{"id":639477,"date":"2026-04-30T22:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T22:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/639477\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T22:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T22:12:09","slug":"huskie-grad-hundeby-opts-to-retire-from-football-and-the-riders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/639477\/","title":{"rendered":"Huskie Grad Hundeby Opts to Retire From Football and the Riders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Riders_3D_Logo.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Canadian linebacker Seth Hundeby has informed the Saskatchewan Roughriders that he intends to retire from football in order to pursue other professional opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Hundeby was selected in the fourth round of the 2025 C-F-L Draft due to the fact that he intended to return to school for a fifth year to finish his degree. While he attended training camp with the team last season, he ends his C-F-L career without ever playing a game. The Saskatoon product was awarded the Presidents\u2019 Trophy in 2025, presented to the top defensive player in all of U Sports football. Following is the news release from the Riders\u2026..<\/p>\n<p>DATE:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0April 30, 2026<\/p>\n<p>RELEASE TIME:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IMMEDIATELY<\/p>\n<p>RELEASE:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0SR26-72<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>RIDERS TRANSACTIONS<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>National linebacker Seth Hundeby has informed the Roughriders of his retirement from professional football. The University of Saskatchewan Husky, who was selected by the Riders in the fourth round of the 2025 CFL Draft, intends to pursue a professional opportunity outside of football. The Club wishes him all the best in the next chapter of his career.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canadian linebacker Seth Hundeby has informed the Saskatchewan Roughriders that he intends to retire from football in order&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":639478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-639477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639477","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=639477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}