Lions Sign Former New Orleans Saints Wide Receiver Marquez Callaway
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Lions Sign Former New Orleans Saints Wide Receiver Marquez Callaway

Published on February 3, 2026 under Canadian Football League (CFL)
B.C. Lions News Release


(Vancouver)- The BC Lions announced today that the team has signed American wide receiver Marquez Callaway.

Callaway (6'2, 204 lbs, pronounced Mar-qwez)- the playmaker joined the New Orleans Saints as a non-drafted free agent in 2020, appearing in 11 games as a rookie with 21 receptions for 213 yards. Callaway enjoyed a breakout 2021 season, suiting up in all 17 regular season games and hauling in 46 receptions for 698 yards and six touchdowns.

After 14 more appearances in 2022, he began 2023 with training camp stints in Denver and Las Vegas before a return to the Saints and three more regular season appearances that year.

The 2024 campaign saw a training camp appearance in Pittsburgh before he joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and dressed in two games. Callaway then attended training camp with San Francisco in 2025.

In 22 games at the University of Tennessee from 2016 to 2019, Callaway hauled in 92 receptions for 1,646 yards and 13 touchdowns. The playmaker added 40 punt returns for 543 yards and three majors, with his 13.6 average yards per return ranking as the fourth best in Volunteers history. He earned PFF College All-SEC honours as a returner in 2018 and was a PFF College All-Second Team honourable mention in 2019.

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