{"id":668691,"date":"2026-05-14T10:19:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T10:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/668691\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T10:19:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T10:19:18","slug":"transactions-elks-ink-2026-first-round-pick-lb-dariel-djabome-announce-releases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/668691\/","title":{"rendered":"TRANSACTIONS | Elks ink 2026 first-round pick LB Dariel Djabome, announce releases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EDMONTON \u2014 The Edmonton Elks have signed National linebacker Dariel Djabome, the club announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Djabome (6\u20192, 235) joins the Elks after an excellent four-year career at Rutgers University. The linebacker suited up for 47 games with the Scarlet Knights from 2022 to 2025, where he racked up 192 total tackles (81 solo, 111 assisted), 13 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, four forced fumbles, and a pass defended.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his on-field achievements, Djabome was a three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree. The linebacker was a finalist for the 2024 Cornish Trophy, which recognizes the top Canadian in college football.<\/p>\n<p>Djabome has a familial connection to the Elks, with his brother Rossini Sandjong-Djabome being a former draft pick by the Green and Gold in 2020. Prior to his arrival at Elks Training Camp, the Longueuil, QC native accepted a rookie camp invite with the Washington Commanders.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">DJ Djabome had a day \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 13 Tackles<br \/>\u2022 3 Tackles for Loss<br \/>\u2022 1 Sack <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1jQeq3hiuU\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/1jQeq3hiuU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rutgers Football \ud83e\ude93 (@RFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RFootball\/status\/1855641157318988230?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition, the club has made the following releases:<\/p>\n<p>National defensive back Jerrell Cummings<br \/>\nAmerican running back Antario Brown<br \/>\nAmerican wide receiver Ketron Jackson Jr<br \/>\nNational wide receiver Kolby Hurford<br \/>\nNational wide receiver Jackson Tachinski<br \/>\nAmerican wide receiver Ayir Asante<br \/>\nAmerican wide receiver J.J. Jones<\/p>\n<p>Added to the retired list:<\/p>\n<p>American offensive lineman Jason Laliberte Jr<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton Elks 2026 Training Camp is officially underway. For a full camp schedule, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goelks.com\/practice-schedule\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>                                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EDMONTON \u2014 The Edmonton Elks have signed National linebacker Dariel Djabome, the club announced Wednesday. Djabome (6\u20192, 235)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":668692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-668691","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\/668691","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=668691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}