{"id":43238,"date":"2025-08-03T23:03:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T23:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/43238\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T23:03:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T23:03:12","slug":"calgary-stampeders-sign-former-second-round-cfl-draft-pick-kyle-samson-release-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/43238\/","title":{"rendered":"Calgary Stampeders sign former second-round CFL draft pick Kyle Samson, release one"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.3downnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MG_4602trim-scaled.jpg\" data-caption=\"Photo courtesy:  Bob Butrym\/RFB Sport Photography\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/MG_4602trim-696x522.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Kyle Samson\"\/><\/a>Photo courtesy:  Bob Butrym\/RFB Sport Photography<\/p>\n<p>The Calgary Stampeders have signed Canadian defensive tackle Kyle Samson to their practice roster.<\/p>\n<p>The six-foot-three, 290-pound defender spent the first seven games of the regular season on Hamilton\u2019s practice roster before being released on July 30. He was acquired by the Tiger-Cats via trade from the Blue Bombers in April, a deal that saw Canadian running back Matthew Peterson head to Winnipeg.<\/p>\n<p data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Samson was originally selected in the second round of the 2024 CFL Draft. The University of British Columbia graduate dressed for only one game as a rookie \u2014 the Grey Cup \u2014 but didn\u2019t register any statistics.<\/p>\n<p data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The native of Hamilton, Ont. dressed for 25 collegiate games over four seasons at UBC, recording 48.5 total tackles, 6.5 sacks, and one interception. He was a two-time second-team U Sports All-Canadian and helped the Thunderbirds win the Hardy Cup and Mitchell Bowl in 2023.<\/p>\n<p data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">In a corresponding move, the Stampeders released American defensive back Bentlee Sanders.<\/p>\n<p data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The five-foot-nine, 187-pound defender has not appeared in a game this season, splitting time between the practice roster and one-game injured list. He played 16 games and made 10 starts in 2024, recording 45 defensive tackles, one interception, and two forced fumbles.<\/p>\n<p data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The Stampeders (5-3) will return to action on Saturday, August 9, when they host the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (4-3) at 7:00 p.m. EDT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo courtesy: Bob Butrym\/RFB Sport Photography The Calgary Stampeders have signed Canadian defensive tackle Kyle Samson to their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-43238","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\/43238","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=43238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}