{"id":741158,"date":"2026-06-16T19:47:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T19:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/741158\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T19:47:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T19:47:15","slug":"lions-add-receiver-returner-jermaine-jackson-to-practice-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/741158\/","title":{"rendered":"Lions add receiver\/returner Jermaine Jackson to practice roster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>VANCOUVER \u2014 The BC Lions announced on Tuesday that American wide receiver\/returner Jermaine Jackson has been signed to the practice roster.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson (five-foot-eight, 180 pounds) originally signed with the Leos ahead of 2025 training camp before appearing in four regular season games. In addition to returning seven kickoffs for 146 yards and 10 punts for 83 yards, the speedster hauled in nine receptions for 61 yards.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED<br \/>\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/06\/09\/justin-rankin-headlines-top-performers-in-week-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Justin Rankin headlines top performers after Week 1<\/a><br \/>\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/06\/16\/amsoil-power-rankings-who-leads-the-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">AMSOIL Power Rankings: Who leads the race?<\/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>Jackson attended 2026 training camp in Kamloops and appeared in both preseason contests, recording four receptions for 17 yards.<\/p>\n<p>The Oakland, California native spent 2024 with the New Orleans Saints, earning a promotion to the active roster for four regular season contests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VANCOUVER \u2014 The BC Lions announced on Tuesday that American wide receiver\/returner Jermaine Jackson has been signed to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":741159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-741158","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\/741158","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=741158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/741159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=741158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=741158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=741158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}