{"id":881007,"date":"2026-09-02T18:10:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T18:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/881007\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T18:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T18:10:13","slug":"toronto-argonauts-release-canadian-rookie-kicker-brady-lidster-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/881007\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Argonauts release Canadian rookie kicker Brady Lidster \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO \u2013 It appears veteran Canadian Lirim Hajrullahu is ready to resume kicking duties with the Toronto Argonauts.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto released Canadian rookie Brady Lidster on Wednesday. Lidster, 21, of St. Thomas, Ont., had been handling kicking duties for the Argos since their 24-23 home loss to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on July 18.<\/p>\n<p>Hajrullahu was unsuccessful on a game-ending 31-yard field goal try in that contest. He also missed a convert earlier.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6a9861e82d7c680aa065f126jpeg.jpg\" data-pswp- data-pswp-width=\"2818\" data-pswp-height=\"1879\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6a9861e82d7c680aa065f126jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"Toronto Argonauts kicker Lirim Hajrullahu (70) is hoisted by teammates after kicking the game-winning field goal against the Edmonton Elks during second half CFL football action in Toronto Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Jon Blacker\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tToronto Argonauts kicker Lirim Hajrullahu (70) is hoisted by teammates after kicking the game-winning field goal against the Edmonton Elks during second half CFL football action in Toronto Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Jon Blacker<\/p>\n<p>Hajrullahu missed Toronto\u2019s 26-12 road win over the B.C. Lions the following week but his absence was listed as, \u201cnot injury-related\u201d by the team.<\/p>\n<p>He later appeared on Toronto\u2019s injury report with a hamstring ailment.<\/p>\n<p>Lidster made 15-of-21 field goals (71.4 per cent) he attempted over five games with Toronto and eight-of-12 converts. He was the only kicker listed on both Toronto\u2019s active roster and its practice roster.<\/p>\n<p>Hajrullahu, 36, has made 12-of-18 field goals this season (66.7 per cent) and 18-of-20 convert attempts.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tWinnipeg Free Press | Newsletter\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tThe Warm-Up<\/p>\n<p class=\"frequency\">Winnipeg Jets Game Days<\/p>\n<p>On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"email-subscribe-link button the-warmup inline-block-logged-in\">Sign up for The Warm-Up<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788372613_56_theWarm-up-tile.jpg\" alt=\"Sign up for The Warm-Up\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The expectation is Hajrullahu \u2014 a two-time Grey Cup champion with the Argos (2017, \u201924) \u2014 will play Monday when Toronto visits the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the annual Labour Day clash at Hamilton Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 2, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2013 It appears veteran Canadian Lirim Hajrullahu is ready to resume kicking duties with the Toronto Argonauts.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":881008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-881007","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\/881007","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=881007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/881008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=881007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=881007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=881007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}