{"id":154147,"date":"2025-09-19T04:35:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T04:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/154147\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T04:35:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T04:35:09","slug":"saskatchewan-roughriders-sign-dl-kevin-orange-jr-to-a-future-contract-bgmsportstrax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/154147\/","title":{"rendered":"Saskatchewan Roughriders sign DL Kevin Orange Jr. to a future contract \u2013 BGMSportsTrax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgmsportstrax.com\/2024\/08\/21\/saskatchewan-roughriders-place-rb-a-j-ouellette-and-wr-mitchell-picton-on-the-six-game-injured-list\/roughriders-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758256509_641_Roughriders-2.jpg\" alt=\"Saskatchewan Roughriders\" title=\"Roughriders 2\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nSaskatchewan Roughriders<\/p>\n<p>The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed defensive lineman Kevin Orange Jr. to a future contract that begins in 2026 on Thursday according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/transactions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CFL Transactions<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Orange Jr. is six foot four and weighs 240 pounds. A native of Kansas City, Missouri, Orange Jr. went undrafted in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Collegiately, Orange Jr. began at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.njcaa.org\/sports\/fball\/2019-20\/players\/kevinorangejrnway?view=profile\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arkansas Baptist College<\/a> in 2019 as a running back. In 2018, he had 41 carries for 223 yards and one rushing touchdown in eight games for the Buffaloes.<\/p>\n<p>Next, he transferred to <a href=\"https:\/\/kuathletics.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/kevin-orange-jr-\/4010\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kansas<\/a> in 2021, switching to defensive end. He appeared in one game for the Jayhawks against West Virginia. Next, he transferred to <a href=\"https:\/\/riderangersride.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/kevin-orange\/6001\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Northwestern Oklahoma State University<\/a> in 2023 with 12 tackles (9 solos, 3 assists), three tackles for loss, and one force fumble in eight games for the Rangers.<\/p>\n<p>Then, he transferred to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gujackets.com\/sports\/fball\/2024-25\/bios\/orange_jr_kevin_5zz2?view=splits&amp;pos=allp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Graceland University<\/a> in 2024 with 41 tackles (26 solos, 15 assists), 16 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks, two pass breakups, and two forced fumbles in 11 games for the Yellow Jackets. He was named First Team All-Heart of America Conference, and he was invited to the FCS National Bowl in Daytona Beach, Florida.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saskatchewan Roughriders The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed defensive lineman Kevin Orange Jr. to a future contract that begins in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,4400,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-154147","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-saskatchewan-roughriders","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154147","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=154147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}