CFL Notebook: Argos Add Lemon, Week 7 Players Of The Week

TORONTO – The Toronto Argonauts announced today that the team has signed American DL Shawn Lemon and American DL DeWayne Hendrix.

Lemon (6’2″/242lbs), a three-time Grey Cup champion (2014, 2017, 2023), two-time Division All-Star and one-time CFL All-Star, rejoins Toronto after two previous stints with the club. The Maryland native, who has been playing professional football since 2011, most recently suited up for Montreal (2023-2025), helping the Als win a Grey Cup in 2023.

Lemon began his professional football career in Winnipeg and Saskatchewan in 2011, followed by stints with multiple teams in the Arena Football League in early 2012. He would return to the CFL with Edmonton in 2012 before stops in Calgary, where he would win a Grey Cup in 2014, Pittsburgh (NFL), San Francisco (NFL), Ottawa, and Saskatchewan between 2013 and 2016. Lemon would join the Double Blue via trade in 2016, going on to register 14 sacks in 16 games on his way to being named an East All-Star. A year later, Lemon would lift the Grey Cup over his head for the second time in his career. After 35 games in Ontario’s capital, the Akron product was traded to B.C. before returning to Toronto in 2019. From there, it was back to B.C., and Edmonton prior to having one of his best seasons in 2022 in Calgary. His second stint in Calgary saw Lemon rack up 14 sacks and five forced fumbles, becoming the West Division nominee for Most Outstanding Defensive Player and a CFL All-Star for the first time in his career. He would join B.C. for a third time in early 2023 before joining Montreal in July that same year, hoisting the Grey Cup a third time at the end of the season.

Davis Alexander, Travis Theis and Dedrick Mills have been named Week 7 Players of the Week in the Canadian Football League (CFL). The honour spotlights exceptional statistical performances, pivotal plays, game-breaking feats and more.

The three players were chosen by a panel composed of representatives from the CFL’s Football Operations, Player and Game Statistics, and Content departments.

DAVIS ALEXANDER | QB | MONTREAL ALOUETTES | MTL 38 – CGY 32
- 25-of 32 (78.1 per cent)
- 402 passing yards; second 400-yard+ game of the season
- Three touchdown passes to match a career-high, including a 27-yard effort to Kaseem Ferdinand to take the lead late in the fourth quarter
- Zero interceptions thrown to break the CFL record for consecutive pass attempts without an interception (336)
- Four 30-yard+ completions
- Efficiency rating of 150.8
- Third Player of the Week honour (W2 and W4)
TRAVIS THEIS | RB | MONTREAL ALOUETTES | MTL 38 – CGY 32
- 19 rushes for 123 yards (average of 6.5); first career game with 100+ rushing yards
- Five rushes of 10+ yards
- A 16-yard rushing touchdown in the first quarter; fourth consecutive game with a major
- Five receptions on six targets for 49 yards, including three second down conversions
- 172 yards from scrimmage
DEDRICK MILLS | RB | CALGARY STAMPEDERS | MTL 38 – CGY 32
- 15 rushes for 130 yards (average of 8.7); third 100-yard+ rushing game of the season
- One rushing touchdown to open second-half scoring
- Three receptions on five targets for 38 yards
- A 15-yard receiving touchdown to set up the game-tying convert late in the fourth quarter
- First game of the season with multiple majors
- 168 yards from scrimmage