{"id":394930,"date":"2026-01-07T23:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T23:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/394930\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T23:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T23:41:10","slug":"b-c-lions-release-defensive-back-robert-carter-to-pursue-nfl-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/394930\/","title":{"rendered":"B.C. Lions release defensive back Robert Carter to pursue NFL opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">VANCOUVER \u2014 The B.C. Lions released Robert Carter Jr., on Wednesday to allow the American defensive back to pursue NFL opportunities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The five-foot-10, 175-pound Carter appeared in 18 regular-season games in 2025, his first in the CFL. He recorded five interceptions and one forced fumble while scoring a defensive touchdown for the Lions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Carter has since reportedly signed a deal with the NFL\u2019s Indianapolis Colts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cRobert earned every bit of this opportunity,\u201d Lions general manager Ryan Rigmaiden said in a statement. \u201cAs a rookie, he started every game, performed at a very high level and made some of the most outstanding individual plays we\u2019ve seen in recent memory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWhile it always hurts to lose a player of his calibre, we\u2019re excited he\u2019ll get the opportunity to live out his dream of playing in the NFL.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 7, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VANCOUVER \u2014 The B.C. Lions released Robert Carter Jr., on Wednesday to allow the American defensive back to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-394930","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\/394930","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=394930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}