{"id":802277,"date":"2026-07-14T22:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T22:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/802277\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T22:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T22:58:10","slug":"elks-rb-rankin-als-wr-philpot-bombers-qb-brown-named-cfls-top-players-for-week-6-nanaimonewsnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/802277\/","title":{"rendered":"Elks RB Rankin, Als WR Philpot, Bombers QB Brown named CFL\u2019s top players for Week 6 | NanaimoNewsNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784069890_509_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Edmonton Elks&#8217; Justin Rankin (5) and Kaion Julien-Grant (11) celebrate a touchdown against the Ottawa Redblacks during second half CFL football action in Edmonton on Thursday, July 9, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Codie McLachlan<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJul 14, 2026 | 11:01 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>TORONTO \u2014 Edmonton Elks running back Justin Rankin, Montreal Alouettes receiver Tyson Philpot and Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback Dru Brown have been named the CFL\u2019s top players for Week 6.<\/p>\n<p>Rankin earned top honours after he rushed for 107 yards and two touchdowns and added a receiving touchdown in a 40-17 win over Ottawa on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>He has now rushed for over 100 yards in four of five games this season.<\/p>\n<p>Philpot caught nine of 10 targets for 132 yards and one touchdown in a 37-30 victory over Calgary on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edmonton Elks&#8217; Justin Rankin (5) and Kaion Julien-Grant (11) celebrate a touchdown against the Ottawa Redblacks during second&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":802278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[879,49,48,521,522,2467,520,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,2464,2465,2466,82],"class_list":["post-802277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-cfl","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-news","tag-oceanside","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802277","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=802277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/802278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}