{"id":370816,"date":"2025-12-26T21:41:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T21:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/370816\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T21:41:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T21:41:08","slug":"a-well-deserved-contract-for-a-cfl-star-player-from-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/370816\/","title":{"rendered":"A well-deserved contract for a CFL star player from Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Saskatchewan Roughriders have confirmed their confidence in Samuel Emilus by granting him a two-season contract extension.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"657\" data-end=\"970\">The announcement, made by the Canadian Football League, rewards the growing impact of the Canadian receiver, who has become a key element of the green-and-white attack.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"972\" data-end=\"1386\">A native of Montreal and a product of Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois football, Emilus made a spectacular impact at the most recent Grey Cup. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rds.ca\/football\/lcf\/article\/samuel-emilus-demeure-en-saskatchewan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">In an emotionally-charged duel against the Montreal Alouettes, he shone by catching ten passes for 108 yards, contributing directly to the Roughriders&#8217; 25-17 victory. <\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"972\" data-end=\"1386\">His outstanding performance earned him the title of Canadiens&#8217; Player of the Game.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1388\" data-end=\"1728\">His influence was not limited to the grand final. In the Western final, Emilus once again dominated his team&#8217;s aerial play with nine receptions for 100 yards. In the most crucial moments, the six-foot, 200-pound receiver showed he could be a reliable and decisive option.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1730\" data-end=\"2016\">Despite a regular season shortened to seven games in 2025, the 28-year-old displayed impressive productivity. He totaled 588 yards and two touchdowns thanks to 37 catches, confirming his ability to produce when healthy and fully integrated into the offensive plan.<\/p>\n<p>An upward trajectory for a Canadian talent<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2074\" data-end=\"2403\">Selected in the first round, seventh overall in the 2022 CFL draft, Samuel Emilus continues to justify the expectations placed upon him.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2074\" data-end=\"2403\">This contract extension symbolizes both recognition of his performance and the Roughriders&#8217; desire to rely on Canadian talent to remain competitive.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2405\" data-end=\"2609\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">By securing Emilus for the medium term, Saskatchewan is sending a clear message: the Montreal receiver is now an integral part of the core on which the franchise intends to build its future success.<\/p>\n<p>This content was created with the help of AI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Saskatchewan Roughriders have confirmed their confidence in Samuel Emilus by granting him a two-season contract extension. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-370816","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-canadian-football-league","11":"tag-canadianfootballleague","12":"tag-cfl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370816","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=370816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}