{"id":574665,"date":"2026-04-01T07:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T07:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/574665\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T07:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T07:19:08","slug":"stamps-sign-tyreik-mcallister-calgary-stampeders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/574665\/","title":{"rendered":"Stamps Sign Tyreik McAllister &#8211; Calgary Stampeders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Calgary Stampeders have signed American running back and return specialist Tyreik McAllister.<\/p>\n<p>Tyreik McAllister<br \/>#34<br \/>Running back<br \/>College: Charleston<br \/>Height: 5.10<br \/>Weight: 185<br \/>Born: Apr. 17, 1998<br \/>Birthplace: Latta, SC<br \/>American<\/p>\n<p>McAllister played 16 games for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 2023 when he recorded 41 kickoff returns for 1,037 yards, 56 punt returns for 602 yards, seven missed-field goal returns for 408 yards and one touchdown, 27 receptions for 364 yards and two touchdowns and 13 carries for 52 yards. His all-purpose yards and kickoff return average led the league that season and he was the Ticats\u2019 nominee for the league\u2019s Most Outstanding Special Teams Player award.<\/p>\n<p>He then signed with the National Football League\u2019s Las Vegas Raiders, scoring two touchdowns in a 2024 pre-season game and later making three regular-season appearances. McAllister was most recently under contract with the Columbus Aviators of the United Football League.<\/p>\n<p>During his collegiate career, McAllister suited up 38 times over five seasons (2017-21) at Charleston. As a senior with the Golden Eagles in 2021, his average of 7.6 yards per carry ranked third in the nation as he was named the Mountain East Conference\u2019s Offensive Player of the Year. He also received first-team all-MEC honours in each of his final two years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Calgary Stampeders have signed American running back and return specialist Tyreik McAllister. Tyreik McAllister#34Running backCollege: CharlestonHeight: 5.10Weight:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":574666,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-574665","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\/574665","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=574665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/574666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}