Travis Theis entered the Montreal Alouettes organization as a promising rookie, but his second season with the club is proving he is more than a developmental prospect. Theis is becoming a core contributor and is off to a great start, combining improved efficiency with greater opportunity and an increased role within the offence. \u201cI think a lot of chemistry and comfort has been built over time,\u201d Travis Theis said. \u201cJust trust guys and coaches. It\u2019s a great opportunity for me and I\u2019m ready to take advantage of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
In his first CFL season, Theis displayed flashes of playmaking ability and dependable hands that earned him steady snaps as a rotational player. Across his rookie year he appeared in 12 games, getting noticed for his versatility as a runner, receiver and special team contributions on kickoffs and punt returns. His play reflected a rookie acclimating to the speed and spacing of the Canadian game. \u201cHuge adjustments,\u201d Theis said. \u201cIt\u2019s a little bit different from the American game, and that\u2019s just things to get used to. My love grows for it every day. I don\u2019t want to see the field change. I know a lot of guys have pride in the way the game is played, and the history of the CFL is great, and I love to learn about it, and love to be a part of that too.\u201d<\/p>\n
Entering season two, Theis was given a larger role in Montreal\u2019s offence, and he has responded by producing at a higher clip. His 34 carries through the first four games are just about half the carries he had (70) in 2025. He already has 13 receptions compared to 19 over a dozen games last season. \u201cThat\u2019s something we\u2019ve been working on since I got here,\u201d he said. \u201cThere are growing pains for a rookie, especially an American coming to this league. Just getting comfortable and building camaraderie with the guys and getting shouts from the coaches, we\u2019ve done a good job, and I think that you\u2019ll see that going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n
Theis loves playing at Percival Molson Stadium in front of the Alouettes\u2019 faithful. \u201cThe best (stadium)in the CFL,\u201d he said. It\u2019s always noisy. The fans are great; they\u2019re on top for you. It\u2019s always full, It\u2019s a great environment. I can\u2019t ask for a better CFL experience. I\u2019d love to play 18 games at home. Can\u2019t do it, you know? I would if I could.\u201d n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Travis Theis entered the Montreal Alouettes organization as a promising rookie, but his second season with the club…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":803551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[3050,49,48,52046,521,52043,52048,522,520,198655,39829,52047,941,19826,52045,82,225340],"class_list":["post-803550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-american-football","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadian-football-league-teams","tag-canadian-football-leagues","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-football-leagues","tag-gridiron-football","tag-gridiron-football-variants","tag-montreal-alouettes","tag-national-football-league","tag-nfl-seasons","tag-sports","tag-travis-theis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803550","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=803550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/803551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}