The Hamilton Tiger-Cats announced Friday, the football club has signed national offensive lineman David Beard to a contract extension through the 2024 Canadian Football League season.

Beard, 30, played 17 games last season with the Tiger-Cats (seven) and Elks (10) after being acquired from Edmonton in exchange for Jesse Gibbon and a second-round pick in the 2023 CFL Draft. The 6’5, 320-pound native of Sherwood Park, Alberta took over the starting centre position in Hamilton and started six of his seven games in black and gold after the midseason trade. A seven-year veteran of the CFL (2015-22), Beard has suited up in 101 games with the Tiger-Cats (2022) and the Edmonton Elks (2015-22) and was unanimously voted the Elks’ most outstanding offensive lineman in 2019.