The B.C. Lions signed offensive lineman Joshua Coker on Monday.
Joshua Coker is six foot two and weighs 336 pounds. The 28-year-old from Chicago, Illinois, started 15 games in 2025. Calgary’s offense averaged 24.8 points per game, 375.6 net offense per game, 261.9 passing yards per game, 126.7 rushing yards per game, 44 touchdowns, and allowed 33 sacks. Bell has played 55 games, of which 32 were starts, and he suited up in three playoff games.
The Houston Texans signed Coker as an undrafted free agent on May 10, 2019. He attended training camp, and the team released him on August 7, 2019. The Calgary Stampeders signed Coker on February 7, 2020. However, the season was canceled, and he re-signed with the Stampeders on January 6, 2021. In 2022, he played right tackle in two games, and in 2023 played 12 games, of which he made 11 starts.
In 2023, Calgary’s offense ranked fourth in average points (21.8), sixth in average rushing yards (99.5), seventh in offensive touchdowns (33) and passing yards average (237.0), eighth in net offense average (321.5), and third in sacks allowed (34).
The Calgary Stampeders re-signed Coker on December 6, 2023. In 2024, Coker played 14 games. Calgary’s offense averaged 21.5 points per game, 354.1 net offense per game, 108.6 rushing yards per game, 260.1 passing yards per game, 40 touchdowns, and allowed 30 sacks.
Collegiately, Coker played 25 games in four seasons at Rhodes College (2015-18), playing right tackle for the Lynx. He earned American Football Coaches Association Division III Coaches’ All-American honors as well as first-team all-Southern Athletic Association recognition in each of his final two seasons.
In addition, he became the first Lynx player in program history to be named an All-American in consecutive years. In 2018, he was part of an offensive line that helped the Lynx to rush for an average of 176.3 yards per game.
