{"id":403848,"date":"2026-01-12T03:27:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T03:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/403848\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T03:27:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T03:27:17","slug":"source-stampeders-linebacker-roberts-reaches-multi-year-deal-with-minnesota-vikings-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/403848\/","title":{"rendered":"Source: Stampeders linebacker Roberts reaches multi-year deal with Minnesota Vikings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767747910_163_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJan 6, 2026 | 3:50 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>CALGARY \u2014 Former CFL linebacker Jacob Roberts has reached a multi-year agreement with the NFL\u2019s Minnesota Vikings.<\/p>\n<p>According to a CFL source, the deal covers three years. The source spoke on the condition of anonymity as the Vikings haven\u2019t announced the move.<\/p>\n<p>The six-foot-one, 233-pound Roberts had earlier worked out with the Vikings following the 2025 CFL season.<\/p>\n<p>Roberts, 24, of Charlotte, N.C., registered a team-high 93 tackles last season with the Calgary Stampeders. He also recorded nine special-teams tackles, four sacks, and one forced fumble in 18 regular-season contests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By The Canadian Press Jan 6, 2026 | 3:50 PM CALGARY \u2014 Former CFL linebacker Jacob Roberts has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392853,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-403848","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\/403848","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=403848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}