Jonathan Sénécal

Jonathan Sénécal is a Canadian football quarterback for the Montreal Carabins.

Early life
Sénécal played football at Collège André-Grasset in Montreal, Quebec. He threw for a CEGEP record 3,116 yards in 2017, earning CEGEP Rookie of the Year honors. He was named CEGEP MVP in 2018. Sénécal suffered a season-ending torn ACL in the first game of the 2019 season. He played in 19 career games, completing 63 percent of his passes for 5,976 yards, and 59 touchdowns.

University career
In 2019, Sénécal signed a letter of intent to play college football at UConn but later left the school in August 2020 after UConn cancelled the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sénécal then played U Sports football for the Montreal Carabins. He won the Hec Crighton Trophy in 2023 after leading Montreal to a 7–1 regular season record while completing 69.6 percent of his passes for 2,215 yards, 15 touchdowns and four interceptions. He was also the first player in school history to win the Hec Crighton. Sénécal was named a first team All-Canadian as well. On November 25, 2023, a few days after winning the Hec Crighton, he helped Montreal win the 58th Vanier Cup by defeating UBC by a score of 16–9. He was named the Vanier Cup MVP after completing 11 of 26 passes for 171 yards and one interception while rushing for a team-leading 50 yards and a touchdown. Sénécal was named the male U Sports Athlete of the Year for the 2023–24 season.