{"id":659180,"date":"2026-05-10T00:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T00:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/659180\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T00:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T00:05:08","slug":"cutdown-tracker-cfl-teams-make-their-first-rounds-of-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/659180\/","title":{"rendered":"Cutdown Tracker: CFL teams make their first rounds of cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"

TORONTO \u2014 CFL.ca is tracking every team\u2019s roster moves as clubs are required to reduce their numbers throughout training camp.<\/p>\n

In this first round of roster cuts, teams will reduce their rosters to 85 players, excluding non-counters. They have until 11:59 p.m. local on Saturday, May 9 to announce their cuts. Each team\u2019s list will be posted when they become official leading up to the deadline.<\/p>\n

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On Sunday, May 10, training camps will fully open across the league. Preseason action gets underway on Monday, May 18, when the Saskatchewan Roughriders visit the Calgary Stampeders at 3:00 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n

The 2026 CFL season kicks off on June 4 as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats host the Montreal Alouettes at 7:30 p.m. ET from Hamilton Stadium.<\/p>\n

*Denotes American
**Denotes Global<\/p>\n

TORONTO ARGONAUTS<\/p>\n

Released: defensive lineman Charlie Looes*, kicker Matt Ammendola<\/a>*, quarterback Max Duggan<\/a>*, running back Elijah Young<\/a>*, defensive back Peyton Buckley*<\/p>\n

SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS<\/p>\n

Released:\u00a0Coming soon<\/p>\n

BC LIONS<\/p>\n

Released: offensive lineman Josh Castro*, defensive back Jamorri Colson*, linebacker Corey Flagg Jr.*, defensive back Joe Foucha*, wide receiver Jared Gipson*, offensive lineman Kaiden Kertnopf, offensive lineman Connor Klassen<\/a>, defensive back Tyrell Raby*, defensive lineman Ezekiel Vandenburgh*, defensive lineman D.J. Walden*<\/p>\n

OTTAWA REDBLACKS<\/p>\n

Released: offensive lineman Gabe Brown<\/a>*, offensive lineman Chaz Neal*, receiver TJ Speight<\/a>*, receiver Latreal Jones*, receiver Mathew Sexton<\/a>*, quarterback Matt Morrissey<\/a>*, running back Julian Gray*, running back Marquez Cooper*, defensive lineman TJ Jackson*, defensive lineman Marcel Walker-Burgess<\/a>*, defensive lineman Jordan Smith<\/a>*, defensive lineman Josh Pearcy<\/a>*, linebacker Bo Spearman<\/a>*, defensive back Jordan Wright<\/a>*, defensive back Quenton Meeks*, defensive back Iverson Brown<\/a>*<\/p>\n

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS<\/p>\n

Released: Coming soon<\/p>\n

CALGARY STAMPEDERS<\/p>\n

Released: receiver Corey Dyches*, National defensive lineman Jason Janvier-Messier, American offensive lineman Gerald Mincey*<\/p>\n

Added to injured-veterans list: receiver Reggie Begelton<\/a>*, defensive lineman Folarin Orimolade<\/a>*
Added to six-game injured list: defensive back Bailey Devine-Scott<\/a>**<\/p>\n

Added to suspended list: receiver Ryan Jones*, offensive lineman Ed Montilus*<\/p>\n

HAMILTON TIGER-CATS<\/p>\n

Released: Coming soon<\/p>\n

MONTREAL ALOUETTES<\/p>\n

Released: Coming soon<\/p>\n

EDMONTON ELKS<\/p>\n

Released: Coming soon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 CFL.ca is tracking every team\u2019s roster moves as clubs are required to reduce their numbers throughout…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659181,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-659180","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\/659180","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=659180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}