{"id":417562,"date":"2026-01-18T15:12:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T15:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/417562\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T15:12:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T15:12:38","slug":"riders-sign-linebacker-jameer-thurman-to-one-year-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/417562\/","title":{"rendered":"Riders sign linebacker Jameer Thurman to one-year extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>REGINA \u2014 The Saskatchewan Roughriders announced on Monday they have signed American linebacker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/jameer-thurman\/163347\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"Jameer Thurman\">Jameer Thurman<\/a> to a one-year extension, taking his contract through the 2027 season.<\/p>\n<p>Thurman (six-foot, 230 pounds) signs his extension with the Roughriders after playing a pivotal role in the Riders\u2019 112th Grey Cup championship season. The Chicago native earned his first All-CFL accolade, becoming just the fourth middle linebacker in Rider history to receive the honour.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED<br \/>\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/01\/12\/riders-extend-defensive-back-tevaughn-campbell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Riders extend defensive back Tevaughn Campbell<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2025\/12\/05\/cfl-cas-top-30-pending-free-agents-12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2025\/12\/05\/cfl-cas-top-30-pending-free-agents-12\/\" aria-label=\"CFL.ca\u2019s top 30 pending free agents - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-original->CFL.ca\u2019s top 30 pending free agents<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/fa26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/fa26\" aria-label=\"Official 2026 Free Agent Tracker - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-original->Official 2026 Free Agent Tracker<\/a><br \/>\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/01\/09\/4-pending-free-agents-that-could-break-out-in-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/01\/09\/4-pending-free-agents-that-could-break-out-in-2026\/\" aria-label=\"3 pending free agents that could break out in 2026 - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-original->3 pending free agents that could break out in 2026<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"Subscribe to the CFL\u2019s newsletter for exclusive offers and league updates - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/newsletter\/\" data-uw-original->Subscribe to the CFL\u2019s newsletter for exclusive offers and league updates<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">UNREAL INTERCEPTION FROM JAMEER THURMAN!<\/p>\n<p>The veteran leaves his feet to make a play! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CFLGameDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#CFLGameDay<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sskroughriders?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@sskroughriders<\/a> vs. Alouettes LIVE NOW!<br \/>\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6: TSN, RDS<br \/>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8: CBSSN<br \/>\ud83c\udf0e: CFL+ <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z2L2PEHYS3\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Z2L2PEHYS3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CFL (@CFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CFL\/status\/1951798574544728393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He ranked sixth in the league in defensive tackles (86), tied for eighth in total defensive plays (100), and registered three interceptions, three sacks, three pass knockdowns, two tackles for loss, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery. The Roughrider captain was also named the CFL\u2019s top linebacker by Pro Football Focus in Week 9. Thurman capped an outstanding regular season with a productive post-season, recording a game-leading 11 defensive tackles (including one for a loss) to help the Roughriders win the 112th Grey Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Thurman earned his first career divisional All-CFL nod in 2024, his first season as a Roughrider. He appeared in 17 regular season games for the Roughriders that season, registering 76 defensive tackles, three tackles for loss, two special teams tackles, one sack, two interceptions \u2014 including one he returned 28 yards for a touchdown in Week 3 \u2014 one forced fumble, one pass knockdown, and three fumble recoveries.<\/p>\n<p>Thurman joined the Roughriders in free agency after spending the 2023 season with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He earned 98 defensive tackles and five sacks, while also adding two interceptions, one tackle for loss, four pass knockdowns, two forced fumbles, and one fumble recovery. Prior to signing with the Tiger-Cats, Thurman played four seasons (2017-18, 2021-22) with the Calgary Stampeders. He played 64 games as a Stamp, recording 267 defensive tackles, 31 special teams tackles, six sacks, six interceptions, and eight forced fumbles. He won a Grey Cup with the Stampeders in 2018. Thurman signed with the Chicago Bears in January 2019 and made 16 tackles in the preseason.<\/p>\n<p>                                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"REGINA \u2014 The Saskatchewan Roughriders announced on Monday they have signed American linebacker Jameer Thurman to a one-year&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278390,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-417562","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\/417562","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=417562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}