{"id":717605,"date":"2026-06-05T21:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T21:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/717605\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T21:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T21:14:13","slug":"13-former-steelers-make-opening-cfl-rosters-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/717605\/","title":{"rendered":"13 Former Steelers Make Opening CFL Rosters for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

CFL<\/a>\u2022Steelers News<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"PittsburghIMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Thirteen former members of the Pittsburgh Steelers made the initial rosters for the 2026 season of the Canadian Football League, the CFL announced this week as teams made their final cuts.<\/p>\n

The CFL season opened on Thursday night, when the Montreal Alouettes defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 30-27. The opening week of the regular season continues with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at the Calgary Stampeders on Friday night and the Edmonton Elks at the Ottawa Redblacks on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Former Steelers draft pick Antoine Brooks Jr. is a returning member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, who won the 112th playing of the Grey Cup last November, beating Montreal. Brooks is joined on Saskatchewan by former Steelers defensive lineman James Vaughters, who played for Winnipeg last season.<\/p>\n

FORMER PITTSBURGH STEELERS ON 2026 CFL OPENING ROSTERS<\/p>\n

\"SteelersPittsburgh Steelers fullback Zander Horvath at practice on Sept. 27, 2023 \u2013 Ed Thompson \/ Steelers Now<\/p>\n

BC Lions<\/p>\n

RB Zander Horvath
DT Casey Sayles
OL Derwin Gray (suspended)<\/p>\n

\"PittsburghPittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Tevin Jones at practice on June 4, 2019. \u2014 Alan Saunders \/ Steelers Now<\/p>\n

Calgary Stampeders<\/p>\n

WR Tevin Jones
CB Kam Alexander<\/p>\n

\"SteelersPittsburgh Steelers wide receiver T.J. Luther during a game against the Buffalo Bills on Aug. 17, 2024. \u2014 Ed Thompson \/ Steelers Now<\/p>\n

Edmonton Elks<\/p>\n

WR T.J. Luther<\/p>\n

\"\"Pittsburgh Steelers safety Antoine Brooks Jr. (25) trains at Heinz Field during the Steelers 2020 Training Camp, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020 in Pittsburgh, PA. (Karl Roser \/ Pittsburgh Steelers)<\/p>\n

Saskatchewan Roughriders<\/p>\n

DL James Vaughters
DB Antoine Brooks Jr.<\/p>\n

\"SteelersPittsburgh Steelers cornerback Cameron McCutcheon at training camp on Aug. 6, 2025. \u2014 Ed Thompson \/ Steelers Now<\/p>\n

Winnipeg Blue Bombers<\/p>\n

DB Cameron McCutcheon<\/p>\n

\"SteelersPittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Tyler Snead at training camp on Aug. 15, 2022. \u2014 Ed Thompson \/ Steelers Now<\/p>\n

Montreal Alouettes<\/p>\n

WR Tyler Snead<\/p>\n

\"PittsburghPittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Andy Isabella at practice on Oct. 25, 2024. \u2014 Ed Thompson \/ Steelers Now<\/p>\n

Ottawa Redblacks<\/p>\n

RB Greg Bell
WR Andy Isabella
DB Shakur Brown<\/p>\n

\"\"Dewayne Hendrix September 9, 2017 \u2014 David Hague<\/p>\n

Toronto Argonauts<\/p>\n

DE Dewayne Hendrix<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMentioned In This Article: Andy Isabella<\/a> Antoine Brooks<\/a> Cameron McCutcheon<\/a> Casey Sayles<\/a> CFL<\/a> Dewayne hendrix<\/a> Greg Bell<\/a> Grey Cup<\/a> James vaughters<\/a> Kam Alexander<\/a> Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> Shakur Brown<\/a> Steelers<\/a> T>j> Luther<\/a> Tevin Jones<\/a> Tyler snead<\/a> Zander Horvath<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CFL\u2022Steelers News IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect Thirteen former members of the Pittsburgh Steelers made the initial rosters…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":717606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[226581,107931,49,244230,48,521,522,116860,520,173672,180015,68627,182042,256276,949,256122,82,1626,175041,256209,116858,259749],"class_list":["post-717605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-andy-isabella","tag-antoine-brooks","tag-ca","tag-cameron-mccutcheon","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-casey-sayles","tag-cfl","tag-dewayne-hendrix","tag-greg-bell","tag-grey-cup","tag-james-vaughters","tag-kam-alexander","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-shakur-brown","tag-sports","tag-steelers","tag-tevin-jones","tag-tj-luther","tag-tyler-snead","tag-zander-horvath"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717605","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=717605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/717606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}