{"id":633495,"date":"2026-04-28T05:54:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T05:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/633495\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T05:54:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T05:54:29","slug":"ottawa-redblacks-sign-canadian-luiji-vilain-to-three-year-deal-nanaimonewsnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/633495\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa Redblacks sign Canadian Luiji Vilain to three-year deal | NanaimoNewsNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777319172_925_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Carolina Panthers linebacker Luiji Vilain (43) runs on the field during the first half of a pre-season NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills in Orchard Park, N.Y., Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. (AP Photo\/Adrian Kraus)<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tApr 27, 2026 | 11:24 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>OTTAWA \u2014 The Ottawa Redblacks signed Canadian defensive lineman Luiji Vilain to a three-year contract Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa acquired Vilain\u2019s rights last week from the Toronto Argonauts.<\/p>\n<p>Vilain, a 28-year-old Ottawa native, played five games over two NFL seasons with the Minnesota Vikings (2022-23) and Carolina Panthers (2023), registering four total tackles. <\/p>\n<p>He also spent time with the Cleveland Browns (2024) and Dallas Cowboys (2024-25). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carolina Panthers linebacker Luiji Vilain (43) runs on the field during the first half of a pre-season NFL&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":632552,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[879,49,48,2467,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,2464,20739,2465,2466,82],"class_list":["post-633495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-news","tag-oceanside","tag-ottawa","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633495","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=633495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}