{"id":817897,"date":"2026-07-22T05:03:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T05:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/817897\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T05:03:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T05:03:19","slug":"veteran-returner-receiver-alford-among-three-players-released-by-montreal-alouettes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/817897\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran returner\/receiver Alford among three players released by Montreal Alouettes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784696599_849_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Montreal Alouettes&#8217; Mario Alford, left, runs the football as Calgary Stampeders&#8217; Ludovick Choquette grabs for him during first half CFL football action in Calgary, Saturday, July 18, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Jeff McIntosh<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJul 21, 2026 | 3:07 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>MONTREAL \u2014 Veteran American receiver\/returner Mario Alford was among three players released Tuesday by the Montreal Alouettes.<\/p>\n<p>Also let go were Canadian Hakeem Harris and American Terique Owens, both receivers.<\/p>\n<p>Alford was in his second stint with Montreal after playing previously with the CFL club in 2019 and 2021-22.<\/p>\n<p>He signed with the Alouettes after being released during the preseason by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Alford appeared in four games this season with Montreal, returning 20 punts for 226 yards (11.3-yard average) and 14 kickoffs for 293 yards (20.9-yard average).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Montreal Alouettes&#8217; Mario Alford, left, runs the football as Calgary Stampeders&#8217; Ludovick Choquette grabs for him during first&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":817898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-817897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817897","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=817897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/817898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}