{"id":487909,"date":"2026-02-20T15:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/487909\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T15:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:36:08","slug":"receiver-dominique-rhymes-announces-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/487909\/","title":{"rendered":"Receiver Dominique Rhymes announces retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CALGARY \u2014 American receiver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/dominique-rhymes\/163356\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"Dominique Rhymes\">Dominique Rhymes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DU--aA_ja_V\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">announced on social media\u00a0on Friday<\/a> that he is retiring from professional football, bringing the curtain down on an eight-season run that saw him establish himself as one of the Canadian Football League\u2019s most reliable big-play targets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter nearly a decade in the CFL, I\u2019m officially hanging up the cleats,\u201d said Rhymes. \u201cFrom my first snap in Little league to every touchdown I\u2019ve ever scored, this game has given me more than I could ever put into words.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rhymes finishes his career with 372 receptions for 5,822 yards and 32 touchdowns, suiting up for the Ottawa REDBLACKS (2017\u20132019, 2024), BC Lions (2021\u20132023) and Calgary Stampeders (2025). Known for his size, catch radius and physicality at the point of attack, the six-foot-four pass-catcher\u00a0carved out a reputation as a dependable possession receiver who could also stretch the field.<\/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\/fa26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/fa26\/\" aria-label=\"CFL Free Agent Tracker: Follow every move here - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-original->CFL Free Agent Tracker: Follow every move here<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/02\/10\/a-team-by-team-look-at-2026-cfl-free-agency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/02\/10\/a-team-by-team-look-at-2026-cfl-free-agency\/\" aria-label=\"A team-by-team look at 2026 CFL Free Agency - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-original->A team-by-team look at 2026 CFL Free Agency<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/02\/10\/3-impactful-signings-on-day-1-of-cfl-free-agency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/02\/10\/3-impactful-signings-on-day-1-of-cfl-free-agency\/\" aria-label=\"5 impactful free agency signings so far - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-original->5 impactful free agency signings so far<\/a><br \/>\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/02\/19\/5-noteworthy-canadian-free-agent-signings-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">5 noteworthy Canadian free agent signings<\/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><\/p>\n<p>Over the course of his tenure, Rhymes posted three 1,000-yard campaigns and routinely delivered in key moments, whether moving the chains or winning contested balls downfield.<\/p>\n<p>His final season came in Calgary, where he reunited with quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. and recorded 50 receptions for 886 yards and six touchdowns, proving he remained a productive weapon through the end of his career.<\/p>\n<p>                                <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CALGARY \u2014 American receiver Dominique Rhymes announced on social media\u00a0on Friday that he is retiring from professional football,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":487910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-487909","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\/487909","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=487909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}