{"id":351142,"date":"2025-12-17T13:23:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T13:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/351142\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T13:23:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T13:23:12","slug":"defensive-back-redha-kramdi-signs-2-year-extension-with-blue-bombers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/351142\/","title":{"rendered":"Defensive back Redha Kramdi signs 2-year extension with Blue Bombers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/manitoba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manitoba<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed Canadian defensive back Redha Kramdi to a two-year extension, the CFL club announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal-born player would have become a free agent in February<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press  \u00b7 Posted: Dec 16, 2025 2:02 PM EST | Last Updated: December 16<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Two men wearing football gear are waiting to catch a ball.\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765977792_782_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed Redha Kramdi, shown at right in 2023, to a two-year contract extension. (John Woods\/The Canadian Press)<\/p>\n<p>The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed Canadian defensive back Redha Kramdi to a two-year extension, the CFL club announced Tuesday.<\/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, in the 2021 CFL draft. He helped the Bombers win a second straight Grey Cup that year.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/corrections-clarifications-1.5893564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corrections and clarifications<\/a>\u00b7<a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/email-cbc-contact-phone-tips-news-story-1.6466536\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Submit a news tip<\/a>\u00b7Report error<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manitoba The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed Canadian defensive back Redha Kramdi to a two-year extension, the CFL&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":351143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-351142","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\/351142","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=351142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}