Veteran kicker Boris Bede signs on with Edmonton Elks
Posted February 6, 2024 7:43 pm.
It didn’t take Boris Bede long to find a new CFL home.
The veteran kicker signed a two-year contract with the Edmonton Elks on Tuesday. The move comes a day after Bede was released by the Toronto Argonauts after three seasons with the East Division team.
Toronto also signed veteran Canadian kicker Lirim Hajrullahu on Monday.
Bede is reunited with quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson and Canadian receiver Kurleigh Gittens Jr. in Edmonton. All three were with the Argos when they won the 2022 Grey Cup.
The six-foot-four, 225-pound Bede was dealt to Toronto by Montreal in 2020 for Canadian kicker Tyler Crapigna. But he didn’t play that year as the CFL didn’t have a ’20 campaign due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bede’s best season with Toronto came last year when he hit 37-of-39 field goals (94.9 per cent) and accumulated 164 points. The Argos finished atop the East Division in all three seasons Bede was with the club.
Bede also handled kickoffs and was able to assume punting duties whenever Australian John Haggerty was injured. Bede made 108-of-127 field goals (85.0 per cent), boasted a 45.5-yard punting average on 139 boots and also handled kickoff duties with Toronto.
He also hit on 108-of-115 converts.
Bede, a native of Toulon, France, began his CFL career with Montreal (2016-2019). He played collegiately at Laval.
