{"id":469502,"date":"2026-02-12T04:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T04:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/469502\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T04:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T04:59:09","slug":"cfl-award-winner-lorenzo-mauldin-iv-added-to-louisville-kings-ufl-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/469502\/","title":{"rendered":"CFL award-winner Lorenzo Mauldin IV added to Louisville Kings UFL roster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.3downnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/MG_2081-scaled.jpg\" data-caption=\"Photo:  Bob Butrym\/3DownNation. All rights reserved.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MG_2081-696x464.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Lorenzo Mauldin IV\"\/><\/a>Photo:  Bob Butrym\/3DownNation. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>The Louisville Kings have added veteran CFL defensive lineman <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LozoIV\/status\/2021758753364697108?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Lorenzo Mauldin IV<\/a> to the team\u2019s roster, per the United Football League\u2019s transaction wire.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mauldin was traded from the Ottawa Redblacks to the Calgary Stampeders at the CFL trade deadline in 2025. In 15 games split between the two teams, he recorded 26 defensive tackles and two sacks.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old was a two-time All-CFL selection at defensive end during his four years in the nation\u2019s capital. He became a household name in 2022 when he recorded 17 sacks en route to winning the three-down league\u2019s Most Outstanding Defensive Player award.<\/p>\n<p>In 91 career games with the Stamps, Redblacks, and Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Mauldin has registered 163 defensive tackles, 12 special teams tackles, 36 quarterback sacks, and six forced fumbles.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Louisville product was originally selected in the third round, 82nd overall during the 2015 NFL Draft by the New York Jets. He spent three seasons in the NFL, recording 33 tackles, 6.5 sacks, and one forced fumble while earning over $5.3 million USD.<\/p>\n<p>Mauldin was a pending CFL free agent but did not re-sign with Calgary and remains free to sign with any team in Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Bob Butrym\/3DownNation. All rights reserved. The Louisville Kings have added veteran CFL defensive lineman Lorenzo Mauldin IV&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":469503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[166835,166836,49,2798,48,7028,521,522,520,527,14108,55559,2002,93658,6395,177161,514,20739,70504,82,55630,137438],"class_list":["post-469502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-3down","tag-3downnation","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada","tag-canadian","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-football","tag-free-agency","tag-kings","tag-league","tag-lorenzo-mauldin-iv","tag-louisville","tag-louisville-kings","tag-nfl","tag-ottawa","tag-redblacks","tag-sports","tag-stampeders","tag-ufl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469502","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=469502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}