Hamilton Tiger-Cats bring back Tyler Ternowski, two others

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The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have re-signed Canadian wide receiver Tyler Turnowski.

The 27-year-old played in 16 regular-season games in 2025, making 11 catches for 119 yards and one touchdown, along with 13 tackles on special teams.

The six-foot, 185-pound Hamilton, Ontario native. Originally drafted in the third round of the 2020 CFL Draft out of the University of Waterloo. Since then, Turnowski has 39 receptions for 465 yards and two touchdowns, along with 34 tackles on special teams.

The Tigercats also re-signed All-American wide receivers Myron Mitchell and Moochie Dixon.

Mitchell started four regular season games for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2024, returning 11 punts for 62 yards and eight kickoffs for 144 yards. The six-foot-one, 180-pound native of Jasper, Alabama, attended training camp with the team in 2025 but was released as part of the final roster cuts. A few months later he joined Hamilton's training squad.

Dixon played three collegiate seasons at Southern Methodist University, where he caught 74 passes for 1,205 yards and eight touchdowns in 40 games. The six-foot, 187-pound Carthage, Texas native previously played at the University of Texas, where he had 12 catches for 176 yards and one score in two years. The 24-year-old recently played for the New Orleans Saints.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats finished first in the East Division standings in 2025 with an 11-7 record, although the team lost to the Montreal Alouettes in the East final. Bo Levi Mitchell led the CFL with 5,296 passing yards, 36 touchdowns and 11 interceptions after starting all 18 regular season games, earning an Eastern Division Most Outstanding Player nomination.

The Tiger Cats ranked third in net offense, eighth in net defense and first in turnover margin of plus ten. The club's leading rusher was Greg Bell with 1,038 yards, the leading receiver was Kenny Lawler with 1,443 yards, and the leading tackler was Stavros Kasantonis with 69 tackles. Hamilton ranked fourth in attendance with an average attendance of 22,858, up 3.9 percent from the previous year.

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