Brandon Marcel Whitaker (born September 7, 1985 in Edmond, Oklahoma) is a professional Canadian football running back for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Alouettes in 2008. He played college football for the Baylor Bears, where he majored in communications.
Whitaker is a two-time Grey Cup champion, winning back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010 with the Alouettes. In 2011, he took over the starting role from Avon Cobourne and it had huge returns as he led the CFL in rushing with 1,381 yards. He also added 638 receiving yards to surpass 2,000 yards from scrimmage and had six 100 yard rushing games.
He is the son of Denise Hill and Aaron Whitaker.
Whitaker appeared on the CBC program Hello Goodbye while awaiting for his is mother to arrive at the Pearson airport.