{"id":942995,"date":"2026-10-23T06:08:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T06:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/942995\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T06:08:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T06:08:14","slug":"edmonton-elks-sign-defensive-back-nasir-bowers-to-a-future-contract-bgmsportstrax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/942995\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton Elks sign defensive back Nasir Bowers to a future contract \u2013 BGMSportsTrax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Edmonton Elks 2025\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgmsportstrax.com\/2025\/02\/07\/edmonton-elks-sign-defensive-back-willie-roberts\/edmonton-elks-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img width=\"678\" height=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792735694_713_Edmonton-Elks-2025.jpg\" class=\"attachment-mh-magazine-content size-mh-magazine-content wp-post-image\" alt=\"Edmonton Elks\" title=\"Edmonton Elks 2025\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/a><br \/>\nEdmonton Elks<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Edmonton Elks signed defensive back Nasir Bowers to a future contract on Thursday, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/stats.cfl.ca\/transactions?year=2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CFL Transactions page<\/a>. The contract will not start until after the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stats.cfl.ca\/stats\/player\/185118\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nasir Bowers<\/a> is five foot nine and weighs 182 pounds. The 23-year-old from Lakeland, Florida, attended a rookie minicamp with the Washington Commanders in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collegiately, Bowers spent four seasons at the <a href=\"https:\/\/utrockets.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/nasir-bowers\/9952\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">University of Toledo<\/a> (2022-25) with 88 tackles (60 solos, 28 assists), four tackles for loss, four interceptions for 95 yards, one touchdown, 10 pass breakups, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, one kick return for 21 yards, and one punt return for -3 yards in 50 games for the Rockets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2024, he made a career-high 44 tackles (38 solos, 6 assists), 2.5 tackles for loss, two interceptions for 68 yards, one touchdown, five pass breakups, and one forced fumble in 13 games. In 2025, he made 27 tackles (14 solos, 13 assists), 1.5 tackles for loss, two interceptions for 27 yards, four pass breakups, and one fumble recovery in 13 games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edmonton Elks The Edmonton Elks signed defensive back Nasir Bowers to a future contract on Thursday, according to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":942996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,13264,82],"class_list":["post-942995","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-edmonton-elks","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942995","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=942995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/942996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=942995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=942995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=942995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}