Veteran CFL receiver Daniels announces retirement - BERITAJA

TORONTO – DaVaris Daniels has called it a career.

The seasoned CFL receiver announced his status Tuesday nighttime via societal media. The 33-year-old autochthonal of Vernon Hills, Ill., played 9 seasons pinch the Calgary Stampeders (2016-18), Edmonton Elks (2019) and Toronto Argonauts (2021-25), winning 3 Grey Cups.

“I person felt the highest this crippled has to connection and I person felt what it’s for illustration to suffer it all,” Daniels wrote “But done each setback I recovered perseverance. I recovered gratitude.

“Nothing successful life is ever promised. And done my religion I could spot intelligibly now that God was preparing maine for what was about to come. Things whitethorn not ever hap erstwhile aliases the measurement you want them to — but he is ever correct and he is ever correct connected time. I came retired the different broadside grateful. Grateful to beryllium connected a team. Grateful to compete. Grateful for each azygous time I sewage to play this game.”

The six-foot, 203-pound DaVaris Daniels didn’t divulge what mightiness dishonesty up for him.

“As 1 section closes I measurement into what’s adjacent carrying everything this crippled gave maine — character, perspective, resilience and a gratitude for life that I ne'er could person recovered immoderate different way,” he said.

Before coming to the CFL, Daniels spent clip successful the NFL pinch the Minnesota Vikings and New England Patriots successful 2015.

Daniels came by his shot acumen honestly. His begetter Phillip Daniels, was a protect extremity successful the NFL for 15 seasons pinch the Seattle Seahawks (1996-1999), Chicago Bears (2000-2003) and Washington Redskins (2004-10).

After retiring arsenic a player, the elder Daniels spent clip successful Washington’s beforehand agency earlier getting into coaching. He earned a Super Bowl ringing successful 2018 arsenic an adjunct pinch the Philadelphia Eagles and was the protect statement coach past play pinch the Grey Cup-champion Saskatchewan Roughriders.

He’s presently successful the aforesaid domiciled pinch the Ottawa Redblacks.

The erstwhile Notre Dame prima appeared successful 125 profession regular-season games, registering 444 catches for 6,609 yards and 43 touchdowns. Daniels champion CFL play was successful 2022 pinch Toronto erstwhile he had a career-best 61 catches.

The pursuing season, Daniels recorded his only 1,000-yard receiving run (1,009).

Daniels was the CFL’s apical rookie successful 2016 while pinch Calgary. His Grey Cup wins came pinch the Stampeders (2018) and Toronto (2022, 2024).

“To the metropolis of Calgary — you brought maine backmost to life erstwhile I needed it about and I will ne'er hide that,” he said. “To the metropolis of Toronto — convey you for embracing maine and making maine consciousness astatine home.

“To my teammates, my family and each azygous instrumentality who rode pinch maine done this travel — I felt each spot of your support and I americium profoundly grateful. And supra all, convey you to God for ne'er letting maine quit.”

This study by BERITAJA was first published May 5, 2026.