{"id":778722,"date":"2026-07-04T00:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T00:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/778722\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T00:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T00:22:11","slug":"wynton-mcmanis-listed-as-available-for-matchup-vs-winnipeg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/778722\/","title":{"rendered":"Wynton McManis listed as available for matchup vs. Winnipeg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HAMILTON \u2014 It appears that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/wynton-mcmanis\/163408\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"Wynton McManis\">Wynton McManis<\/a> may be making his Hamilton Tiger-Cats debut on FanDuel Canada Day Weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton\u2019s splash off-season acquisition has not played yet in 2026, missing all three of the Ticats games so far this season dealing with a knee injury.<\/p>\n<p>While the team\u2019s official depth chart hasn\u2019t been released yet, the middle linebacker is likely to start against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Sunday at Hamilton Stadium <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/06\/29\/cfl-injury-reports-week-5-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">after he was listed as available on the team\u2019s injury report.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2931087 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783073233_529_Fanduel_CDW_Logo-800x735.png\"   alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"137\"\/>FANDUEL CANADA DAY WEEKEND<br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/06\/30\/4-storylines-to-watch-on-fanduel-canada-day-weekend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">4 storylines to watch on FanDuel Canada Day Weekend<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/06\/30\/weekly-predictor-who-wins-on-fanduel-canada-day-weekend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/06\/30\/weekly-predictor-who-wins-on-fanduel-canada-day-weekend\/\" aria-label=\"Weekly Predictor: Who wins on FanDuel Canada Day Weekend - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-original->Weekly Predictor: Who wins on FanDuel Canada Day Weekend<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/06\/30\/prediction-time-cfl-ca-writers-fanduel-canada-day-weekend-picks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/06\/30\/prediction-time-cfl-ca-writers-fanduel-canada-day-weekend-picks\/\" aria-label=\"Prediction Time: Who wins on FanDuel Canada Day Weekend? - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-original->Prediction Time: Who wins on FanDuel Canada Day Weekend?<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/07\/02\/5-most-canadian-things-to-watch-on-fanduel-canada-day-weekend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">5 Most Canadian things to watch on FanDuel Canada Day Weekend<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/plus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"Sign up and watch CFL games on CFL+ in the U.S. and Internationally - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/plus\" data-uw-original->Sign up and watch CFL games on CFL+ in the U.S. and Internationally<\/a><\/p>\n<p>McManis was a pending free agent earlier this year, and following his release by the Toronto Argonauts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/02\/04\/tiger-cats-sign-linebacker-wynton-mcmanis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">before hitting the free agent market, he was signed by the Ticats.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The six-foot, 220-pound native of Memphis, Tennessee has appeared in 100 regular season games, registering 390 defensive tackles, 52 special teams tackles, 16 sacks, nine interceptions, three defensive touchdowns and four forced fumbles.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, McManis played in 13 regular season games, amassing 62 defensive tackles, four sacks, two tackles for loss, one forced fumble, five pass knockdowns, and two interceptions. \u200b<\/p>\n<p>A two-time All-CFL selection (2022, 2023) and two-time East Division All-CFL (2022, 2023), McManis is a three-time Grey Cup champion, winning with Calgary in 2018 and Toronto in 2022 and 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HAMILTON \u2014 It appears that Wynton McManis may be making his Hamilton Tiger-Cats debut on FanDuel Canada Day&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":778723,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-778722","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\/778722","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=778722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/778723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}