{"id":427792,"date":"2026-01-23T09:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T09:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/427792\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T09:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T09:57:10","slug":"veteran-defensive-lineman-jefferson-agrees-to-one-year-extension-with-blue-bombers-nanaimonewsnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/427792\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran defensive lineman Jefferson agrees to one-year extension with Blue Bombers | NanaimoNewsNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A six-time CFL all-star, Jefferson was the league\u2019s top defensive player in 2019. He has accumulated 77 career sacks and 94 pass knockdowns, the latter being the second-most in league history.<\/p>\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/indicator-big.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Jefferson is a three-time Grey Cup champion with Edmonton (2015) and Winnipeg (2019, \u201921).<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa Redblacks re-sign American defensive back Bennett Williams<\/p>\n<p>OTTAWA \u2014 The Ottawa Redblacks re-signed American defensive back Bennett Williams to a one-year contract Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Williams, 26, was slated to become a free agent next month,<\/p>\n<p>Williams registered 26 total tackles (17 defensive) and two forced fumbles in nine regular-season games last year. <\/p>\n<p>The six-foot, 200-pound Williams enters his third campaign with Ottawa, having recorded 55 total tackles (44 defensive), one sack and two forced fumbles in 20 regular-season appearances with the Redblacks.<\/p>\n<p>Williams spent time with the Miami Dolphins in 2023 after playing collegiately at Oregon and Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 22, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A six-time CFL all-star, Jefferson was the league\u2019s top defensive player in 2019. He has accumulated 77 career&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[879,49,48,521,522,2467,520,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,2464,2465,2466,82],"class_list":["post-427792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-cfl","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-news","tag-oceanside","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427792","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=427792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}