{"id":726965,"date":"2026-06-10T07:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T07:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/726965\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T07:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T07:11:10","slug":"rankin-headlines-week-1-players-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/726965\/","title":{"rendered":"RANKIN HEADLINES WEEK 1 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a aria-label=\"View image\" class=\"prezly-slate-image-rollover\" id=\"image-b5328bc2-02a3-4fb6-be31-fe6223390542\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781075470_899_POTW-commsweek1.jpg\" style=\"max-width:1200px\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"prezly-slate-media prezly-slate-image__media prezly-slate-media--image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781075470_899_POTW-commsweek1.jpg\"   loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_paragraph__6o_o7\">TORONTO (June 9, 2026) \u2013 Justin Rankin, Robert Kennedy III and Jake Ceresna have been named Week 1 Players of the Week in the Canadian Football League (CFL). The honour spotlights exceptional statistical performances, pivotal plays, game-breaking feats and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_paragraph__6o_o7\">The three players were chosen by a panel composed of representatives from the CFL\u2019s Football Operations, Player and Game Statistics, and Content departments.<\/p>\n<p>JUSTIN RANKIN | RB | EDMONTON ELKS | <a class=\"styles_link__4YAiu\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/06\/07\/recap-edmonton-29-ottawa-21\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_self\">EDM 29 \u2013 OTT 21<\/a>13 carries for <a class=\"styles_link__4YAiu\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mw9BY2lqnik\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_self\">one touchdown<\/a> and 102 yardsThree rushes of 10+ yardsFive catches on seven targets for 94 yardsTwo 20-yard+ receptions, <a class=\"styles_link__4YAiu\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iHcm8a-oUso\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_self\">including a 63-yard catch<\/a>Ranks third in receiving yards and rushing yardsFourth-quarter major held up as the game-winning playROBERT KENNEDY III | DB | MONTREAL ALOUETTES | <a class=\"styles_link__4YAiu\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/06\/05\/recap-montreal-30-hamilton-27\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_self\">MTL 30 \u2013 HAM 27 (OT)<\/a>One defensive tackle and one forced fumble<a class=\"styles_link__4YAiu\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IpUxEntrciI\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_self\">First-career interception<\/a> returned 54 yards for first-career touchdown Trailing 24-10, third-quarter pick-six sparked a 20-3 stretch that propelled Montreal to the comeback victoryJAKE CERESNA | DL | WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS | <a class=\"styles_link__4YAiu\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/06\/06\/recap-winnipeg-30-calgary-28\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_self\">WPG 30 \u2013 CGY 28<\/a>Five defensive tacklesFirst three-sack performance to reach 49 in career<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_paragraph__6o_o7\">2026 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK \u2013 IN REVIEW<\/p>\n<p>W1 | Justin Rankin (EDM) | Robert Kennedy III (MTL) | Jake Ceresna (WPG)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO (June 9, 2026) \u2013 Justin Rankin, Robert Kennedy III and Jake Ceresna have been named Week 1&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":726966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-726965","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\/726965","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=726965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/726966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}