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MIKAELA MACKENZIE \/ FREE PRESS<\/p>\n
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have re-signed Thiadric Hansen who spent his first four seasons with the club. The German-born player was drafted by the team back in the 2019 Global Draft.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love travelling. The year before, I lived in Thailand for the off-season so I\u2019m just making the most out of the opportunities that I can.\u201d<\/p>\n
The most recent opportunity that came his way was with Winnipeg \u2014 the team he started his CFL career with \u2014 which signed him to the practice roster over the weekend.<\/p>\n
Hansen, 33, spent the past two seasons with the Toronto Argonauts before being released during this year\u2019s training camp.<\/p>\n
He spent his first four seasons with the Bombers after they selected him second overall in the league\u2019s first-ever European Draft \u2014 now known as the Global Draft \u2014 in 2019.<\/p>\n
Hansen won two Grey Cups with Winnipeg in 2019 and 2021, and another with Toronto in 2024 against the Bombers.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was just on my way to a vacation, but then I got the call and I cancelled everything to come here and play another season in the CFL,\u201d said Hansen.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was very unexpected. I thought my CFL career was probably done. Then I got the call from my agent and said, \u2018Come on, let\u2019s do it.\u2019 It doesn\u2019t matter, I\u2019m gonna make my way up again into the team and hopefully I\u2019m gonna play soon. I\u2019m just enjoying being out here again.\u201d<\/p>\n
As for life in India, he\u2019s enjoying that, too.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s good, actually,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s hectic. Bangalore is a city of 10 million people. It\u2019s loud, it\u2019s vibrant, there\u2019s lots of opportunities going on there. It\u2019s fun, the food is great. A lot of people might not (know), but the food is very good there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hansen, the CFL\u2019s most successful Global player, spent the past few months playing for the Frankfurt Galaxy in the European Football Alliance.<\/p>\n
His claim to fame during his first stint with the Bombers came in the 2019 Grey Cup, when he delivered a vicious hit on special teams that took out a blocker and returner.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe knows what he\u2019s doing, he knows what we\u2019re all about. He\u2019s a tough man,\u201d said head coach Mike O\u2019Shea.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s played a lot of football, he\u2019s won a lot of championships, he\u2019s got Grey Cups, he\u2019s got European championships, he\u2019s got all sorts of things. He\u2019s a professional. He knows how to work. And everybody will remember that hit he made in the Grey Cup on kickoff. He\u2019s got that in him, too.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hansen made nine special teams tackles in 11 games last season with Toronto.<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t MIKAELA MACKENZIE \/ FREE PRESS<\/p>\n Thiadric Hansen\u2019s (35) claim to fame during his first stint with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers was in the 2019 Grey Cup when he delivered a hit on special teams that took out both a blocker and the returner on the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.<\/p>\n His best year was 2021, when he recorded eight defensive tackles, 12 special teams tackles, three sacks, one forced fumble and two pass knockdowns.<\/p>\n \u201cTo be honest, I walked in and, of course, the locker room is new, but it feels like I never left. Right now, I\u2019m still walking to the wrong locker because I got it still in my head,\u201d said Hansen.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s just great to be back. A very warm welcome. A lot of guys I know, Jake (Thomas) and Mike (Miller) who I played with, now they\u2019re my coaches.\u201d<\/p>\n Hansen believes he still has another year or two of good football left in him.<\/p>\n \u201cI know it\u2019s all about getting championships here, so I\u2019m glad to be back and ready to compete,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The Bombers (7-6) host the Argonauts (8-6) on Friday (7 p.m.).<\/p>\n \n\t\tWinnipeg Free Press | Newsletter\n\t<\/p>\n \t\t\tThe Warm-Up<\/p>\n Winnipeg Jets Game Days<\/p>\n 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 \t\t\tSign up for The Warm-Up<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t Injury update<\/p>\n Quarterback Zach Collaros (head), running back Brady Oliveira (ankle), receiver Nic Demski (ankle), left tackle Stanley Bryant (ankle) and defensive lineman Cam Lawson (foot) did not participate in Monday\u2019s practice.<\/p>\n Receiver Ontaria Wilson (hand) is on the six-game injured list and was also inactive.<\/p>\n Defensive back Michael Griffin II, who missed the last five games with an ankle injury, returned to practice Monday.<\/p>\n winnipegfreepress.com\/taylorallen<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t Taylor Allen Taylor Allen is a sports reporter for the Winnipeg Free Press. Taylor was the Vince Leah intern in the Free Press newsroom twice while earning his joint communications degree\/diploma at the University of Winnipeg and Red River College Polytechnic. He signed on full-time in 2019 and mainly covers the Blue Bombers, curling, and basketball. Read more about Taylor<\/a>.<\/p>\n Every piece of reporting Taylor produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print \u2014 part of the Free Press\u2018s tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press\u2019s history and mandate<\/a>, and learn how our newsroom operates<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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