{"id":459014,"date":"2026-02-07T04:23:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T04:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/459014\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T04:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T04:23:10","slug":"redblacks-extend-global-defensive-lineman-blessman-taala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/459014\/","title":{"rendered":"REDBLACKS extend Global defensive lineman Blessman Ta&#8217;ala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OTTAWA \u2014 The Ottawa REDBLACKS announced on Friday that the team has extended Global defensive lineman Blessman Ta\u2019ala.<\/p>\n<p>Ta\u2019ala, 26, played 17 games last season for the Ottawa REDBLACKS, registering 16 defensive tackles and four quarterback sacks.<\/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=\"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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/02\/04\/tiger-cats-sign-linebacker-wynton-mcmanis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/02\/04\/tiger-cats-sign-linebacker-wynton-mcmanis\/\" aria-label=\"Ticats sign linebacker Wynton McManis - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-original->Ticats sign linebacker Wynton McManis<\/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>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The American Samoa product has played 47 games over three seasons with the REDBLACKS (2023-25), registering 30 total tackles, including 29 defensive tackles, six quarterback sacks and one forced fumble. He was originally selected by Ottawa with the first overall pick in the 2023 CFL Global Draft after a successful collegiate career at the University of Hawaii.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OTTAWA \u2014 The Ottawa REDBLACKS announced on Friday that the team has extended Global defensive lineman Blessman Ta\u2019ala.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-459014","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\/459014","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=459014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}