{"id":931032,"date":"2026-10-13T03:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T03:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/931032\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T03:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T03:56:13","slug":"saskatchewan-roughriders-re-sign-defensive-back-jyron-gilmore-bgmsportstrax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/931032\/","title":{"rendered":"Saskatchewan Roughriders re-sign defensive back Jyron Gilmore \u2013 BGMSportsTrax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Roughriders 2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgmsportstrax.com\/2024\/08\/21\/saskatchewan-roughriders-place-rb-a-j-ouellette-and-wr-mitchell-picton-on-the-six-game-injured-list\/roughriders-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img width=\"678\" height=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791863773_688_Roughriders-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-mh-magazine-content size-mh-magazine-content wp-post-image\" alt=\"Saskatchewan Roughriders\" title=\"Roughriders 2\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/a><br \/>\nSaskatchewan Roughriders<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Saskatchewan Roughriders re-signed defensive back Jyron Gilmore to the practice squad on Monday, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/stats.cfl.ca\/transactions?year=2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CFL Transactions page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stats.cfl.ca\/stats\/player\/186444\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jyron Gilmore<\/a> is five foot nine and weighs 190 pounds. The 24-year-old from Citra, Florida, signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders on October 6, 2026, and was placed on the practice squad. The Roughriders released him on October 11, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collegiately, Gilmore spent four seasons at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ttusports.com\/sports\/fball\/2023-24\/bios\/gilmore_jyron_frce?view=bio\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tennessee Tech University<\/a> (2020-23) with 118 tackles (69 solos, 49 assists), three tackles for loss, one sack, two interceptions, six pass breakups, one forced fumble, seven kick returns for 118 yards, 20 punt returns for 101 yards, and one touchdown in 30 games for the Golden Eagles. He was named to the OVC All-Newcomer Team in the 2020-21 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next, he transferred to <a href=\"https:\/\/georgiastatesports.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/jyron-gilmore\/7135\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Georgia State University<\/a> in 2024 with 53 tackles (24 solos, 29 assists), two tackles for loss, two interceptions, three pass breakups, and three punt returns for 12 yards in 12 games for the Panthers. Then, he transferred to <a href=\"https:\/\/ramblinwreck.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/roster\/player\/jyron-gilmore\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Georgia Tech<\/a> in 2025 with 35 tackles (21 solos, 14 assists), 2.5 tackles for loss, half a sack, and three pass breakups in nine games for the Yellow Jackets. He was named the ACC Defensive Back of the Week after recording 11 tackles (5 solos, 6 assists), 1.5 tackles for loss, half a sack, and two pass breakups against Duke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saskatchewan Roughriders The Saskatchewan Roughriders re-signed defensive back Jyron Gilmore to the practice squad on Monday, according to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":931033,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,4400,82],"class_list":["post-931032","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-saskatchewan-roughriders","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931032","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=931032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/931033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=931032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=931032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=931032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}