{"id":447817,"date":"2026-02-01T20:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T20:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/447817\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T20:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T20:20:11","slug":"report-malik-carney-to-sign-with-elks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/447817\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Malik Carney to sign with Elks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EDMONTON \u2014 The Edmonton Elks have reportedly agree to terms with defensive lineman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/malik-carney\/165236\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"Malik Carney\">Malik Carney<\/a> on a two-year contract, according to a report by TSN\u2019s Farhan Lalji.<\/p>\n<p>Carney was ranked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2025\/12\/05\/cfl-cas-top-30-pending-free-agents-12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">No. 12 on CFL.ca\u2019s top 30 pending free agents list<\/a>.<\/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 dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">DE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/malik-carney\/165236\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"Malik Carney\">Malik Carney<\/a> has agreed to a whopping 2-year deal with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Elks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Elks<\/a> at 270k per year. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsCentre?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@SportsCentre<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x0LEUxcKMR\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/x0LEUxcKMR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Farhan Lalji (@FarhanLaljiTSN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FarhanLaljiTSN\/status\/2018011982704652622?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carney spent the last two years with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, earning 12 sacks over a pair of seasons and helping the team win the 112th Grey Cup against the Montreal Alouettes in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Carney has appeared in 72 games over five seasons (three in Hamilton, two in Saskatchewan) in the CFL, registering 146 defensive tackles, 25 sacks, one interception and four forced fumbles.<\/p>\n<p>                                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EDMONTON \u2014 The Edmonton Elks have reportedly agree to terms with defensive lineman Malik Carney on a two-year&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":447818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-447817","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\/447817","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=447817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}