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BC Lions Sign Standout Defensive Tackle Casey Sayles Through 2027

The BC Lions announced on Tuesday the signing of American defensive tackle Casey Sayles through the 2027 season.

DT Casey Sayles – Ohio (6’3, 290 lbs)

Sayles moves back tot he West Division after spending the last 3 seasons with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, after starting in 51 regular season games and recording 116 tackles and 17 sacks. This past season, he had 30 tackles and 4 sacks over 17 games.

“Casey’s been a consistent pass rusher since he entered the Canadian Football League,” stated Lions’ General Manager Ryan Rigmaiden. “He’s the type of player you have to game-plan for, or he’ll tear you up.  Adding a talent like him to an already terrific defensive line is something we couldn’t pass on.”

Sayles entered the CFL with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2021, where he appeared in all 14 games and started in 7, recording 28 tackles and 5 sacks. He started in all 18 games in 2022, making 36 tackles and 6 sacks.

Sayles has played in 83 total CFL regular-season games, over which he has made 180 tackles and 28 sacks. He has played in 7 playoff games, recording 17 tackles and a sack.

Sayles won a Grey Cup in 2021 with Winnipeg. He was named a CFL All-Star in 2023 and an East Division All-Star in 2023 and 2025.

Sayles is talented enough to make a difference on any team in the interior defensive line, who can make an impact in run-stopping and pass-rushing.

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Jonathan Clink joined CFL News Hub in early April of 2023. His primary responsibilities are covering the BC Lions and Montreal Alouettes. He self awarded himself the CFL Rookie Journalist of the Year in 2023 following the 2023 CFL season. He also proclaims himself to be a "really cool guy". He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and lived a large portion of his childhood in Northwest Ontario. He currently lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan and misses being being able to have 4 months of skating every winter. Clink has written over 240 articles for CFL News Hub. He was the publication's boots on the ground at the 2023 Grey Cup in Hamilton. Clink has always had an obsession for sport and has a background in other sports as well having played hockey all his life and soccer, basketball, and lacrosse in high school. As a young child he used to log his hockey statistics after every game which is either an indication that he was destined for the role or perhaps and indication that he is rather strange.
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