{"id":451373,"date":"2026-02-03T15:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T15:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/451373\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T15:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T15:02:09","slug":"alouettes-release-james-letcher-jr-returner-reportedly-signing-with-riders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/451373\/","title":{"rendered":"Alouettes release James Letcher Jr.; returner reportedly signing with Riders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MONTREAL \u2014 The Montreal Alouettes announced on Monday they have released American receiver\/returner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/james-letcher-jr\/167576\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"James Letcher Jr.\">James Letcher Jr.<\/a> and American offensive lineman Jamar McGloster.<\/p>\n<p>Letcher Jr. spent three seasons in Montreal, appearing in 30 games with the Alouettes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JDunk12\/status\/2018169831493713972\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">According to a report by 3DownNation\u2019s Justin Dunk on Sunday<\/a>, Letcher Jr. has reportedly agreed to terms with the Saskatchewan Roughriders during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/01\/29\/free-agency-communication-window-opens-february-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CFL\u2019s Free Agency Communication Window<\/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\/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\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\/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 <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>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Letcher Jr. tallied 127 punt returns for 1,744 yards and two touchdowns, adding 70 more kickoff returns for 1,680 yards.<\/p>\n<p>McGloster spent three years in Montreal and appeared in 25 games with the team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MONTREAL \u2014 The Montreal Alouettes announced on Monday they have released American receiver\/returner James Letcher Jr. and American&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-451373","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\/451373","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=451373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}