{"id":120228,"date":"2025-09-04T21:13:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T21:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/120228\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T21:13:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T21:13:09","slug":"edmonton-elks-sign-defensive-lineman-jordan-williams-bgmsportstrax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/120228\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton Elks sign defensive lineman Jordan Williams \u2013 BGMSportsTrax"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Edmonton<\/a>
\nEdmonton Elks<\/p>\n

The Edmonton Elks signed<\/a> defensive lineman Jordan Williams on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Jordan Williams<\/a> is six feet five and weighs 285 pounds. The 26-year-old from Virginia Beach, Virginia, made 10 tackles, one fumble recovery, and one touchdown in ten games this year for the Toronto Argonauts. The Argonauts released him on August 26, 2025.<\/p>\n

The Miami Dolphins signed Williams as an undrafted free agent on May 13, 2022. In 2022, he made one tackle (1 assist) in one preseason game. The Dolphins released him on August 16, 2022.<\/p>\n

The Memphis Showboats (then the Tampa Bay Bandits) signed Williams on December 13, 2022. In 2023, he made 22 tackles (13 solos, 9 assists), six tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, and two pass breakups in nine games. He became a free agent after the 2023 season.<\/p>\n

The Toronto Argonauts signed Williams on January 24, 2024. In 2024, he made 12 tackles and two sacks in nine games, helping the Argonauts win the 111th Grey Cup over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.<\/p>\n

Collegiately, Williams played four seasons at Clemson<\/a> (2017-20) making 41 tackles (19 solos, 22 assists), 9.5 tackles for loss, four sacks, two pass breakups, and one forced fumble in 38 games for the Tigers. Williams was a member of the 2019 CFP National Championship team, when they beat Alabama 44-16.<\/p>\n

Then, he transferred to Virginia Tech<\/a> in 2021 making 33 tackles (10 solos, 23 assists), four tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, two quarterback hits, and one forced fumble in 11 games for the Hokies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edmonton Elks The Edmonton Elks signed defensive lineman Jordan Williams on Thursday. Jordan Williams is six feet five…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67761,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,13264,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-120228","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-canadian-football-league","11":"tag-canadianfootballleague","12":"tag-cfl","13":"tag-edmonton-elks","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}