Winnipeg local Andrew Harris has signed a one-year guarantee extension with the Toronto Argonauts

The CFL’s maximum a hit Canadian returns for any other season.

Andrew Harris has agreed to a one-year guarantee extension with the Toronto Argonauts, in keeping with a league supply. The 35-year-old operating again used to be scheduled to develop into a independent agent on Tuesday.

The supply spoke on status of anonymity as Argos didn’t in an instant ascertain the extension. CFL groups had been in a position to talk to pending independent brokers since Sunday.

The five-foot-10, 216-pound Harris rushed for 490 yards for 114 carries (4.3-yard moderate) and added 23 catches for 180 yards in 8 regular-season video games utmost season, his first with Toronto.

Harris suffered a pectoral muscle tear in mid-August and would pass over the residue of the time table, however returned in hour for the Argos East Section’s 34-27 Finals win over the Montreal Alouettes.

Harris and the Argos capped their season with a 24-23 Grey Cup win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Harris’ former group. The Winnipeg local rushed for 97 yards and a TD on 19 carries in Toronto’s two playoff video games.

Next the Grey Cup win, Harris admitted he would imagine retiring within the offseason however will now go back for a thirteenth CFL marketing campaign.

Harris helped the Bombers win Grey Cup titles in 2019 and 2021. He additionally received a CFL championship with the BC Lions in 2011.

Harris has 5 profession 1,000-yard seasons and is the eminent Canadian in league historical past with 10,151 yards for 1,903 carries (5.3 yards moderate) for 51 TDs. He additionally has 599 all-time catches for five,403 yards and 32 touchdowns in 184 steady season video games of his profession.

Toronto has additionally agreed on a two-year do business in with defensive finish Folarin Orimolade, in keeping with any other CFL supply. The 27-year-old American had 37 tackles, six sacks, a compelled fumble and an interception-return TD in 17 regular-season video games utmost yr with Calgary, the place he received a Grey Cup in 2018.

In 34 regular-season video games of his profession with the Stampeders, Orimolade had 52 tackles, 11 special-teams tackles, 10 sacks, one interception and 3 compelled fumbles.

Cut-off dates for independent brokers are impending

Underneath the phrases of the CFL’s negotiation window, pending independent brokers have till Sunday midday ET to solicit do business in from alternative golf equipment.

Those proposals—together with bottom wage and incentives—should be registered with the league and the CFL Avid gamers’ Affiliation. All submissions are thought to be binding.

When the window closes, groups can have 48 hours to barter only with their very own doable independent brokers. The CFL supplies golf equipment with registered do business in made to those avid gamers.

Groups after have till 10 a.m. ET Tuesday to publish an do business in to their very own avid gamers, a magazine of which should be given to each the league and the CFLPA.

Next the 48 hours have elapsed, the participant can have two hours (10:00-12:00 ET) on Tuesday to choose an do business in made to them. If he accepts one, the chosen group should tell the CFL.

Must the participant decline all do business in, they are going to input the independent hand on Tuesday at 12:01pm ET. Earlier do business in are not to be had.

Extra avid gamers are signing offer

Additionally on Friday, the Saskatchewan Roughriders signed American offensive lineman Eric Lofton. The six-foot-tall, 293-pound Lofton spent utmost season at Winnipeg and made a get started.

Lofton additionally spent hour with the Ottawa Redblacks (2017-18).

Veteran Canadian defenseman Ted Laurent, in the meantime, signed an extension with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The 5’11, 299-pound Laurent returns for a twelfth CFL season and 9th with the Ticats.

Laurent had 9 tackles (one from a loss), two sacks and one compelled fumble in 18 video games (17 steady season, 1 playoff) with Hamilton utmost season. The 35-year-old has seemed in 155 regular-season video games of his profession and has recorded 221 tackles (23 for losses), 50 sacks and 8 compelled fumbles.

Hamilton additionally fired American defender Cariel Brooks. The five-foot-10, 200-pound Brooks spent 5 seasons with the Ticats, recording 205 tackles, two particular groups tackles, two sacks, 12 interceptions and 4 compelled fumbles in 70 regular-season contests.

The Lions signed defenseman Woody Baron to a one-year guarantee extension via 2024. The veteran American would have develop into a independent agent later the 2023 season.

The 5’11, 270-pound Baron had seven tackles and a sack in six regular-season video games later struggling an ankle trauma.

Lengthy snapper Pierre-Luc Caron of the Alouettes introduced his leaving on Friday.

The 29-year-old from Laval, Que., seemed in 97 steady season video games over six seasons with Montreal and Calgary and received a Grey Cup with the Stampeders in 2018. He’s going to now paintings as an air visitors controller.

Receiver Mitchell Picton, a local of Regina, signed a two-year guarantee extension with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Picton used to be eligible to develop into a independent agent on Tuesday.

The six-foot-tall, 200-pound Picton had 18 catches for 220 yards and two touchdowns in 11 regular-season video games in 2022.

Supply: www.cbc.ca