Blue Bombers re-sign top left tackle Bryant

WINNIPEG — Two-time CFL most outstanding lineman Stanley Bryant has signed a one-year extension with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Bryant returns for his sixth season in Winnipeg after originally signing in 2015.

The six-foot-five, 306-pound left tackle was the West Division’s nominee for most outstanding lineman for the third straight season in 2019, helping the Blue Bombers win the Grey Cup.

Bryant was named the CFL’s most outstanding lineman in 2017 and 2018 and has started every game since the start of the 2015 season.

Bryant spent the first five years of his career with Calgary, winning a Grey Cup in 2014.

— The Edmonton Football Club signed American defensive back Jonathan Rose and Canadian receiver Mike Jones. The six-foot-one, 190pound Rose comes to Edmonton following four seasons with the Ottawa Redblacks.

Rose was an East Division all-star in 2016 and ‘18. Jones spent the last four seasons with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He registered 101 catches for 1,472 yards and four touchdowns.

— Linebacker Deshaun Davis and offensive lineman Cameron Jefferson both opted back into their CFL contracts, the Saskatchewan Roughriders announced Monday.

Both players are Americans.

The six-foot, 235-pound Davis was a sixth-round pick of Cincinnati in the

2019 NFL draft and went on to play in four pre-season games for the Bengals.

He also spent time with Jacksonville and Philadelphia that season. The sixfoot-five, 325-pound Jefferson returns to Saskatchewan after spending most of 2019 on the practice roster.