{"id":455336,"date":"2026-02-05T11:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T11:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/455336\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T11:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T11:20:12","slug":"saskatchewan-roughriders-release-marcus-major-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/455336\/","title":{"rendered":"Saskatchewan Roughriders release Marcus Major Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.3downnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GztxOHBaoAE2C4A.jpeg\" data-caption=\"Photo: CFL\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"424\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GztxOHBaoAE2C4A-696x424.jpeg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Helmet Saskatchewan Roughriders\"\/><\/a>Photo: CFL<\/p>\n<p>The Saskatchewan Roughriders have released running back Marcus Major Jr.<\/p>\n<p>The six-foot, 220-pound ball-carrier joined the team\u2019s practice roster partway through the 2025 season but didn\u2019t see any regular-season action.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old played collegiately at the University of Minnesota and University of Oklahoma, rushing for a total of 1,185 yards, catching 43 passes for 321 yards, and scoring 14 touchdowns over 47 games.<\/p>\n<p>Major Jr. had a stint with the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted NFL free agent, though he didn\u2019t dress for any regular-season games with the team.<\/p>\n<p>The Saskatchewan Roughriders finished first in the West Division standings in 2025 with a 12-6 record, finishing first in the West Division for the first time since 2019. The team went on to defeat the Montreal Alouettes in the 112th Grey Cup in Winnipeg, marking the team\u2019s first championship in 12 years. Trevor Harris went 11-5 as a starter, throwing for 4,549 yards, 24 touchdowns, and 11 interceptions.<\/p>\n<p>The Roughriders ranked second in net offence, second in net defence, and tied for third with a turnover differential of plus-eight. The club\u2019s leading rusher was A.J. Ouellette with 1,222 yards, leading receiver was KeeSean Johnson with 1,159 yards, and leading tackler was A.J. Allen with 91 tackles. Saskatchewan finished second in attendance with average crowds of 28,427, which was a 2.7 percent increase from the previous year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: CFL The Saskatchewan Roughriders have released running back Marcus Major Jr. The six-foot, 220-pound ball-carrier joined the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[166835,166836,49,48,7028,521,522,520,527,186894,2598,5400,45083,55574,186895,24373,82],"class_list":["post-455336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-3down","tag-3downnation","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-football","tag-marcus-major-jr","tag-minnesota","tag-oklahoma","tag-riders","tag-roughriders","tag-running-back","tag-saskatchewan","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455336","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=455336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}