{"id":68208,"date":"2026-05-31T01:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T01:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/68208\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T01:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T01:32:10","slug":"returner-kaylon-horton-headlines-calgary-stampeders-final-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/68208\/","title":{"rendered":"Returner Kaylon Horton headlines Calgary Stampeders&#8217; final cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/horton-thumb-1536x864-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto courtesy: Calgary Stampeders<\/p>\n<p>The Calgary Stampeders have released 20 players ahead of the CFL\u2019s mandatory roster cutdown deadline, with few surprises.<\/p>\n<p>Receiver Kaylon Horton was the only player with prior CFL game experience to be cut by the team. He appeared in eight games as a rookie in 2025, catching one pass for 21 yards. The North Texas product primarily handled return duties, fielding 33 punts for 285 yards and 19 kickoffs for 446 yards.<\/p>\n<p>Also released were American running back Terion Stewart; American receivers Rylan Davison, Nunu Whatley, and Dante Wright; American offensive linemen Deondre Buford, Cameron Dye, Martes Lewis, and Chris Murray; Canadian defensive lineman Steven Kpehe; American defensive linemen Brandon Maina, Khairi Manns, Devonte O\u2019Malley, and Norell Pollard; Canadian linebacker Olivier Ruest; American linebacker Tyreem Powell; American defensive backs Kam Alexander, Corey Coley Jr., and Jordan Polk; and Canadian kicker Dawson Hodge.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the team has placed two Canadian draft picks, offensive linemen Mitchel Schechinger and Jack Warrack, on the retired list with the intention of them returning to school.<\/p>\n<p>Calgary has also assigned 12 players to the practice roster to start the season: American quarterback Ben Wooldridge; American running back Deonta McMahon; Canadian receivers Jesulayomi Ojutalayo and Matt Sibley; American receivers Jeremiah Hunter and Rashod Owens; Canadian offensive lineman Matthew Stokman; American offensive lineman Bakyne Coly; Canadian defensive back Dolani Robinson; American defensive backs Zy Alexander and Ike Larsen; and Global kicker Jude McAtamney.<\/p>\n<p>The Calgary Stampeders will play their first regular-season game against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Friday, June 5. The club finished third in the West Division standings in 2025 with an 11-7 record, but lost the West Semi-Final to the B.C. Lions.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1780191130_454_76de80683d65348bb5b5c33259db26f7d6d1a64106b6ba6e2dcd31c5650d324a.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-60 photo\" height=\"60\" width=\"60\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/3downnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/3DownNation-Wordmark-v3-3.svg\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo courtesy: Calgary Stampeders The Calgary Stampeders have released 20 players ahead of the CFL\u2019s mandatory roster cutdown&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68209,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[349,350,28476,51,28519,351,352,28520,19139,28483,28477,28521,28522,22082,28486,354,28523,28524,28525,28526,22083,355,24328,13688,28527,16753,28528,28529,358,3115,13689,24839,28530],"class_list":["post-68208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-3down","tag-3downnation","tag-brandon-maina","tag-calgary","tag-cameron-dye","tag-canadian","tag-cfl","tag-chris-murray","tag-corey-coley-jr","tag-cutdown-day","tag-dante-wright","tag-dawson-hodge","tag-deondre-buford","tag-devonte-omalley","tag-final-cuts","tag-football","tag-jack-warrack","tag-jordan-polk","tag-kam-alexander","tag-kaylon-horton","tag-khairi-manns","tag-league","tag-martes-lewis","tag-mitchel-schechinger","tag-norell-pollard","tag-nunu-whatley","tag-olivier-ruest","tag-rylan-davison","tag-stampeders","tag-stamps","tag-steven-kpehe","tag-terion-stewart","tag-tyreem-powell"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}