but was injured on a kickoff and was out for the remainder of the season.<ref name=LionSign/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/cfl-calgary-stampeders-winnipeg-blue-bombers-recap-august-25-1.6561702 |title=Bombers sign trio of players including '21 Draft pick Patrice Rene |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=May 4, 2022}}</ref> He was later released shortly after the end of the season on December 2, 2022.<ref name=cut>{{cite web|url=https://3downnation.com/2022/12/02/bombers-cut-canadian-defensive-backs-malcolm-thompson-patrice-rene/ |title=Bombers cut Canadian defensive backs Malcolm Thompson, Patrice Rene |publisher=3DownNation |date=December 2, 2022}}</ref>
===BC Lions=== On May 5, 2023, Rene signed with the BC Lions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bclions.com/2023/05/05/lions-sign-four-including-former-winnipeg-draft-pick-patrice-rene/ |title=Lions sign five including former Winnipeg draft pick Patrice Rene |publisher=BC Lions |date=May 11, 2022}}</ref> He made the team's opening day active roster in 2023, primarily playing on special teams.<ref name=2023Notes>{{cite web |url=https://d3ham790trbkqy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/2023_CFL_Gm_Notes_94_Wpg_vs_BC_WF.pdf |title=Game Notes |publisher=Canadian Football League |access-date=November 11, 2023 |archive-date=November 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111040017/https://d3ham790trbkqy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/2023_CFL_Gm_Notes_94_Wpg_vs_BC_WF.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> He played in 16 regular season games where he recorded 12 special teams tackles.<ref name=BCbio/> Rene earned a starting defensive role for BC in 2024, and recorded his first career sack on Edmonton Elks quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson on June 27, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theprovince.com/sports/nfl-bound-but-patrice-rene-with-bc-lions |title=He was NFL-bound until he wasn't. Now Patrice Rene is back on track with the B.C. Lions |publisher=The Province |date=July 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240708003650/https://theprovince.com/sports/nfl-bound-but-patrice-rene-with-bc-lions|archive-date=July 8, 2024}}</ref> In 17 regular season games, Rene recorded 36 defensive tackles and 14 special teams tackles.<ref name=BCbio/> On December 28, 2024, Rene signed a two-year contract extension with BC.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bclions.com/2024/12/28/rene-stays-in-black-and-orange-through-2026/ |title=Rene Stays In Black And Orange Through 2026 |publisher=BC Lions |date=December 28, 2024}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://www.bclions.com/players/patrice-rene/166255/ BC Lions bio] *{{commonscatinline}}
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