Banks re-signs with Tiger-Cats

HAMILTON

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have re-signed 2019 CFL most outstanding player Brandon Banks.

The American wide receiver will return for his eighth season with the club in 2021.

Banks earned his fourth CFL all-star selection in 2019 after leading the CFL in receptions (112), yards (1,550), touchdowns (13) and targets (158) in 16 games.

The Toronto Argonauts have extended the contracts of kicker/punter Boris Bede and wide receiver Keyarris Garrett.

The Argos acquired Bede in a trade with Montreal in January.

The Edmonton Football Team has extended the contracts of Canadian fullback Tanner Green, defensive back Scott Hutter, wide receiver Tevaun Smith, kicker Sean Whyte and American linebacker Vontae Diggs.

Diggs was the club’s rookie of the year in 2019, recording 84 tackles, along with two sacks, one interception, and one forced fumble.

Smith arrived in Edmonton in 2019 after three years in the NFL with Jacksonville, Oakland and Jacksonville. He caught 55 passes for 632 yards and two touchdowns in his first year in Edmonton.

Whyte will be entering his sixth season with Edmonton and 12th in the CFL. He has never had a field-goal percentage below 87 per cent in Edmonton.