Kennedy and Ceresna also named to week\u2019s best<\/p>\n
TORONTO<\/a> (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 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 JUSTIN RANKIN | RB | EDMONTON ELKS<\/a> | EDM 29 \u2013 OTT 21<\/a><\/p>\n 13 carries for one touchdown<\/a> and 102 yards<\/p>\n Three rushes of 10+ yards<\/p>\n Five catches on seven targets for 94 yards<\/p>\n Two 20-yard+ receptions, including a 63-yard catch<\/a><\/p>\n Ranks third in receiving yards and rushing yards<\/p>\n Fourth-quarter major held up as the game-winning play<\/p>\n ROBERT KENNEDY III | DB | MONTREAL ALOUETTES<\/a> | MTL 30 \u2013 HAM 27 (OT)<\/a><\/p>\n 2026 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK \u2013 IN REVIEW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kennedy and Ceresna also named to week\u2019s best TORONTO (June 9, 2026) \u2013 Justin Rankin, Robert Kennedy III…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":727806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-727805","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\/727805","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=727805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/727806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=727805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=727805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}