{"id":714833,"date":"2026-06-04T16:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T16:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/714833\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T16:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T16:07:09","slug":"receiver-brandon-banks-signs-one-day-contract-to-retire-with-hamilton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/714833\/","title":{"rendered":"Receiver Brandon Banks signs one-day contract to retire with Hamilton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HAMILTON \u2014 Hamilton Tiger-Cats legend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/brandon-banks\/152593\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"Brandon Banks\">Brandon Banks<\/a> has signed a one-day contract to retire in Black and Gold, the team announced on Thursday on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Banks signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on September 30, 2013, and went on to have a stellar career with the Tabbies.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED<br \/>\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/brandon-banks\/152593\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Player Bio: Brandon Banks<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/everything-you-need-to-know-ahead-of-the-2026-cfl-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/everything-you-need-to-know-ahead-of-the-2026-cfl-season\/\" aria-label=\"Everything you need to know ahead of the 2026 CFL season - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-original->Everything you need to know ahead of the 2026 CFL season<\/a><br \/>\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/06\/03\/3-keys-to-victory-for-montreal-hamilton-in-week-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">3 keys to victory for Montreal, Hamilton in Week 1<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/06\/03\/3-storylines-to-watch-in-week-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/06\/03\/3-storylines-to-watch-in-week-1\/\" aria-label=\"3 storylines to watch in Week 1 - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-original->3 storylines to watch in Week 1<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/tickets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/tickets\" aria-label=\"Buy tickets for the 2026 CFL season - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-original->Buy tickets for the 2026 CFL season<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"Subscribe to the CFL\u2019s newsletter for exclusive offers and league updates - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/newsletter\/\" data-uw-original->Subscribe to the CFL\u2019s newsletter for exclusive offers and league updates<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">SPEEDY B IS BACK! \u26a1\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Ticats legend Brandon Banks has signed a one-day contract to officially retire in the Black &amp; Gold.<\/p>\n<p>Join us at the Season Opener on Thursday, June 4, as we celebrate his career and legacy \ud83d\udc4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TGEkMOPf2J\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/TGEkMOPf2J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (@Ticats) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Ticats\/status\/2062345520396591479?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Banks spent eight seasons in Hamilton (\u201913-\u201921) playing 111 games while climbing the Tabbies franchise record books. Overall, the receiver\/returner finished his Tiger-Cats career first in kick return yards (3,773), punt return yards (3,049), missed field goal return yards (779) and missed field goal return touchdowns (five), finishing second in total touchdowns (62), combined yards (13,686) and punt return touchdowns (seven)\u00a0and inside the top eight in receptions (442), receiving yards (5,678) and receiving touchdowns (44).<\/p>\n<p>Banks\u2019 had a magical 2019 season leading the CFL in every major receiving category on route to 112 catches, 1,550 yards, 13 receiving touchdowns, and two missed field goal return touchdowns, a Most Outstanding Player Award and a trip to the 107th\u00a0Grey Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The playmaker joined the Toronto Argonauts in 2022, where he helped the Double Blue win the 109th Grey Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Ticats\/status\/2062345520396591479\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">announced they are going to celebrate Banks\u2019 career and legacy<\/a> at the season opener on Thursday, June 4, when the Ticats face the Montreal Alouettes to kick off the 2026 CFL season.<\/p>\n<p>                                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HAMILTON \u2014 Hamilton Tiger-Cats legend Brandon Banks has signed a one-day contract to retire in Black and Gold,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":714834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-714833","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\/714833","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=714833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/714834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}