{"id":411722,"date":"2026-01-15T21:07:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T21:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/411722\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T21:07:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T21:07:07","slug":"ottawa-redblacks-wr-geno-lewis-reach-contract-extension-through-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/411722\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa Redblacks, WR Geno Lewis reach contract extension through 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Star wide receiver Geno Lewis and the Ottawa Redblacks have reached a contract extension, keeping him with the club through 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He was slated to become a free agent following the 2026 campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cGeno is a player who I\u2019ve enjoyed watching from afar for a long time,\u201d said new Redblacks head coach and general manager Ryan Dinwiddie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ottawaredblacks.com\/2026\/01\/15\/geno-lewis-signs-extension-with-redblacks-through-2027\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ottawaredblacks.com\/2026\/01\/15\/geno-lewis-signs-extension-with-redblacks-through-2027\">in a news release<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m excited for the opportunity to get to work with him and we\u2019re thrilled to have him in Ottawa through the 2027 season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 32-year-old wideout had a strong season for Ottawa in 2025, catching 75 passes for 1,012 yards and six touchdowns. It was his sixth career 1,000-yard season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Lewis began his CFL career with the Montreal Alouettes in 2017 and played five seasons there before joining the Edmonton Elks in 2023. He then signed as a free agent with the Redblacks prior to last season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Wilkes-Barre, Pa., native is a three-time CFL All-Star and has 473 receptions, 7,273 yards and 47 touchdowns during his CFL career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Star wide receiver Geno Lewis and the Ottawa Redblacks have reached a contract extension, keeping him with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411723,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[712,49,48,521,522,520,89888,82],"class_list":["post-411722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-ottawa-redblacks-sports-football-team-team-genius-sports-88019","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411722","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=411722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}