{"id":426986,"date":"2026-01-23T00:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T00:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/426986\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T00:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T00:46:08","slug":"former-new-england-patriot-pene-added-to-cfls-2026-global-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/426986\/","title":{"rendered":"Former New England Patriot Pene added to CFL\u2019s 2026 Global list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769129168_923_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJan 22, 2026 | 4:42 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>TORONTO \u2014 Defensive lineman Wilfried Pene will now try his hand at playing professional football in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>A CFL spokesman confirmed Thursday that the former New England Patriot is on the league\u2019s 2026 Global list, making him eligible for this year\u2019s draft. <\/p>\n<p>The six-foot-three, 283-pound Pene \u2014 whose full name is pronounced will-uh-fred PEN\u2019-aye \u2014 could also work out at the CFL\u2019s national combine in Edmonton from March 27-29 if his international paperwork is in order.<\/p>\n<p>Pene, 25, of Tours, France, played collegiately at Virginia Tech, both as a tight end and defensive lineman. He appeared in 34 games for the Hokies, registering 73 total tackles (nine for loss) with five sacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By The Canadian Press Jan 22, 2026 | 4:42 PM TORONTO \u2014 Defensive lineman Wilfried Pene will now&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426987,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-426986","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\/426986","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=426986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}