[1] He was selected by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers with the tenth overall pick in the 2016 CFL Draft and signed with the club on May 21, 2016.

[2] He made the active roster following training camp and played in his first professional game on June 24, 2016, against the Montreal Alouettes.

[3] Couture played in all 18 regular season games in 2016 and made his post-season debut that year in the West Semi-Final against the BC Lions.

[3] In 2017, he again played in all 18 regular season games and, in 2018, he made his first professional start on September 8, 2018, against the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the Banjo Bowl.

[3] However, he was injured in the final regular season game and missed the team's playoff run that culminated in a 107th Grey Cup victory.