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Earlier this week, the Canadian Football League announced shifted season plans, changing its planned start from June 10 to August 5 due to continued challenges with the current “critical” stage of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. It had been widely anticipated that the CFL wasn’t actually going to be able to pull off a June 10 start, but what exactly a season shift would look like was very much up for debate, especially with the league having ongoing talks with the new XFL ownership group (even if claims of cancelled 2021 and 2022 CFL seasons and a full CFL-XFL merger are still very premature). So the announcement of an August start date that currently seems at least somewhat possible (although far from assured) was likely good news for a lot of under-contract CFL players trying to plan out what’s ahead for them. The particular timing of this plan was not good for Hamilton Tiger-Cats receiver Jaelon Acklin, though, as he told Steve Milton of
Blue Bombers re-sign receiver Lawler
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have re-signed their Most Outstanding Rookie nominee from the 2019 season, receiver Kenny Lawler.
The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed American receiver Kenny Lawler to a one-year extension.
Lawler was named the Bombers top rookie in 2019 after leading the club with 637 receiving yards on 41 receptions. He also scored four touchdowns.
Lawler added eight receptions for 126 yards in three playoff games as the Bombers won the Grey Cup.
B.C. cut Lawler in training camp in 2018, opening the door for Winnipeg to sign the California Golden Bears product to their practice roster.
REGINA The Saskatchewan Roughriders have re-signed wide receiver Jordan Williams-Lambert to a one-year extension. The 26-year-old considered entering free-agency, which opens Feb. 9, but chose to stay with the Riders. “I took pride in what I built with that specific organization, I take pride in the fan base they have there,” Williams-Lambert said. The American wide-receiver is known for a productive 2018 rookie season that earned him the West Division’s Most Outstanding Rookie award. He finished second on the Riders for receiving yards in 2018 with 764. He was also tied for the team lead in receiving touchdowns, with four. After a brief stint in the NFL preseason with the Chicago Bears, Williams-Lambert returned to the Green and White to end the 2019 season, playing in three games and recording five receptions for 57 yards.
RIDERS EXTEND RECEIVER JORDAN WILLIAMS-LAMBERT The Saskatchewan Roughriders have announced American wide receiver Jordan Williams-Lambert has signed a one-year contract extension. Williams-Lambert (6’3-228lbs) returns to the Green and White after a sensational freshman season that saw him named the 2018 West Division’s Most Outstanding Rookie and ended with him signing a futures contract with the Chicago Bears in January of 2019. […]