{"id":947308,"date":"2026-10-26T20:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T20:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/947308\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T20:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T20:16:09","slug":"source-qb-chad-kelly-agrees-to-extension-with-argonauts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/947308\/","title":{"rendered":"Source: QB Chad Kelly agrees to extension with Argonauts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Toronto Argonauts quarterback Chad Kelly throws a pass during a game against the Saskatchewan Roughriders in Regina earlier this season.Kayle Neis\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

Chad Kelly is remaining with the Toronto Argonauts.<\/p>\n

According to a CFL source, Kelly and the Argos have agreed to a five-year contract extension. The team has scheduled a news conference to make a \u201cmajor announcement\u201d Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Kelly, 32, is in the final season of the three-year, $1.865-million extension he signed with Toronto during the 2023 campaign that made him the league\u2019s highest-paid player at the time. The extension comes after talks between Kelly and the Argos reportedly were put on hold last month until season\u2019s end.<\/p>\n

Kelly was slated to become a free agent in the off-season. Financial details weren\u2019t immediately known but Kelly is expected to surpass B.C. Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke (reportedly over $680,000) as the league\u2019s top paid player.<\/p>\n

Kelly is enjoying his best CFL season in 2026. The native of Buffalo, N.Y., has established career highs in passing yards (5,067) and touchdowns (33), but has also thrown a career-high 24 interceptions.<\/p>\n

Kelly didn\u2019t play in Toronto\u2019s 33-16 home loss to Montreal on Friday in the regular-season finale for both teams. He suffered a knee injury in the Argos\u2019 40-39 loss to Ottawa on Oct. 16, but the expectation is he\u2019ll start Saturday in the East Division semi-final against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.<\/p>\n

Kelly joined the Argos in 2022 and helped the squad win the Grey Cup that year. He replaced an injured McLeod Bethel-Thompson in the fourth quarter as Toronto edged the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 24-23.<\/p>\n

Kelly became the club\u2019s starter the following season. He was named the league\u2019s outstanding player after completing 270 of 394 passes (68.5 per cent) for 4,123 yards with 23 touchdowns and 12 interceptions while rushing for 248 yards and eight TDs \u2013 tied for second-most in the CFL.<\/p>\n

Kelly won 15 of his 16 starts as Toronto (16-2) tied the CFL record for most regular-season victories and set a franchise record. He rejoined the Argos in 2026 after missing all of last season due to a leg injury suffered in the 2024 East Division final.<\/p>\n

Nick Arbuckle replaced Kelly in Toronto\u2019s 30-28 win over Montreal that year, then guided the Argos to their 41-24 Grey Cup victory over Winnipeg, earning game MVP honours.<\/p>\n

Kelly is the nephew of Jim Kelly, the former Buffalo Bills star quarterback.<\/p>\n

Kelly joined the Argos after spending time in the NFL with the Denver Broncos (2017-18) and Indianapolis Colts (2019-2020).<\/p>\n

Denver selected Kelly with the final pick of the 2017 NFL draft out of Ole Miss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Toronto Argonauts quarterback Chad Kelly throws a pass during a game against the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":947309,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,521,875,522,520,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,82,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-947308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadian-news","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947308","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=947308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/947309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=947308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=947308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=947308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}