{"id":815819,"date":"2026-07-21T06:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T06:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/815819\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T06:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T06:45:09","slug":"argonauts-sign-veteran-defensive-lineman-shawn-lemon-to-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/815819\/","title":{"rendered":"Argonauts sign veteran defensive lineman Shawn Lemon to deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Shawn Lemon is returning to the CFL as the veteran defensive lineman has agreed to a contract with the Toronto Argonauts, according to Farhan Lalji. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 37-year-old, who won a Grey Cup with the Argos in 2017, played five games with the Montreal Alouettes last season, his 14th in the CFL.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Lemon missed most of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/cfl\/shawn-lemon-reinstated-by-cfl-with-conditions-1.2335885\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/cfl\/shawn-lemon-reinstated-by-cfl-with-conditions-1.2335885\">2024 and 2025 seasons as he was serving a suspension<\/a> for gambling on CFL games in 2021 while he was a member of the Calgary Stampeders, including a game he played in. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He also served an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/cfl\/cfl-slaps-defensive-lineman-lemon-with-second-suspension-for-positve-drug-test-1.2247812\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/cfl\/cfl-slaps-defensive-lineman-lemon-with-second-suspension-for-positve-drug-test-1.2247812\">additional two-game suspension last season for violating the CFL\u2019s drug policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Argonauts are 2-4 on the season after dropping a close 24-23 contest to the rival Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Saturday in Week 7 action. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Over 147 career games with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Edmonton Elks, Stampeders, Ottawa Redblacks, Alouettes and Argonauts, Lemon has produced 103 sacks with two interceptions and 30 forced fumbles. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Lemon also won a Grey Cup with the Stamps in 2014 as well as with the Als in 2023 in addition to his title with the Argonauts. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Lemon played with the Argos from 2017 to 2019. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A native of Charleston, South Carolina, Lemon was named a CFL All-Star in 2022 as a member of the Stampeders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Toronto will take on the BC Lions in Vancouver on Saturday in Week 8. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shawn Lemon is returning to the CFL as the veteran defensive lineman has agreed to a contract with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":815820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[712,49,48,521,522,520,82,79102],"class_list":["post-815819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports","tag-toronto-argonauts-sports-football-team-team-genius-sports-122345"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815819","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=815819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/815820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=815819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=815819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}