{"id":348626,"date":"2025-12-16T09:47:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T09:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/348626\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T09:47:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T09:47:08","slug":"blue-bombers-ink-home-grown-running-back-oliveira-to-three-year-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/348626\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Bombers ink home-grown running back Oliveira to three-year extension"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback Zach Collaros (8) hands off to Brady Oliveira (20) during a game against the Saskatchewan Roughriders earlier in the 2025 season. Oliveira signed a three-year extension with his hometown club on Monday, preventing him from hitting the free agent market.John Woods\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed star running back Brady Oliveira to a three-year contract extension, the CFL club announced Monday.<\/p>\n

He was set to become a free agent in February.<\/p>\n

Oliveira, a 28-year-old from Winnipeg, rushed for 1,163 yards and three touchdowns in 2025 and set career highs in receiving with 61 receptions for 546 yards.<\/p>\n

He was named the CFL\u2019s outstanding player in 2024 when he ran for 1,353 yards, earning a second straight league rushing title. He ran in three touchdowns and added another through the air.<\/p>\n

He had career highs in 2023 with 13 touchdowns (nine rushing, four receiving) and 1,534 rushing yards.<\/p>\n

Oliveira was named top Canadian and was an all-CFL selection in 2023 and 2024.<\/p>\n

Oliveira was selected by the Blue Bombers in the second round, 14th overall, in the 2019 CFL draft out of North Dakota. <\/p>\n

He has since suited up for 83 games for the club, scoring 27 touchdowns and helping the team win Grey Cup titles in 2019 and 2021.<\/p>\n

Oliveira was scheduled to speak at a media conference Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback Zach Collaros (8) hands off to Brady Oliveira (20)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348627,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,521,875,522,520,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,82,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-348626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadian-news","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348626","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=348626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}