2020 was a great year for Rams and Huskies in the CFL Draft. 2021 was almost as good. In all, CFL teams chose five Rams and Huskies (plus one former Ram) in the 2021 Draft. Rams teammates went to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the middle of the draft, five picks apart. There was linebacker […]
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have gone to the University of Saskatchewan for the second straight year with their first pick in the CFL draft. On Tuesday night, the Riders took defensive back Nelson Lokombo with the second overall pick in the 2021 CFL draft. Lokombo is a player that the team feels could play any position […]
It’s like the day before Christmas for CFL GMs like Jeremy O’Day. But unlike any other Christmas, O’Day hasn’t gotten to play with the toys he got last year. The CFL Draft goes Tuesday at 5:00 pm. The 2020 CFL season not being played makes it a unique year for the draft. “It’s our second […]
The Saskatchewan Roughriders announced the signing of American wide receiver Tevin Jones on Tuesday. Jones spent five years in the NFL, bouncing from the Houston Texans, Kansas City Chiefs, Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Dallas Cowboys, where he saw the field in five games, registering four receptions and 61 yards. The 28-year-old from Mississippi played NCAA […]
As expected, the CFL announced a postponement to the 2021 season on Wednesday. The plan is for the league to have a 14-game season starting August 5 with the Grey Cup going in Hamilton on December 12. It is something both Riders president and CEO Craig Reynolds and CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie believe can and […]
The CFL said on Wednesday morning they are intending to start the 2021 regular season August 5th. BREAKING: The CFL regular season has a revised target start date of August 5th and the #GreyCup has been re-scheduled to December 12th in Hamilton, Ontario — CFL (@CFL) April 21, 2021 The Grey Cup has been re-scheduled […]
The Riders have added four players in Thursday’s Global Draft. With the 5th-overall pick the 5 Riders took fullback Christopher Ezeala of Germany. He was part of the Baltimore Ravens in 2018-19 through their International Pathways program. Born in Munich, Ezeala’s been playing football in Germany since he was 13. At 5-11, 248 lbs he […]
Thursday will be the CFL’s first ever Global draft. And Riders GM Jeremy O’Day is ready to find some talent. “There’s going to be a much bigger, much better I would say, group of players that are in this draft,” he told the Sports Cage on Monday. Thursday’s draft will comprise players from around the […]
The Riders have added to their linebacking corps by signing former NFL linebacker Nigel Harris. The six-foot-two, 225 pound Harris played three seasons in the NFL with the Los Angeles Chargers, New York Giants, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Tennessee Titans. He went to school at the University of South Florida.
The Riders have lost the player that had been pencilled in to be their backup quarterback. James Franklin has announced his retirement. He joined the Riders as a free agent in 2020 after spending two years in Toronto. Before that, he spent three seasons in Edmonton. In his five years, he threw for just over […]
