2016 Free Agency

Ticats re-sign playmaking defensive back Davis

March 3, 2016 | CFL.ca Staff
HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have brought back a key piece of their secondary, re-signing defensive halfback Emanuel Davis. Davis, an East Carolina graduate, was one of 2015’s biggest ...

Argos, former Ticat Hickman agree to free agent deal

March 2, 2016 | CFL.ca Staff
TORONTO — The Argos’ new-look defensive line may look oddly familiar, as the team has signed free agent defensive lineman Justin Hickman from the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Hickman is the ...

Murphy: ‘Heart’ can’t factor into difficult decisions

March 1, 2016 | CFL.ca Staff
REGINA — For the Riders and Chris Getzlaf, the feeling this off-season was mutual. Getzlaf’s eight-year stint with the Riders officially ended last Friday, the 33-year old free agent ...

Sly Moves: 5 impactful signings less talked about

February 29, 2016 | CFL.ca Staff
TORONTO — Sometimes in sports and especially football the most impactful moves are the ones least talked about. In one of the busiest free agent periods of all-time, we’re immediately ...

Argos ink Jerald Brown to free agent deal

February 26, 2016 | CFL.ca Staff
TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts have added some veteran sandpaper to their defensive secondary, announcing the addition of free agent Jerald Brown. Brown joins the Argonauts in 2016 for his ...

Official: Esks, Getzlaf agree to deal

February 24, 2016 | CFL.ca Staff
EDMONTON — One of the CFL’s top remaining free agents has a new home, as national receiver Chris Getzlaf and the Edmonton Eskimos have struck a deal, the team announced ...

Former ‘Cats congregate in Calgary

February 21, 2016 | Stampeders.com Staff
CALGARY — Bakari Grant has a number of connections on the Calgary Stampeders. For starters, the Red and White’s newest receiver comes to town accompanied by linebacker Taylor Reed, his ...

Big Move: Argos confirm Bryan Hall signing

February 19, 2016 | CFL.ca Staff
TORONTO — One of the CFL’s biggest remaining free agents is heading up the QEW. Highly-touted defensive tackle Bryan Hall has agreed to a deal with the Toronto Argonauts, as one of ...

Hinds Signs: Veteran DB inks deal with REDBLACKS

February 19, 2016 | CFL.ca Staff
OTTAWA — The Ottawa REDBLACKS added some Canadian content to their defensive backfield on Friday, announcing the signing of 29-year-old Toronto native Ryan Hinds. Hinds, a University of New ...

Free Agent add Smith feeling at home with Bombers

February 19, 2016 | BlueBombers.com Staff
WINNIPEG — What isn’t there to smile about when you’ve been reunited with one of your mentors and teammates, in a city a few hours away from home that’s ecstatic to have you on board? For ...

Esks re-up Oramasionwu; sign Neil King

February 17, 2016 | CFL.ca Staff
EDMONTON — The Edmonton Eskimos have re-signed free agent defensive end and national Don Oramasionwu, the team announced Wednesday. Oramasionwu is entering his sixth season with the Green ...

Ratio Change: Free agency a numbers game for Argos

February 17, 2016 | CFL.ca Staff
TORONTO — For Jim Barker and the Argos, free agency was less about names and more about numbers. At a glance, the veteran general manager and his team were hit pretty hard this off-season. ...

Best of the Rest: What’s next in free agency?

February 14, 2016 | CFL.ca Staff
TORONTO — The first couple waves of free agency hit hard and the market is thinning out, as a number of top names have switched teams while others are staying put. Andrew Harris and Trevor ...

Sudden Impact: A team by team look at free agency

February 13, 2016 | CFL.ca Staff
TORONTO — They say you don’t win Grey Cups in free agency, but where there are norms there are also exceptions. Take this year, for instance: After just the first wave of free agency, every ...

Argos ink veteran Keon Raymond to free agent deal

February 12, 2016 | CFL.ca Staff
TORONTO — Keon Raymond has built a career on making big plays, but on Friday it was the Argos making the play by signing the veteran linebacker/defensive back in free agency. Raymond, an ...

Bulcke-ing Up: Argos sign veteran DT from rival Ticats

February 11, 2016 | CFL.ca Staff
TORONTO — Brian Bulcke is joining the other side of one of the CFL’s biggest rivalries, as the veteran defensive tackle has signed with the Toronto Argonauts. The Windsor, Ont. native ...

Ticats sign veteran defensive back Washington

February 11, 2016 | CFL.ca Staff
HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have added a boost to their secondary, signing veteran defensive halfback Demond Washington. Washington spent four seasons with the Bombers playing in at ...

Flyin’ Down the QEW: Owens signs with rival Tiger-Cats

February 11, 2016 | CFL.ca Staff
TORONTO — After a six-year career as the face of the Toronto Argonauts, Chad Owens is heading down the highway to join the rival Tiger-Cats.  Owens has agreed to terms with Hamilton after ...

Riders dominate Day 2 of Free Agency; Stamps make their move

February 10, 2016 | CFL.ca Staff
TORONTO — If Kyle Walters and Marcel Desjardins stole all the headlines when the markets opened on Tuesday, Chris Jones almost entirely controlled Day 2 of CFL Free ...

Lions add former REDBLACK Johnson to backfield

February 10, 2016 | CFL.ca Staff
VANCOUVER — The BC Lions signed their potential starting running back on Wednesday, announcing the addition of former REDBLACKS runner Jeremiah Johnson on a one-year contract. After ...
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