{"id":378625,"date":"2025-12-31T04:05:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T04:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/378625\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T04:05:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T04:05:12","slug":"edmonton-elks-re-sign-wr-ayir-asante-and-dl-gavin-meyer-bgmsportstrax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/378625\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton Elks re-sign WR Ayir Asante and DL Gavin Meyer \u2013 BGMSportsTrax"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Edmonton<\/a>
\nEdmonton Elks<\/p>\n

The Edmonton Elks re-signed wide receiver Ayir Asante and defensive lineman Gavin Meyer on Tuesday according to the CFL Transactions<\/a> page.<\/p>\n

Ayir Asante<\/a> is six foot and weighs 178 pounds. The 24-year-old from Franklin Township, New Jersey, signed with the Ottawa Redblacks on January 21, 2025.<\/p>\n

In 2025, he made three catches for 27 yards, two kick returns for 43 yards, and four punt returns for 22 yards in one preseason game to earn a spot on the practice squad. The Redblacks released him on June 17, 2025. The Edmonton Elks signed Asante to the practice squad on August 27, 2025. The Elks released him on October 25, 2025.<\/p>\n

The New York Giants signed Asante as an undrafted free agent on May 10, 2024. In 2024, Asante made one catch for no yards, two kick returns for 71 yards, and two punt returns for 13 yards in three preseason games. The Giants released him on August 25, 2024.<\/p>\n

Collegiately, Asante played four seasons at Holy Cross<\/a> (2019-22) with 117 catches for 1,718 yards, 16 touchdowns, four carries for 66 yards, one touchdown, 26 kick returns for 485 yards, three punt returns for two yards, and six tackles (5 solos, 1 assist) in 40 games for the Crusaders. He was named a three-time Second Team All-Patriot League (2019-21).<\/p>\n

Then, he transferred to Wyoming<\/a> in 2023 with 18 catches for 276 yards, four touchdowns, four carries for 11 yards, one touchdown, and eight kick returns for 166 yards in 11 games for the Cowboys.<\/p>\n

Gavin Meyer<\/a> is six foot three and weighs 290 pounds. The 23-year-old from Franklin, Wisconsin, attended the Miami Dolphins rookie minicamp in 2025. He also worked out for the Denver Broncos. The Edmonton Elks signed Meyer to the practice squad on September 16, 2025. The Elks released him on October 25, 2025.<\/p>\n

Collegiately, Meyer played four seasons at Wyoming<\/a> (2020-23) with 67 tackles (34 solos, 33 assists), 8.5 tackles for loss, four sacks, one forced fumble, and two blocked kicks in 32 games for the Cowboys. Then, he transferred to USC<\/a> in 2024 with 32 tackles (18 solos, 14 assists), two tackles for loss, one sack, three pass breakups, and one blocked kick in 13 games for the Trojans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edmonton Elks The Edmonton Elks re-signed wide receiver Ayir Asante and defensive lineman Gavin Meyer on Tuesday according…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67761,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,13264,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-378625","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-edmonton-elks","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378625","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=378625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}