{"id":641686,"date":"2026-05-01T22:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T22:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/641686\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T22:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T22:10:07","slug":"riders-sign-fcs-bowl-standout-defensive-back-austin-mckinney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/641686\/","title":{"rendered":"Riders Sign Fcs Bowl Standout Defensive Back Austin Mckinney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed American defensive back\u00a0Austin McKinney.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McKinney\u202f(6\u20192-200) spent two collegiate seasons at Northwest Missouri State\u00a0University\u00a0suiting up for 22 games as a Bearcat. He started all 11 games in his strong senior season, recording 31 tackles, one interception and nine pass deflections leading to invitations to the Trillion Tropical Bowl and FCS Bowl. He also attended\u00a0rookie\u00a0minicamp with the Cleveland Browns in 2025. Over his two seasons (2023-24) with the Bearcats, the Battle Creek, Michigan native tallied 54 tackles, including\u00a0one of\u00a0tackle for loss, one interception, 16 pass deflections and one fumble recovery.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Prior to attending Northwest Missouri State, McKinney spent time at Saddleback College, where he recorded 33 tackles and three interceptions and was named the team\u2019s defensive MVP. His collegiate career began at Saginaw Valley State University.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the Club has moved American defensive back Sheldrick Redwine to the retired list.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed American defensive back\u00a0Austin McKinney.\u00a0 McKinney\u202f(6\u20192-200) spent two collegiate seasons at Northwest Missouri State\u00a0University\u00a0suiting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":641687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-641686","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\/641686","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=641686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}