HAMILTON \u2014 The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have signed All-CFL National defensive back Stavros Katsantonis to a three-year contract extension, the team announced on Monday.<\/p>\n
Katsantonis was set to become a free agent in February and was ranked No. 24 on CFL.ca\u2019s top 30 pending free agents list.<\/a><\/p>\n Katsantonis, 29, appeared in 17 games in 2025, recording 69 defensive tackles, three special teams tackles and six interceptions. His performance earned him both All-CFL and East Division All-CFL honours for the first time in his career.<\/p>\n \u201cComing back to Hamilton and being locked in for another three years means a lot to me,\u201d Katsantonis said. \u201cIt\u2019s where I started my career and I take pride in continuing to grow here as a player and a leader in this organization and community. I\u2019m truly grateful for this city, and our amazing fanbase. There\u2019s nothing better than running out of the tunnel and hearing our fans on game day. Wearing this logo matters, and I\u2019m excited to get back to work with this group and keep pushing towards bringing a Grey Cup back to where it belongs in Hamilton.\u201d \u200b<\/p>\n RELATED \u00a0<\/p>\n The five-foot-nine, 193-pound native of Bakersfield, California was selected by the Tiger-Cats 36th overall in the fourth round of the 2020 CFL Draft. He signed with the club on January 21, 2021, and was most recently signed on December 4, 2023 to a two-year contract. Over five seasons in Hamilton, Katsantonis has appeared in 81 career games, tallying 200 defensive tackles, 29 special teams tackles, 12 interceptions, two forced fumbles, three quarterback sacks and one touchdown.<\/p>\n \u201cStavros is a playmaker on the field and a mainstay of our organization off it, said Hamilton Tiger-Cats head coach Scott Milanovich. \u201cBeing named a captain by his teammates in 2025 speaks volumes about the respect he\u2019s earned in our locker room. His communication in the secondary and his leadership are invaluable to what we do as a team.\u201d \u200b \u200b<\/p>\n Collegiately, Katsantonis attended the University of British Columbia, where he appeared in 43 games over four seasons (2015\u201318). He finished his UBC career with 205 total tackles, 18 interceptions, 16 pass breakups, three forced fumbles and five fumble recoveries as a Thunderbird, earning First Team All-Canadian defensive honours in three of his four seasons (2016, 2017, 2018).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HAMILTON \u2014 The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have signed All-CFL National defensive back Stavros Katsantonis to a three-year contract extension,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-390189","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\/390189","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=390189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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