{"id":703388,"date":"2026-05-30T08:34:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T08:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/703388\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T08:34:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T08:34:05","slug":"calgary-stampeders-release-free-agent-acquisition-devodric-bynum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/703388\/","title":{"rendered":"Calgary Stampeders release free agent acquisition Devodric Bynum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bynum-thumb-1-1600x900-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto courtesy: Calgary Stampeders<\/p>\n<p>The Calgary Stampeders have released American defensive back Devodric Bynum in a surprise move just hours before kickoff of their final preseason game.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old was one of the Stampeders\u2019 top free agent signings this offseason, but was listed as a backup halfback for Friday\u2019s game in Edmonton. He made four tackles in his preseason debut for the Stampeders.<\/p>\n<p>Bynum played only five regular-season games due to injury in 2025, recording 17 defensive tackles with the Edmonton Elks. The five-foot-eleven, 195-pound defender played 14 regular-season games as a CFL rookie in 2024, making 23 defensive tackles, five interceptions, and one forced fumble.<\/p>\n<p>The Stampeders will kickoff their second preseason game against the Elks at 9:00 p.m. EDT. Final roster cuts are due on Saturday, May 30, after which the team will play its first regular-season game against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Friday, June 5.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1780130045_746_76de80683d65348bb5b5c33259db26f7d6d1a64106b6ba6e2dcd31c5650d324a.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-60 photo\" height=\"60\" width=\"60\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/3downnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/3DownNation-Wordmark-v3-3.svg\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo courtesy: Calgary Stampeders The Calgary Stampeders have released American defensive back Devodric Bynum in a surprise move&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":703389,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[166835,166836,49,2798,48,7028,520,183360,527,2002,55630,166838],"class_list":["post-703388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-3down","tag-3downnation","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada","tag-canadian","tag-cfl","tag-devodric-bynum","tag-football","tag-league","tag-stampeders","tag-stamps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703388","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=703388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/703389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}