{"id":847284,"date":"2026-08-05T18:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T18:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/847284\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T18:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T18:40:10","slug":"montreal-alouettes-qb-alexander-earns-cfl-player-of-the-month-honours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/847284\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal Alouettes QB Alexander earns CFL player of the month honours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br class=\"clr\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"posted\">By Canadian Press on August 5, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/67c3588268034a93662721a3ac3294fce5ee670d602b34cfc8ae4597ae1a227e-400x284.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>Montreal Alouettes quarterback Davis Alexander (10) attempts a pass against the Ottawa Redblacks during first half CFL action in Ottawa, Friday, July 31, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Adrian Wyld<\/p>\n<p>TORONTO \u2014 Montreal Alouettes quarterback Davis Alexander has been named the CFL\u2019s player of the month for July. <\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old American earned the top honour on Wednesday following a month where he amassed 1,310 passing yards and seven total touchdowns. <\/p>\n<p>Alexander was also named the league\u2019s No. 2 star of the week after throwing for 420 yards with three majors in Montreal\u2019s 34-13 victory over the Ottawa Redblacks on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Alouettes running back Travis Theis was also recognized for his standout performance in July, totalling 435 rushing yards and four touchdowns. <\/p>\n<p>Edmonton Elks quarterback Cody Fajardo was the third player named to the monthly list, earning the nod after putting up 1,813 passing yards and 11 TDs. <\/p>\n<p>The CFL\u2019s players of the week list was topped by B.C. Lions running back Zander Horvath, who posted career-highs in carries (17), rushing yards (191) and touchdowns (three) as B.C. beat the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 35-19 on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal receiver Tyson Philpot made the list after posting 184 receiving yards and becoming the fastest Canadian to reach 1,000 yards in a season, doing so in just eight games. <\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 5, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>12<br \/> -11\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<br class=\"clr\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Canadian Press on August 5, 2026. Montreal Alouettes quarterback Davis Alexander (10) attempts a pass against the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":847285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-847284","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\/847284","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=847284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/847285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=847284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=847284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=847284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}