{"id":949371,"date":"2026-10-28T12:24:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T12:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/949371\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T12:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T12:24:19","slug":"winnipeg-blue-bombers-release-offensive-linemen-jeremiah-crawford-and-tunde-fatukasi-bgmsportstrax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/949371\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg Blue Bombers release offensive linemen Jeremiah Crawford and Tunde Fatukasi \u2013 BGMSportsTrax"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nWinnipeg Blue Bombers<\/p>\n

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers released offensive linemen Jeremiah Crawford and Tunde Fatukasi from the practice squad on Tuesday, according to the CFL Transactions page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jeremiah Crawford<\/a> is six foot six and weighs 330 pounds. The 27-year-old from Goddard, Kansas, signed with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on September 27, 2026, and was placed on the practice squad.<\/p>\n

The Carolina Panthers signed Crawford as an undrafted free agent on May 10, 2024. In 2024, he played in three preseason games. The Panthers released him on August 27, 2024.<\/p>\n

Crawford signed with the Orlando Pirates of the Indoor Football League on February 21, 2026. In 2026, he played six games with three tackles (2 solos, 1 assist). Orlando averaged 50.6 points per game, 262.5 yards per game, 191.1 passing yards per game, 71.4 rushing yards per game, and 115 touchdowns.<\/p>\n

Collegiately, Crawford spent two seasons at Butler Community College<\/a> (2019-20), playing both offense and defense for the Grizzlies. He started 16 games in two seasons and made two tackles (2 solos) and one forced fumble. Then, he transferred to the University of Tennessee<\/a> (2021-23), playing 1,345 snaps at left tackle and right tackle in 30 games, of which 13 were starts for the Volunteers. In 2022, he started 10 games, seeing 424 snaps, and not allowing a sack in nine of ten games. He was part of an offensive line that was a semifinalist for the Joe Moore Award for the first time in school history.<\/p>\n

Tunde Fatukasi<\/a> is six foot five and weighs 310 pounds. The 24-year-old from Far Rockaway, New York, attended the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs rookie minicamps in 2026. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers signed Fatukasi to the practice squad on September 27, 2026.<\/p>\n

Collegiately, Fatukasi spent two seasons at Rutgers<\/a> (2020-21), but did not see any action for the Scarlet Knights. Then, he transferred to Bowling Green State University<\/a> (2022-25), playing 2,249 snaps at left tackle, left guard, right tackle, and center in 51 games, of which 36 were starts for the Falcons. He was named an All-MAC Honorable Mention by the College Football Network in 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Winnipeg Blue Bombers The Winnipeg Blue Bombers released offensive linemen Jeremiah Crawford and Tunde Fatukasi from the practice…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":949372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82,7504],"class_list":["post-949371","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","tag-winnipeg-blue-bombers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949371","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=949371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/949372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=949371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=949371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=949371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}