{"id":449862,"date":"2026-02-02T21:27:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T21:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/449862\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T21:27:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T21:27:20","slug":"lions-sign-offensive-lineman-andrew-peirson-to-one-year-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/449862\/","title":{"rendered":"Lions sign offensive lineman Andrew Peirson to one-year extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>VANCOUVER \u2014 The BC Lions have signed\u00a0National offensive lineman Andrew Peirson to a one-year contract extension, the team announced on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Peirson was eligible to become a free agent on February 10.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Kingston, Ontario native is coming off a 2025 season where he dressed in all 18 regular season contests and two more in the Grey Cup Playoffs, filling in as the starting centre between Weeks 6 and 13.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2876544 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FreeAgencyLogo2026-800x642.png\"   alt=\"2026 CFL FREE AGENCY\" width=\"164\" height=\"132\" data-uw-rm-alt-original=\"\" data-uw-rm-alt=\"CT\"\/>2026 CFL FREE AGENCY<br \/>\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/02\/02\/lions-sign-defensive-back-t-j-lee-to-one-year-extension\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Lions sign defensive back T.J. Lee to one-year extension<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/01\/29\/where-every-cfl-team-stands-ahead-of-free-agency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/01\/29\/where-every-cfl-team-stands-ahead-of-free-agency\/\" aria-label=\"Where every CFL team stands ahead of Free Agency - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-original->Where every CFL team stands ahead of Free Agency<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/01\/29\/free-agency-communication-window-opens-february-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/01\/29\/free-agency-communication-window-opens-february-1\/\" aria-label=\"Free Agency Communication Window opens February 1 - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-original->Free Agency Communication Window opens February 1<\/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\/02\/01\/what-you-missed-from-the-first-day-of-the-free-agency-communication-window\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/02\/01\/what-you-missed-from-the-first-day-of-the-free-agency-communication-window\/\" aria-label=\"What you missed from the first day of the Free Agency Communication Window - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-original->What you missed from the first day of the Free Agency Communication Window<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peirson ended the season by winning the Tom Pate Memorial Trophy given annually to the CFL Player who best demonstrates sportsmanship and community service. He has won the Lions\u2019 Jamie Taras Award for best community service on five occasions: 2019, 2021, 2023-25.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Originally signed by the club as a non-drafted free agent in May 2018, Peirson\u2019s 86 regular season appearances are fourth amongst active Lion players behind T.J. Lee III, Garry Peters and Isaiah Messam. Peirson has seen action at multiple positions along the offensive line. He also caught two passes for 20 yards in the 2024 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VANCOUVER \u2014 The BC Lions have signed\u00a0National offensive lineman Andrew Peirson to a one-year contract extension, the team&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-449862","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\/449862","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=449862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}