{"id":442407,"date":"2026-01-30T06:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T06:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/442407\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T06:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T06:12:10","slug":"stampeders-extend-linebacker-kyle-wilson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/442407\/","title":{"rendered":"Stampeders extend linebacker Kyle Wilson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CALGARY \u2014 The Calgary Stampeders have signed American linebacker Kyle Wilson to a contract extension, the team announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>A veteran of 65 Canadian Football League games over five seasons, the Wichita, Kan., product had been eligible to become a free agent on Feb. 10.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2876544 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769710928_456_FreeAgencyLogo2026-800x642.png\"   alt=\"2026 CFL FREE AGENCY\" width=\"167\" height=\"134\" data-uw-rm-alt-original=\"\" data-uw-rm-alt=\"CT\"\/>2026 CFL FREE AGENCY<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\/2026\/01\/27\/landrys-5-takeaways-from-free-agency-so-far\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/01\/27\/landrys-5-takeaways-from-free-agency-so-far\/\" aria-label=\"Landry\u2019s 5 takeaways from Free Agency so far - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-original->Landry\u2019s 5 takeaways from Free Agency so far<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/category\/free-agency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/category\/free-agency\/\" aria-label=\"More 2026 Free Agency news and analysis - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-original->More 2026 Free Agency news and analysis<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/01\/16\/3-bold-free-agency-predictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/01\/16\/3-bold-free-agency-predictions\/\" aria-label=\"3 bold free agency predictions - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-original->3 bold free agency predictions<\/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>Wilson signed with the Stampeders on June 26, 2025, after starting the season with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. In 16 combined games with the two teams, Wilson had 67 defensive tackles including one tackle for loss, six special teams tackles, one forced fumble and one knockdown.<\/p>\n<p>In 65 career CFL contests, he has 216 defensive tackles including nine tackles for loss, 16 special teams takedowns, two sacks, four forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, one interception and four knockdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to coming to Canada, Wilson was a second-team Sun Belt Conference all-star in his senior season at Arkansas State and spent time on National Football League practice squads with the Philadelphia Eagles and the Los Angeles Chargers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CALGARY \u2014 The Calgary Stampeders have signed American linebacker Kyle Wilson to a contract extension, the team announced&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-442407","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\/442407","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=442407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}