{"id":614348,"date":"2026-04-19T11:37:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T11:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/614348\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T11:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T11:37:14","slug":"ottawa-redblacks-release-kicker-lewis-ward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/614348\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa Redblacks release kicker Lewis Ward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Ottawa Redblacks released veteran kicker Lewis Ward on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Ward, 33, played seven seasons with Ottawa (2018-19, 2021-25), joining the CFL club as a free agent after playing collegiately at the University of Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He made 300-of-347 field goals (86.5 per cent) and 140-of-151 convert attempts (92.7 per cent) in 117 regular-season games with the Redblacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He was the CFL\u2019s top rookie and special-teams player in 2018, and over 2018-19 made 69 straight field goals, a CFL record and the longest such streak in pro football.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Last season, Ward made 35-of-46 field goals (career-low 76.1 per cent) and 33-of-35 converts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cAs an organization, we would like to thank Lewis for everything he brought to our football club both on and off the field,\u201d said Shawn Burke, Ottawa\u2019s vice-president of football operations. \u201cHe accomplished so many great achievements during his time here. The accolades and records speak for themselves. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cHe will be forever known as a Redblack great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 16, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ottawa Redblacks released veteran kicker Lewis Ward on Thursday. Ward, 33, played seven seasons with Ottawa (2018-19,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":614349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-614348","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\/614348","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=614348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}