{"id":349709,"date":"2025-12-16T21:29:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T21:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/349709\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T21:29:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T21:29:11","slug":"blue-bombers-sign-kramdi-to-two-year-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/349709\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Bombers sign Kramdi to two-year extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WINNIPEG \u2013 The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed Canadian defensive back Redha Kramdi to a two-year extension, the CFL club announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765485674_689_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Kramdi was scheduled to become a free agent in February.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old from Montreal had 47 defensive tackles, two special teams tackles, a forced fumble and his first career interception this past season.<\/p>\n<p>He also tied a career high with eight tackles in a win over Hamilton in September, equalling a total he first set against Toronto in July 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Kramdi started 16 regular-season games and the East Division semifinal in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>He has played 72 career games since being selected by Winnipeg in the second round, 16th overall, at the 2021 CFL draft and helped the Bombers win a second straight Grey Cup that year.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRelated Videos\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Calgary Close-up: Quarterback play key if Stamps are to advance in CFL playoffs'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765920549_266_SAT_SENICK_THUMB_011125.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t9:46<br 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this past season.<\/p>\n<p>He also recorded eight defensive tackles and forced one fumble.<\/p>\n<p>Richards was selected first overall by the Alouettes at the 2022 CFL draft.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal Alouettes general manager Danny Maciocia says Richards has become one of the top special teams players in the CFL.<\/p>\n<p>The Alouettes also signed American receiver Austin Watkins Jr. to a two-year deal.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>ROUGHRIDERS BRING BACK DALKE<\/p>\n<p>REGINA \u2014 The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed Canadian defensive back Jayden Dalke to a one-year contract extension.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11578297\/bondi-beach-attack-ahmed-al-ahmed-interview\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AHMED-BONDI-BEACH-VMS.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tBondi Beach attack \u2018hero\u2019 Ahmed Al Ahmed speaks out in 1st interview\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11579798\/rob-reiner-son-nick-conan-party-deaths\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765920551_924_rob-reiner-nick-reiner.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tRob Reiner and son Nick argued at holiday party hours before deaths: reports\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old from Leduc, Alta., recorded three defensive tackles and 13 special teams tackles in 18 regular-season games for the Grey Cup-champion Roughriders in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Dalke was selected by the Roughriders in the fifth round, 4th overall, of the 2022 CFL draft.<\/p>\n<p>He has 69 defensive tackles, 31 special-teams tackles, a sack and an interception over 66 career regular-season games with Saskatchewan.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Sports<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>LIONS RE-SIGN CANADIAN DB JOSH HAGERTY<\/p>\n<p>VANCOUVER \u2014 The B.C. Lions have signed Canadian defensive back Josh Hagerty to a two-year extension.<\/p>\n<p>He was eligible to become a free agent on Feb.10.<\/p>\n<p>Hagerty, from Regina, signed with the Lions after being released by Winnipeg in July.<\/p>\n<p>He registered five special teams tackles in 10 regular-season contests with B.C.<\/p>\n<p>He appeared in both of the Lions\u2019 playoff games and helped force a special teams fumble in B.C.\u2019s Western semifinal win over Calgary.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Hagerty was selected by Toronto in the sixth round, 47th overall, of the 2021 CFL draft.<\/p>\n<p>He helped the Argonauts win a Grey Cup in 2022 before joining Edmonton for the 2024 season.<\/p>\n<p>Hagerty has 23 defensive tackles and 31 special-teams tackles over 56 career CFL games.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 16, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WINNIPEG \u2013 The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed Canadian defensive back Redha Kramdi to a two-year extension, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349710,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,943,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-349709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-calgary-stampeders","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\/349709","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=349709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}