{"id":497586,"date":"2026-02-25T02:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T02:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/497586\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T02:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T02:12:11","slug":"winnipeg-blue-bombers-sign-defensive-back-jordan-taylor-bgmsportstrax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/497586\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg Blue Bombers sign defensive back Jordan Taylor \u2013 BGMSportsTrax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgmsportstrax.com\/2024\/08\/22\/winnipeg-blue-bombers-place-linebacker-adam-bighill-on-the-six-game-injured-list\/winnipeg-blue-bombers-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771985531_169_Winnipeg-Blue-Bombers.jpg\" alt=\"Winnipeg Blue Bombers\" title=\"Winnipeg Blue Bombers\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nWinnipeg Blue Bombers<\/p>\n<p>The Winnipeg Blue Bombers signed defensive back Jordan Taylor on Tuesday according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/transactions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CFL Transactions<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Taylor is five foot ten and weighs 174 pounds. The 25-year-old from Miami, Florida, attended the Las Vegas Raiders rookie minicamp in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Collegiately, Taylor spent four seasons at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tusculumpioneers.com\/sports\/fball\/2020-21\/bios\/taylor_jordan_7pbj?view=bio\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tusculum University<\/a> (2020-23) with 91 tackles (61 solos, 30 assists), eight tackles for loss, six interceptions, 10 pass breakups, and one blocked kick in 32 games for the Pioneers.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, he was named Second Team All-South Atlantic Conference after finishing the season with a career-high 44 tackles (29 solos, 15 assists), four tackles for loss, one interception, six pass breakups, two forced fumbles, and one blocked kick in 11 games.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to football, Taylor competed in track &amp; field as a sprinter, where he qualified for the 2023 NCAA Championship in both the 100 and 4\u00d7100 relay. He was named a two-time USTFCCCA All-Southeast Region.<\/p>\n<p>Then, he transferred to <a href=\"https:\/\/jmusports.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/jordan-taylor\/22246\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Madison University<\/a> in 2024 with 25 tackles (18 solos, 7 assists) and five pass breakups in 13 games for the Dukes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Winnipeg Blue Bombers The Winnipeg Blue Bombers signed defensive back Jordan Taylor on Tuesday according to the CFL&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82,7504],"class_list":["post-497586","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","tag-winnipeg-blue-bombers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497586","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=497586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}