{"id":717898,"date":"2026-06-06T00:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T00:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/717898\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T00:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T00:14:09","slug":"toronto-argonauts-release-defensive-back-theran-johnson-bgmsportstrax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/717898\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Argonauts release defensive back Theran Johnson \u2013 BGMSportsTrax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgmsportstrax.com\/2024\/08\/23\/toronto-argonauts-re-sign-linebacker-isaac-darkangelo\/toronto-argonauts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Toronto-Argonauts.jpg\" alt=\"Toronto Argonauts\" title=\"Toronto Argonauts\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nToronto Argonauts<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Toronto Argonauts released defensive back Theran Johnson on Friday, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/transactions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CFL Transactions<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/theran-johnson\/186197\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Theran Johnson<\/a> is five foot eleven and weighs 195 pounds. The 23-year-old from Indianapolis, Indiana, attended the Seattle Seahawks rookie minicamp in 2026. The Toronto Argonauts signed Johnson on May 19, 2026. In 2026, he made four tackles in two preseason games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collegiately, Johnson spent four seasons at <a href=\"https:\/\/nusports.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/theran-johnson\/11577\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Northwestern<\/a> (2021-24) with 103 tackles (74 solos, 29 assists), 5.5 tackles for loss, three interceptions for 85 yards, one touchdown, and 18 pass breakups in 37 games for the Wildcats. In 2024, he was named Second Team All-Big Ten with a career-high 53 tackles (40 solos, 13 assists), 3.5 tackles for loss, two interceptions for 85 yards, one touchdown, and 10 pass breakups in 11 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then, he transferred to the <a href=\"https:\/\/goducks.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/theran-johnson\/17453\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">University of Oregon<\/a> in 2025 with 19 tackles (15 solos, 4 assists), three pass breakups, one fumble recovery, and one forced fumble in 13 games for the Ducks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto Argonauts The Toronto Argonauts released defensive back Theran Johnson on Friday, according to the CFL Transactions page.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82,15656],"class_list":["post-717898","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","tag-toronto-argonauts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717898","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=717898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}