{"id":871946,"date":"2026-08-26T09:26:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T09:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/871946\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T09:26:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T09:26:16","slug":"grey-cup-champion-derek-parish-to-sign-with-houston-texans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/871946\/","title":{"rendered":"Grey Cup champion Derek Parish to sign with Houston Texans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2560\" height=\"1758\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Derek-Parish-scaled-e1760388737811.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"Derek Parish\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto courtesy: Toronto Argonauts<\/p>\n<p>Former CFL player Derek Parish is signing with the Houston Texans, according to KPRC 2 Houston reporter Aaron Wilson.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old spent the 2024 and 2025 seasons with the Toronto Argonauts, recording 53 defensive tackles, five special teams tackles, 11 sacks, and one forced fumble over 34 regular-season games along the defensive line. He helped the team win the 111th Grey Cup as a rookie.<\/p>\n<p>The native of Pearland, Texas was originally a seventh-round pick in the 2023 NFL Draft by the Jacksonville Jaguars. He spent a part of that season on the practice roster, but was cut before dressing for a regular-season game.<\/p>\n<p>\u2191 what lands at 3 p.m. daily<\/p>\n<p>3DownNation Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>\t\tLatest news, exclusive analysis, and more daily at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tLatest news, exclusive analysis, and more daily at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tFree. Unsubscribe anytime. By signing up you agree to receive daily emails from 3DownNation,<br \/>\n\t\t\tas well as our <a href=\"https:\/\/3downnation.com\/terms-of-service\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">terms of service<\/a> and<br \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/3downnation.com\/privacy-policy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">privacy policy<\/a>.<br \/>\n\t\t\t1900 Rose St, Regina SK S4P 0A9.<\/p>\n<p>The six-foot-one, 241-pound defender recently played for the UFL\u2019s DC Defenders. Over 10 regular-season games, he made 23 total tackles, four tackles for loss, three sacks, and one forced fumble.<\/p>\n<p>Parish played collegiately at the University of Houston, where he made 158 total tackles, 33.5 tackles for loss, 17 sacks, two forced fumbles, and two fumble recoveries. He was named All-AAC in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The Texans finished second in the AFC South standings in 2025 with a record of 12-5.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"60\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0603-3Down-logo-600x600.jpg\" class=\"avatar avatar-60 photo\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/3downnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/3DownNation-Wordmark-v3-3.svg\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo courtesy: Toronto Argonauts Former CFL player Derek Parish is signing with the Houston Texans, according to KPRC&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":871947,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[100127,49,48,7028,521,522,520,77212,527,1443,514,82,11285,3302,137438],"class_list":["post-871946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-argonauts","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-derek-parish","tag-football","tag-houston","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-texans","tag-toronto","tag-ufl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871946","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=871946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/871947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=871946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=871946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=871946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}