A career hit for Kamloops football product Jacob Bond.
The 2nd year pro for the BC Lions has been suspended by the Canadian Football League for two games for breaking the league’s substance use policy after failing a drug test.
“Under the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the CFL Players’ Association’s joint drug policy, BC fullback Jacob Bond has been suspended for two games after testing positive for the banned substance D-amfetamine, which is classified as a non-specified stimulant on the policy’s Prohibited List,” announced the CFL on Wednesday.
D-amfetamine, otherwise known as Dextroamfetamine, is the key component of the drugs used to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, as well as narcolepsy, which is a condition where people have a sudden urge to fall asleep or, in certain rare cases, fall into REM sleep without warning.
No further details have been released by the League, or by the BC Lions.
A team official with the BC Lions has told Radio NL they do not intend to issue any statement connected to Bond’s failed drug test, directing any inquiries about Bond to the League itself.
The rest of the official statement by the CFL does not provide any additional details about the circumstances surrounding Bond’s failed test.
Instead, its an explanation of the League and Players Association rules and regulations connected to drug testing and the consequences therein for a failed test:
Bond’s status with the BC Lions moving forward remains somewhat unclear.
In fact, a search of team’s roster status on the team’s official website shows no sign of the 23-year old, with his name not showing up in the active roster, which is understandable given the suspension.
However, a further search through those not listed on the 64 man active roster finds no trace of Bond in either the 1 or 6-game injured lists, on the practice squad, the reserves or even among those who have retired.
The only mention of Jacob Bond is on the the transfer list, when he was put on the 1-game injured list on August 12th, a day before the Week 11 match up between the Lions and Stampeders in Calgary.
He subsequently does not appear on the roster for the Lions’ Week 12 clash at BC Place against Saskatchewan, or in the Lions’ trip to Ottawa last Sunday where they would best the RedBlacks to wrap up the CFL’s Week 13.
Bond, who is in his second full season with the BC Lions, is not travelling with the club this weekend.
As far as the CFL’s official website is concerned, Bond has been listed at the top of the transaction list as being under a two-game suspension.
It’s not been specified exactly when the suspension was handed down.
Radio NL has reached out the CFL Players Association for more details about Bond’s suspension, including whether this is something the Players Union might be interested in grieving.
According to his unofficial bio, Jacob Bond was born in Terrace, but moved to Savona at the age of 11.
After attending elementary and middle school in Ashcroft, Bond would transfer to South Kam, where he wouldn’t even play football until his senior year.
That was when he got a taste for football, while playing defensive end and receiver for the Titans in his graduating hear before picking up a position with the Okanagan Sun in the BC Junior Football League.
His first year, as a wide receiver, Bond would help lead the Sun to the National Championship in his 2nd season with the BC Junior Football powerhouse in the Okanagan.
This caught the attention of the BC Lions, eventually signed him to pro tryout contract in the spring of 2025.
While he wouldn’t get signed directly out of camp that year, he would pick up with the Lions in his current fullback position later on in the season, earning a Special Teams Player of the Week award last season.
Bond would stay with the Lions all the way to the West Final, where they would lose to the eventual Grey Cup winning Saskatchewan Roughriders.
This season saw Bond thrown back into an offensive role in one game, given an injury situation at the time.
But he would remain primarily on special teams, tallying 8 tackles in his first 9 games before being sidelined on August 12th with — what’s been reported as a knee injury.
