{"id":545288,"date":"2026-03-18T20:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T20:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/545288\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T20:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T20:58:09","slug":"b-c-lions-sign-quarterback-tommy-rittenhouse-bgmsportstrax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/545288\/","title":{"rendered":"B.C. Lions sign quarterback Tommy Rittenhouse \u2013 BGMSportsTrax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgmsportstrax.com\/2025\/10\/16\/b-c-lions-sign-running-back-antonio-wimbush-jr-to-a-future-contract\/b-c-lions-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773867489_20_B.C.-Lions-2.jpg\" alt=\"B.C. Lions\" title=\"B.C. Lions 2\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nB.C. Lions<\/p>\n<p>The B.C. Lions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bclions.com\/2026\/03\/18\/lions-sign-former-illinois-state-standout-qb-tommy-rittenhouse\/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dhtwitter&amp;utm_content=app.dashsocial.com\/bc-lions\/library\/media\/652916494\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">signed<\/a> quarterback Tommy Rittenhouse on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Tommy Rittenhouse is five foot eleven and weighs 195 pounds. The 23-year-old from Geneva, Illinois, spent five seasons at <a href=\"https:\/\/goredbirds.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/tommy--rittenhouse\/14782\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Illinois State<\/a> (2021-25), completing 669 of 1,032 passes (65%) for 7,117 yards, 60 touchdowns, 21 interceptions, 235 carries for 1,145 yards, 19 rushing touchdowns, one catch for one yard, and one receiving touchdown in 44 games for the Redbirds.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, he was named an All-MVFC Honorable Mention after finishing the season completing 259 of 390 passes (66%) for 2,840 yards, 17 touchdowns, seven interceptions, 78 carries for 480 yards, and eight rushing touchdowns in 14 games.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, he was named an All-MVFC Honorable Mention for the second consecutive season after finishing the season completing 334 of 516 passes (65%) for 3,568 yards, 40 touchdowns, 12 interceptions, 107 carries for 428 yards, seven rushing touchdowns, one catch for one yard, and one receiving touchdown in 17 games.<\/p>\n<p>Rittenhouse attended St. Francis High School, where as a junior completed 132 passes for 1,967 yards, while rushing for 493 yards and 29 total touchdowns. He won numerous awards, including being named the Metro Suburban Conference Offensive MVP, All-Conference Honors, All-Arena Honors, and All-State Honorable Mention. He helped St. Francis appear in the conference championship and earn a berth in the quarterfinals of the state playoffs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"B.C. Lions The B.C. Lions signed quarterback Tommy Rittenhouse on Wednesday. Tommy Rittenhouse is five foot eleven and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218690,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[2602,49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-545288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-bc-lions","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\/545288","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=545288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}