{"id":352902,"date":"2025-12-18T08:40:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T08:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/352902\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T08:40:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T08:40:08","slug":"calgary-stampeders-re-sign-rushing-leader-dedrick-mills-to-two-year-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/352902\/","title":{"rendered":"Calgary Stampeders re-sign rushing leader Dedrick Mills to two-year extension"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photo: The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

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

Mills added 114 rushing yards in Calgary’s 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’ 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’s 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’s New York Jets from 2007-12.<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 17, 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: The Canadian Press CALGARY \u2014 The Calgary Stampeders have signed rushing leader Dedrick Mills to a two-year…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352903,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-352902","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\/352902","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=352902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}