{"id":574385,"date":"2026-04-01T04:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T04:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/574385\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T04:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T04:18:10","slug":"calgary-stampeders-sign-ex-hamilton-tiger-cats-rb-tyreik-mcallister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/574385\/","title":{"rendered":"Calgary Stampeders sign ex-Hamilton Tiger-Cats RB Tyreik McAllister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Tyreik McAllister is back in the CFL.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The American running back\/returner signed with the Calgary Stampeders on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The five-foot-10, 185-pound McAllister spent the 2023 season with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, appearing in 16 regular-season games. He registered 41 kickoff returns for 1,037 yards, 56 punt returns for 602 yards and seven missed-field-goal returns for 408 yards and a touchdown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He also had 27 catches for 364 yards and two touchdowns while running 13 times for 52 yards. McAllister\u2019s 2,463 all-purpose yards led the CFL, as was his 25.3-yard average on kickoffs, and he was Hamilton\u2019s nominee for the league\u2019s top special-teams performer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">McAllister signed with the NFL\u2019s Las Vegas Raiders in 2024 and after scoring two touchdowns during the pre-season he made three regular-season appearances. McAllister re-signed with the Raiders in January 2025 but was released May 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He was most recently under contract with the Columbus Aviators of the United Football League.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"> This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 31, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyreik McAllister is back in the CFL. The American running back\/returner signed with the Calgary Stampeders on Tuesday.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":574386,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-574385","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-canadian-football-league","11":"tag-canadianfootballleague","12":"tag-cfl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574385","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=574385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/574386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}