{"id":444030,"date":"2026-01-30T23:53:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T23:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/444030\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T23:53:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T23:53:17","slug":"elks-release-canadian-qb-ford-commit-to-fajardo-for-2026-cfl-season-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/444030\/","title":{"rendered":"Elks release Canadian QB Ford, commit to Fajardo for 2026 CFL season"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Edmonton Elks quarterback Cody Fajardo went 6-7 in 2025, passing for 3,408 yards, 14 touchdowns and seven interceptions.DARRYL DYCK\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

The Edmonton Elks have released Canadian quarterback Tre Ford and committed to Cody Fajardo under centre for the upcoming CFL season.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old Ford, from Niagara Falls, Ont., started the 2025 season as the Elks\u2019 starting quarterback but lost the job to Fajardo after a 1-4 start to the season.<\/p>\n

Fajardo, who was traded by the Alouettes to Edmonton in December 2024 after being displaced in Montreal by rising star Davis Alexander, went 6-7 for the remainder of the season and passed for 3,408 yards, 14 touchdowns and seven interceptions.<\/p>\n

Ford was originally selected by the club in the first round (eighth overall) of the 2022 CFL Draft. <\/p>\n

In 60 career games with the Elks, Ford passed for 4,651 yards, 29 touchdowns, and 19 interceptions.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old Fajardo, from Brea, Calif., is entering his 11th CFL season. He was named the MVP of the 2023 Grey Cup when he led Montreal to a 28-24 win over Winnipeg.<\/p>\n

The commitment to Fajardo comes a day after the Elks signed star receiver Austin Mack, who was a favourite target of Fajardo that season.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe a fresh start is in the best interests of both Tre and the organization,\u201d Elks general manager Ed Hervey said in a release.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis decision should not be viewed as a reflection of Tre\u2019s character or ability as a player, but rather as a strategic move aligned with our goal of building the most competitive football team possible for 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Edmonton Elks quarterback Cody Fajardo went 6-7 in 2025, passing for 3,408 yards,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,521,875,522,520,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,82,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-444030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadian-news","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444030","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=444030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}