HAMILTON \u2014 The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have extended defensive back Jamal Peters through 2027, the team announced on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Peters was set to become a free agent in February and was ranked No. 22 on CFL.ca\u2019s top 30 pending free agents list.<\/a><\/p>\n Peters, 28, appeared in 16 games this season, posting 50 defensive tackles and six interceptions on his way to being named to the All-CFL and East Division\u00a0All-CFL teams.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I signed here in 2024, the organization welcomed me with open arms, and I have loved it here since,\u201d Peters said following the announcement. \u201cThey treat my family well; my wife and I just had a kid and they\u2019re just a great family organization. Then the city kind of reminds me of my hometown of Bassfield, Mississippi. It\u2019s very similar to Hamilton, so I just wanted to be here. We have unfinished business in 2026 and for those reasons, it was obvious for me to re-sign.\u201d\u00a0\u200b<\/p>\n RELATED \u00a0<\/p>\n Peters joined the Tiger-Cats as a free agent on February 13, 2024, and signed a one-year extension later that season. Before arriving in Hamilton, he spent three seasons with the Toronto Argonauts (2021\u201323), helping the team win the Grey Cup in 2022. Over five CFL seasons and 66 regular season games, he has recorded 208 defensive tackles, four special teams tackles, 21 interceptions, two forced fumbles and one quarterback sack. His career accolades include All-CFL and East Division All-CFL\u00a0nods in 2022 and 2024.<\/p>\n \u201cJamal is a difference-maker and has been a premier defensive back in our league,\u201d said Tiger-Cats head coach Scott Milanovich. \u201cHis combination of size, playmaking ability, and competitiveness elevates our entire defence. We\u2019re extremely excited to keep Jamal in the black and gold for him and his family to continue their journey here in Hamilton.\u201d<\/p>\n A Mississippi State alum, Peters played 45 games over four seasons (2015\u201318) before signing with the NFL\u2019s Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent. He also spent time with the NFL\u2019s Atlanta Falcons in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HAMILTON \u2014 The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have extended defensive back Jamal Peters through 2027, the team announced on Wednesday.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":337052,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-337051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337051","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=337051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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