{"id":904602,"date":"2026-09-21T22:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T22:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/904602\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T22:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T22:26:10","slug":"b-c-lions-sign-former-kansas-city-chiefs-quarterback-chris-oladokun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/904602\/","title":{"rendered":"B.C. Lions sign former Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Chris Oladokun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790029570_997_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Chris Oladokun (19) walks the sideline during an NFL pre-season football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Tampa, Fla., Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. (AP Photo\/Gary McCullough)<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tSep 21, 2026 | 4:09 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>VANCOUVER \u2014 The B.C. Lions have signed four Americans to their practice roster, including former Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Chris Oladokun, the CFL club announced on Monday. <\/p>\n<p>Oladokun played for the Chiefs from 2022 through 2025, backing up star QB Patrick Mahomes and winning Super Bowls in both 2023 and 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old native of Tampa, Fla., finished his time in Kansas City with 235 passing yards, connecting on 35 of his 55 pass attempts with one touchdown and no interceptions. <\/p>\n<p>The Lions also signed Oladokun\u2019s younger brother, defensive back Jordan Oladokun on Monday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Chris Oladokun (19) walks the sideline during an NFL pre-season football game against the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":904603,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-904602","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\/904602","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=904602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/904603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=904602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=904602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=904602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}