Calgary Stampeders make first cuts ahead of first CFL pre-season tilt
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The Calgary Stampeders stayed off the field Wednesday, given the busy schedule ahead.
Camp was suspended a day with the upcoming Monday marking their first Canadian Football League pre-season tilt — that being against the host BC Lions at Vancouver Island’s Starlight Stadium in Langford, B.C. (2 p.m., CHQR 107.3 FM/770 AM).
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But that didn’t keep the club from making moves off the field.
Ahead of the league-mandated roster cut-down to 75 players plus draft-picks late Tuesday, the Stampeders released 12 players.
The following players have been released:
- American receiver Daylen Baldwin
- National defensive lineman Kwadwo Boahen
- American defensive lineman Josh Carr Jr.
- American defensive back Meiko Dotson
- American running back Deshaun Fenwick
- American receiver Mike Harley Jr.
- American linebacker Alex Howard
- American defensive lineman Savion Jackson
- American defensive lineman Michael Mason
- American defensive back Sam Mathews
- American offensive lineman Deiyantei Powell-Woods
- American offensive lineman Justin Shaffer
The Monday matinee also marks a return by new Stamps QB Vernon Adams Jr. to BC, where he played the last two seasons with the Lions.
The 10th-year CFL quarterback threw for 2,929 yards and 16 touchdowns with the Lions in 2024. That followed a super season a year earlier with the West Coast squad — whopping totals of 4,769 yards and 31 totals, both career-highs for Adams.
Now, he’s trying to re-create similar success with the Stampeders, beginning with Monday’s pre-season game if he, indeed, gets the call to arms in that game.
The Stamps have four QBs on their roster and want to get a look at all of them in the pre-season ahead of the regular-season start on Saturday, June 7, against the incoming Hamilton Tiger-Cats at McMahon Stadium (5 p.m., TSN, CHQR 107.3 FM/770 AM).
“I just like different energy and the different standard we have this year,” said Adams during training camp this week in Calgary. “You know … everyone knows we need to step it up this year, and we need to start from Day 1 and limit the complaining.
“And let’s just push each other — hold each other accountable.”
The Stamps have three days of training camp yet ahead of Monday’s pre-season contest — that being Thursday (9:20 a.m.), Friday (9:20 a.m.) and Saturday (9:20 a.m.) at McMahon Stadium.
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