{"id":605424,"date":"2026-04-15T10:05:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/605424\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T10:05:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:05:19","slug":"montreal-alouettes-bring-top-tackler-micah-awe-back-on-one-year-contract-nanaimonewsnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/605424\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal Alouettes bring top tackler Micah Awe back on one-year contract | NanaimoNewsNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776247519_818_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>B.C. Lions&#8217; Micah Awe, left, runs an interception as Calgary Stampeders&#8217; Tevin Jones grabs for him during first half CFL football action in Calgary, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Jeff McIntosh<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tApr 7, 2026 | 5:31 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>MONTREAL \u2014 American linebacker Micah Awe has signed a one-year contract with the Montreal Alouettes and returns to the club for a second stint.<\/p>\n<p>Awe led the CFL in defensive tackles with 114 in 2025 when he played for the B.C. Lions.<\/p>\n<p>He also contributed three special teams tackles, one forced fumble and two interceptions for the Lions last season.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old played 13 games with the Alouettes in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"B.C. Lions&#8217; Micah Awe, left, runs an interception as Calgary Stampeders&#8217; Tevin Jones grabs for him during first&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[879,49,48,521,522,2467,520,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,2464,2465,2466,82],"class_list":["post-605424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-cfl","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-news","tag-oceanside","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605424","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=605424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}