The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed veteran defensive back Deatrick Nichols to a one-year contract extension, the CFL club announced Thursday.<\/p>\n
He was scheduled to become a free agent in February.<\/p>\n
Nichols had 37 defensive tackles and 13 pass knockdowns in 2025, his fifth year with the Bombers.<\/p>\n
His pass knockdowns were second only to teammate Willie Jefferson\u2019s league-leading 16.<\/p>\n
Nichols, a two-time All-CFL selection, helped the Bombers win the Grey Cup as a rookie in 2021 and has missed just two games since joining the team.<\/p>\n
The 31-year-old from Miami has 211 tackles and seven interceptions, including one returned for a touchdown, in 82 CFL games.<\/p>\n
Lions add former Tampa Bay Buccaneer<\/p>\n
VANCOUVER \u2014 The B.C. Lions have signed American running back Peyton Barber.<\/p>\n
Barber appeared in 63 games with the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2016-19.<\/p>\n
He rushed for 1,987 yards and 15 touchdowns on 551 carries and added 57 receptions for 349 yards and a pair of touchdowns over that span.<\/p>\n
He also appeared with the Washington Commanders in 2020 and the Las Vegas Raiders in 2021.<\/p>\n
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Riders extend Canadian DB Ford <\/p>\n
REGINA \u2014 The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed defensive back Jaxon Ford to a contract extension.<\/p>\n
The 25-year-old Regina native was selected by the Roughriders in the second round, 11th overall, of the 2023 CFL draft.<\/p>\n
Ford has appeared in 31 regular-season games as a Roughrider, making four starts at safety, and has registered 19 defensive tackles.<\/p>\n
He has also produced 11 special teams tackles.<\/p>\n
Ticats sign Canadian receiver Fervius<\/p>\n
HAMILTON \u2014 The Tiger-Cats have signed Canadian wide receiver Shedler Fervius.<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old from Toronto appeared in 19 games with the Montreal Alouettes from 2023 to 2025, recording seven receptions for 87 yards.<\/p>\n
He spent time on the Tiger-Cats\u2019 practice roster during the 2025 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed veteran defensive back Deatrick Nichols to a one-year contract extension, the CFL…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-353963","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\/353963","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=353963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}