The Winnipeg Blue Bombers receiving corps could soon be landing some homegrown help.
TSN's Farhan Lalji has reported the club has agreed in terms on a two-year deal with receiver Tommy Nield, who spent last season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders and four years before that with the Toronto Argonauts.
FYI, the CFL's negotiating window opened Sunday at 11 a.m. allowing teams and pending free agents around the league to negotiate, with any new agreements not to be officially announced until February 10th when the market opens.
Nield (6-3, 203; McMaster University) would join the Blue Bombers in 2026 after putting up career-best numbers last year in Saskatchewan with 42 receptions for 535 yards and five touchdowns in 13 games. He began the year by missing the first five games due to injury before serving as a reserve receiver for two weeks. He then started the last 11 games and the Western Final and 112th Grey Cup victory for the Roughriders over the Montreal Alouettes at Princess Auto Stadium in Winnipeg.
The 26-year-old Nield — 'Touchdown Tommy' — scored the game-winning touchdown for the Riders with 11 seconds remaining in their Western Final win over the B.C. Lions and had three catches for 46 yards in the Grey Cup.
The 26-year-old Nield — 'Touchdown Tommy' — scored the game-winning touchdown for the Riders with 11 seconds remaining in their Western Final win over the B.C. Lions and had three catches for 46 yards in the Grey Cup.
A fourth-round selection of the Argos in the 2021 CFL Draft, Nield was also a part of Toronto's championship teams in 2022 and 2024 and would bolster a Blue Bombers receiving corps that last week signed four-time 1,000-yard receiver Tim White and already features Pokey Wilson along with Canadians Nic Demski — the club's leading receiver the last two years — and three other homegrown pass catchers who started games last year in Kevens Clercius, Joey Corcoran and Gavin Cobb.
The Blue Bombers have three starting receivers from last year currently pending free agents in Keric Wheatfall, Jerreth Sterns and Dillon Mitchell, as well as Dalton Schoen and receiver/return Kody Case, both of whom are coming off injuries.
Check out the CFL's free agent tracker here:
Official 2026 Free Agent Tracker (https://www.cfl.ca/fa26/?_gl=1*1d7lh8u*_gcl_au*OTIwNTM0My4xNzY4ODYxOTg4)
https://www.bluebombers.com/2026/02/01/report-blue-bombers-agree-to-terms-with-receiver-tommy-nield/
Wonder if we are starting 3 CDNs at WR/SB
Quote from: peg_city on Today at 04:46:45 PMWonder if we are starting 3 CDNs at WR/SB
Why would we? We're already starting 8 Canadians.
Like this signing alot, Nield is the receiver from a different mould I was hoping for! Interested to see if they retain Clercius or use them both on running plays.
I'm a huge fan of his! Big body Canadian receiver and can actually be a WR2 in the right position.
I'm pumped about this guy. Our WR core is looking much better now!
Like this signing. Don't have to draft a Canadian WR. Good balance of size and speed.
Demski 5'11" 212
Cobb 5'10" 186
Clercius 6'3" 211
Corcoran 6'1" 206
Nield 6'3" 205
Quote from: peg_city on Today at 04:46:45 PMWonder if we are starting 3 CDNs at WR/SB
Nah, they were clearly unhappy with Clercius. He's now depth.
Really like this signing, with he and Clercius fighting it out we finally have some depth at receiver. |Possession type reminds me of Wolitarski, a dependable go to receiver for that first down.
Quote from: Jesse on Today at 05:16:56 PMNah, they were clearly unhappy with Clercius. He's now depth.
Maybe it's just Hogan who is not happy with him. He has a different OC now.
Quote from: M.O.A.B. on Today at 05:26:02 PMMaybe it's just Hogan who is not happy with him. He has a different OC now.
Then we wouldn't have just signed his replacement.
Quote from: Jesse on Today at 05:27:55 PMThen we wouldn't have just signed his replacement.
Hope they can keep Clercius happy as a backup and rotational piece, he has the tools but doesn't use them all that well.
Can Nield block? Hope so.