{"id":195556,"date":"2025-10-07T17:32:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T17:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/195556\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T17:32:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T17:32:14","slug":"elks-sign-star-rb-justin-rankin-to-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/195556\/","title":{"rendered":"Elks sign star RB Justin Rankin to extension"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted October 7, 2025 1:18 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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EDMONTON \u2013 The Edmonton Elks have signed star running back Justin Rankin through the 2027 CFL season, the team announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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The 28-year-old enters Week 19 of this season second in the league with 12 touchdowns (eight rushing, four receiving) and fourth in yards from scrimmage with 1,471 (838 rushing, 633 receiving).<\/p>\n

Rankin became just the second Edmonton player to record over 200 yards rushing in a game when he ran for 204 yards on 16 carries in a 31-19 win over Calgary on Sept. 6<\/p>\n

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That performance included a 90-yard rushing touchdown, the longest in the CFL since 2000 and the longest from an Edmonton player since Jim Germany\u2019s 94-yard run in 1977.<\/p>\n

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Rankin joined the Elks in training camp before the 2024 season, but he was cut on May 19. He re-signed with the club on July 21 and rushed for 765 yards on 98 carries for a league-best 7.8 yards per carry.<\/p>\n

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Rankin was a star in the Indoor Football League (2021-2023) before joining the Elks. He finished second in the league in both rushing yards (923) and touchdowns (45) as a member of the Bay Area Panthers in 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited to be staying in Edmonton for the next two seasons,\u201d Rankin said in a release. \u201cI feel the city and the fans have embraced me, and I love the direction this team is going.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Elks enter a game Saturday against visiting Winnipeg in fifth place in the West Division at 6-9.<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 7, 2025.<\/p>\n

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