CFL receiver DaVaris Daniels retires after nine-year career

TORONTO - Veteran Canadian Football League receiver DaVaris Daniels announced his retirement Tuesday night on social media, closing a nine-year career that included three Grey Cup championships.

The 33-year-old from Vernon Hills, Illinois, played with the Calgary Stampeders from 2016 to 2018, the Edmonton Elks in 2019 and the Toronto Argonauts from 2021 to 2025. A former Notre Dame standout, Daniels appeared in 125 regular-season games, recording 444 catches for 6,609 yards and 43 touchdowns. He earned CFL rookie of the year honours in 2016 with Calgary and had his lone 1,000-yard receiving season in 2023 with Toronto, where he posted 1,009 yards after a career-high 61 receptions the previous year.

Daniels' Grey Cup victories came with Calgary in 2018 and Toronto in 2022 and 2024. Before joining the CFL, he spent time with the NFL's Minnesota Vikings and New England Patriots in 2015.

In his retirement post, Daniels reflected on the highs and lows of his career. "I have felt the highest this game has to offer and I have felt what it's like to lose it all," he wrote. "But through every setback I found perseverance. I found gratitude. Nothing in life is ever promised. And through my...