{"id":414250,"date":"2026-01-17T00:47:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T00:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/414250\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T00:47:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T00:47:15","slug":"toronto-argos-re-sign-linebacker-adarius-pickett-to-cfl-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/414250\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Argos re-sign linebacker Adarius Pickett to CFL deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"b-date-custom__date-item\">Updated:\u00a0January 16, 2026 at 2:23PM EST<\/p>\n<p class=\"b-date-custom__date-item\">Published:\u00a0January 16, 2026 at 2:23PM EST<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">TORONTO \u2014 Adarius Pickett is back with the Toronto Argonauts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The standout linebacker signed a one-year deal with Toronto, the team with which he enjoyed his best CFL season in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Pickett returns to Toronto after spending the past two seasons with the Ottawa Redblacks. He and the CFL club mutually agreed to part ways earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Pickett, 29, was the East Division\u2019s outstanding defensive player in 2023 with Toronto, posting career highs in tackles (105), special-teams tackles (19), sacks (six), and a forced fumble.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He was also a CFL and East all-star before being granted an early release by the Argos and ultimately signing with Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The five-foot-11, 195-pound Pickett was also an East Division All-CFL team selection in each of his two seasons with the Redblacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Pickett began his CFL career with the Montreal Alouettes (2021-22).<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 16, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated:\u00a0January 16, 2026 at 2:23PM EST Published:\u00a0January 16, 2026 at 2:23PM EST TORONTO \u2014 Adarius Pickett is back&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414251,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-414250","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-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414250","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=414250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}