{"id":548222,"date":"2026-03-20T04:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T04:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/548222\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T04:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T04:06:08","slug":"brett-lauther-not-planning-to-retire-from-cfl-after-release-from-saskatchewan-roughriders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/548222\/","title":{"rendered":"Brett Lauther not planning to retire from CFL after release from Saskatchewan Roughriders"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Photo: Reuben Polansky\/3DownNation. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n

Veteran Canadian kicker Brett Lauther doesn\u2019t want his release from the Saskatchewan Roughriders<\/a> to mark the end of his CFL career.<\/p>\n

The 35-year-old spoke publicly on the topic for the first time in an exclusive interview with The Regina Leader-Post<\/a>, indicating he has no plans to retire.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was tough news at first, for sure. I wanted to take a little time to process everything, not make a quick rash decision or anything right away, and took some time away,\u201d Lauther said. \u201cI kind of evaluated everything, talked about everything, and for right now, I think it just made sense that the fire was still burning a little and to get back out there if possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

The native of Truro, N.S., struggled in 2025, connecting on 39-of-54 field goal attempts for a success rate of 72.2 percent \u2014 the worst mark of his eight-year tenure in Saskatchewan. He also made a league-worst 91.2 percent of his converts and missed a 39-yard field goal attempt in the fourth quarter of the Grey Cup against Montreal.<\/p>\n

Lauther, who battled a herniated disc and minor back fracture beginning in Week 15, had one year remaining on his contract with the Riders, but was released ahead of a $25,000 offseason bonus on February 1<\/a>. The move did not come as a surprise, and he expressed gratitude for how the team handled both his challenging campaign and subsequent release.<\/p>\n

\u201cNothing is shocking at all. I just got the call, and it was what it was. The decision was made. And for me, there\u2019s no ill will or hard feelings or any animosity,\u201d Lauther said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like a lot of people were making a lot of excuses for me \u2014 and you know, I appreciate them trying to do things like that \u2014 but at the end of the day, you\u2019re responsible for your kicking, and it wasn\u2019t good enough. And obviously, that\u2019s what led to where I\u2019m at now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lauther has continued to perform regular duties for the Saskatchewan Roughrider Foundation since his contract was terminated, which the team helped facilitate through a delayed announcement. He has been a fan favourite during his time in Regina<\/a> and is a fixture in the community, but soon may leave it behind.<\/p>\n

For the first time since 2017, he is open to offers from other CFL franchises.<\/p>\n

\u201cDefinitely trying to just see what\u2019s out there. A couple teams kicked tires right away to see if this is like a retirement or are you still going to try to play \u2026 Kind of at this point just doing what I can do and control, and that\u2019s just kind of getting ready to try to potentially play this year and let my agent kind of handle the rest,\u201d Lauther explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd who knows if you get an opportunity or whatever again. I spent a number of years trying to get another opportunity, thankful for the one with Sask. And you know, now I might have a chance to get another one, but sometimes they don\u2019t come along either.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lauther has played 118 regular-season CFL games, almost all of which have come with Saskatchewan despite previous stops in Hamilton, Toronto, and Edmonton. \u00a0He has converted 81.4 percent of his field goal attempts and 93.3 percent of his convert attempts, scoring 1,139 career points.<\/p>\n

The new father thought long and hard about his future, but he doesn\u2019t want to end his career on an off-year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that I\u2019m a lot better than that, than what I showed and was able to do, and trying to get back out there and have a better season wherever it might be, if I do get an opportunity, would be motivation, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Reuben Polansky\/3DownNation. All rights reserved. Veteran Canadian kicker Brett Lauther doesn\u2019t want his release from the Saskatchewan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":548223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[166835,166836,69896,49,48,7028,521,522,520,527,2002,1705,45083,55574,24373,82],"class_list":["post-548222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-3down","tag-3downnation","tag-brett-lauther","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-football","tag-league","tag-retirement","tag-riders","tag-roughriders","tag-saskatchewan","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548222","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=548222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}