{"id":407678,"date":"2026-01-14T02:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T02:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/407678\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T02:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T02:20:08","slug":"colts-sign-former-cfl-standout-linebacker-devin-veresuk-to-reserve-future-contract-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/407678\/","title":{"rendered":"Colts sign former CFL standout linebacker Devin Veresuk to reserve\/future contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">The Indianapolis Colts announced on Tuesday that the team has signed ex-CFL linebacker Devein Veresuk, formerly of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to a reserve\/future contract:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The listed 6,\u20192\u201d, 240 pound linebacker out of Windsor was originally the 2nd overall pick of the 2025 CFL Draft. He recorded 66 tackles, 2.0 sacks, an interception, and 2 forced fumbles during 18 games played during his debut season North of the border.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">He also had an interception and a recovery on a blocked punt for a defensive touchdown respectively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Veresuk was the recipient of the Frank M. Gibson Trophy, which is given annually to the East division\u2019s most outstanding rookie each season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">He was recently released from his contract on January 12th, to pursue an opportunity within the NFL this year\u2014presumably with Indianapolis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Colts have been active at linebacker this early offseason, already signing Veresuk, as well as fellow linebackers John Bullock and Joseph Vaughn to initial contracts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Indianapolis Colts announced on Tuesday that the team has signed ex-CFL linebacker Devein Veresuk, formerly of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,171707,171706,15655,1732,171546,82],"class_list":["post-407678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-devein-veresuk","tag-devin-veresuk","tag-hamilton-tiger-cats","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-linebacker","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407678","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=407678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}