{"id":760126,"date":"2026-06-25T11:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T11:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/760126\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T11:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T11:54:08","slug":"cfl-mitchell-headlines-week-3-players-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/760126\/","title":{"rendered":"CFL: Mitchell Headlines Week 3 Players of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rankin and Mital also named to week\u2019s best<\/p>\n<p>TORONTO (June 23, 2026) \u2013 Bo Levi Mitchell, Justin Rankin and Kevin Mital have been named Week 3 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>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>BO LEVI MITCHELL | QB | HAMILTON TIGER-CATS | <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/06\/20\/cfl-2026-recap-hamilton-41-bc-27\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BC 27 \u2013 HAM 41<\/a><\/p>\n<p>15-of-18 (83.3 per cent)<\/p>\n<p>Fourth career <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/06\/20\/bo-levi-mitchell-stuns-the-lions-with-five-passing-touchdowns\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">five-touchdown pass game<\/a><\/p>\n<p>285 passing yards (15.8 average)<\/p>\n<p>Three 30-yard+ passes, including a <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/06\/19\/the-tiger-cats-start-the-game-with-a-bang-with-a-56-yard-touchdown\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">56-yard effort<\/a> to Kiondr\u00e9 Smith for a touchdown in the opening minute<\/p>\n<p>Back-to-back games with perfect 158.3 efficiency rating<\/p>\n<p>JUSTIN RANKIN | RB | <a href=\"https:\/\/cflnewshub.com\/cfl-news\/2026-cfl-week-3-edmonton-elks-1-0-vs-montreal-alouettes-2-0-game-preview-injury-report-predictions\" title=\"EDMONTON ELKS\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">EDMONTON ELKS<\/a> | <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/06\/20\/cfl-2026-recap-montreal-edmonton-week-3\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MTL 29 \u2013 EDM 32<\/a><\/p>\n<p>18 rushes for 179 yards (9.9 average); second 100-yard+ game of the season<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/06\/20\/justin-rankin-goes-for-two-touchdowns-in-win-over-als\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Two third-quarter touchdowns<\/a> \u2013 36- and 47-yard efforts<\/p>\n<p>Seven rushes 10-yards+ and two for 20-yards+<\/p>\n<p>Five receptions on five targets for 51 yards<\/p>\n<p>Career-high 230 yards from scrimmage<\/p>\n<p>Second Player of the Week honour (W1)<\/p>\n<p>KEVIN MITAL | REC | TORONTO ARGONAUTS | <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/06\/20\/recap-toronto-44-ottawa-24\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOR 44 \u2013 OTT 24<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eight receptions on 11 targets<\/p>\n<p>Career-high 178 yards (22.3 average); third career 100-yard+ game and second of the season<\/p>\n<p>Three 30-yard+ catches, including a 56-yard effort in the third quarter<\/p>\n<p>50 yards after catch<\/p>\n<p>Three second down conversions<\/p>\n<p>2026 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK \u2013 IN REVIEW<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/press.cfl.ca\/rankin-headlines-week-1-players-of-the-week\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">W1<\/a> | Justin Rankin (EDM) | Robert Kennedy III (MTL) | Jake Ceresna (WPG)<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/press.cfl.ca\/harris-headlines-week-2-players-of-the-week\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">W2<\/a> | Trevor Harris (SSK) | Tyson Philpot (MTL) | Davis Alexander (MTL)<\/p>\n<p>W3 | Bo Levi Mitchell (HAM) | Justin Rankin (EDM) | Kevin Mital (TOR)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rankin and Mital also named to week\u2019s best TORONTO (June 23, 2026) \u2013 Bo Levi Mitchell, Justin Rankin&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":760127,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-760126","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\/760126","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=760126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/760127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=760126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=760126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=760126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}