{"id":950002,"date":"2026-10-29T00:28:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T00:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/950002\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T00:28:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T00:28:27","slug":"stampeders-sack-master-clarence-hicks-star-returner-tyreik-mcallister-finalists-for-cfl-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/950002\/","title":{"rendered":"Stampeders sack master Clarence Hicks, star returner Tyreik McAllister finalists for CFL Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

A pair of Calgary Stampeders are one step closer to receiving 2026 Canadian Football League awards as Clarence Hicks (Most Outstanding Defensive Player) and Tyreik McAllister (Most Outstanding Special Teams Player) have advanced in their respective categories.<\/p>\n

Votes were tabulated after being submitted by 36 local members of the Football Reporters of Canada from across the country as well as from 20 national members of the FRC.<\/p>\n

Each player who received a vote for a team award was added on the ballot to receive a league-wide award. A new CFL Awards format which sees three finalists, regardless of division, has replaced the previous structure of one finalist from each of the two divisions.<\/p>\n

Here are more details on the Stamps’ two finalists:<\/p>\n

Clarence Hicks (Most Outstanding Defensive Player finalist)<\/p>\n

Hicks played and started all 18 games at defensive end and recorded 24 defensive tackles \u2014 including four for a loss \u2014 12 sacks, three knockdowns and two forced fumbles. Hicks, who recently completed his third campaign in the CFL and with the Stampeders, registered at least one sack in 10 games and had two-sack showcases in Week 3 and Week 15.<\/p>\n

The University of Texas at San Antonio product concluded the regular season by winning the league’s sack title and matching his personal season-high set last year. According to Pro Football Focus, he also led all players in quarterback hits (23), hurries (67) and total pressures (96).<\/p>\n

Calgary’s most recent finalist for Most Outstanding Defensive Player was lineman Shawn Lemon in 2022 with its most recent winner being linebacker Alex Singleton in 2017.<\/p>\n

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The Stampeders\u2019 Tyreik McAllister battles the BC Lions at McMahon Stadium on Aug. 13, 2026.<\/p>\n

Tyreik McAllister (Most Outstanding Special Teams Player finalist)<\/p>\n

In his first season with the Stamps, McAllister played all 18 regular-season games as the team’s primary returner. He had 69 kickoff returns for 1,570 yards, 64 punt returns for 791 yards with one touchdown and six missed-field goal returns for 330 yards with two scores.<\/p>\n

For his play in Week 8, he was named a CFL Player of the Week as he became the first player in league history to record a rushing, receiving and return touchdown in the same game, which he accomplished in the first half alone. McAllister’s 120-yard missed field-goal return in Week 3 was the seventh-longest play in franchise history. He finished tied for first in the CFL in kick-return touchdowns with three and was second with 2,691 yards in the return game.<\/p>\n

Calgary’s most recent finalist for Most Outstanding Special Teams Player was kicker Ren\u00e9 Paredes in 2021 with its most recent winner being return specialist Roy Finch in 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pair of Calgary Stampeders are one step closer to receiving 2026 Canadian Football League awards as Clarence…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":950003,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-950002","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"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950002","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=950002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/950003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=950002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=950002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}