CALGARY \u2014 The Calgary Stampeders have signed rushing leader Dedrick Mills to a two-year contract through the CFL 2027 season, the team announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Mills was eligible to become a free agent on Feb. 10.<\/p>\n
The 28-year-old from Waycross, Ga., led the league with a career-high 1,409 rushing yards in 2025 en route to earning divisional and leaguewide All-CFL honours. His 11 rushing touchdowns were also a personal best.<\/p>\n
\u201cDedrick proved in 2025 he is one of the top backs in our league,\u201d Stampeders general manager and head coach Dave Dickenson said in a team release. \u201cHe has improved each and every year since he joined the team and we look forward to seeing his best in 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m grateful to be back with the Stamps and continue building on what we started,\u201d said Mills. \u201cThis city, this locker room and this team mean a lot to me and I\u2019m ready to get back to work.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mills added 114 rushing yards in Calgary\u2019s Western semifinal loss to the B.C. Lions.<\/p>\n
Mills has rushed for 3,593 yards and 18 touchdowns in 51 career regular-season games since joining the Stampeders in 2022.<\/p>\n
He has added 98 catches for 847 receiving yards.<\/p>\n
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American defensive back Najee Murray returns to the Alouettes<\/p>\n
MONTREAL \u2014 The Alouettes have signed American defensive back Najee Murray for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n
The 31-year-old from Steubenville, Ohio, recorded 77 defensive tackles, two sacks, and two interceptions this past season. He also added two knockdowns and recovered two fumbles.<\/p>\n
Murray joined the Alouettes in 2018.<\/p>\n
He has 240 defensive tackles, nine interceptions and three sacks in 66 career games with the Alouettes.<\/p>\n
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Canadian veteran Adam Konar re-signs with Lions<\/p>\n
VANCOUVER \u2014 The B.C. Lions have signed Canadian linebacker Adam Konar to a two-year extension.<\/p>\n
Konar was eligible to become a free agent on February 10.<\/p>\n
The 32-year-old from Vancouver joined the Lions for a second stint out of free agency before the 2025 season.<\/p>\n
He had nine tackles across 14 regular-season games before an arm injury ended his season prematurely.<\/p>\n
Konar has 226 defensive tackles, 53 special-teams tackles, five sacks and four interceptions over 132 career regular-season games with Edmonton, B.C., and Calgary.<\/p>\n
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Roughriders bring back Canadian running back Bertrand-Hudon<\/p>\n
REGINA \u2014 The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed Canadian running back Thomas Bertrand-Hudon to a one-year contract extension.<\/p>\n
Bertrand-Hudon has appeared in 42 career games with the Roughriders, rushing 64 times for 365 yards and four touchdowns.<\/p>\n
He has also registered eight receptions for 50 yards, 17 kickoff returns for 413 yards, and 23 special teams tackles.<\/p>\n
The 29-year-old from Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Que., was selected by the Roughriders in the fourth round (30th overall) of the 2023 CFL draft.<\/p>\n
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Sunderland joins Ticats front office<\/p>\n
HAMILTON \u2014 Veteran CFL executive Brock Sunderland has joined the Tiger-Cats\u2019 front office as senior director of player personnel.<\/p>\n
Sunderland spent the 2025 season in the same role with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.<\/p>\n
The native of Great Falls, Mont., was general manager of Edmonton from 2017-20.<\/p>\n
He has also served as Montreal\u2019s director of scouting and was the assistant general manager in Ottawa from 2013-16, helping the Redblacks win the Grey Cup in his final year.<\/p>\n
Sunderland was a scout with the NFL\u2019s New York Jets from 2007-12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CALGARY \u2014 The Calgary Stampeders have signed rushing leader Dedrick Mills to a two-year contract through the CFL…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[712,49,84068,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-352694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-calgary-stampeders-sports-football-team-team-genius-sports-112939","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\/352694","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=352694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}