Heading into the 2022 CFL draft, many draft experts were expecting the Saskatchewan Roughriders to select an offensive lineman with their first round pick, but instead the Roughriders surprised many by picking a wide receiver. With their first selection of the draft, the Saskatchewan Roughriders selected WR Samuel Emilus from Louisiana Tech. with the 7th […]
Cut-down day was once again hard for Riders GM Jeremy O’Day. After all, they don’t call the guys who make the team to give them the good news. Forty-nine players remain on the Riders roster with 15 more split between the two practice rosters. One of the QBs on the roster is former NFL 1st-round […]
The Riders Green and White scrimmage was the closest the team will get to game action before the season opener. And it showed the Riders still have some work to do. “Initially, I would say we need to get in better shape,” says Head Coach Craig Dickenson. “I think that was the one thing I […]
Training camp for the Riders doesn’t start until Saturday, but the Riders have a big problem on their hands already. During a workout at Mosaic Stadium, GM Jeremy O’Day said middle linebacker Larry Dean, defensive lineman Freddie Bishop and rookies Nelson Lokombo and Jonathan Femi-Cole suffered what O’Day is calling “long-term” achilles injuries. O’Day says […]
Now that the CFL season is a go, the Saskatchewan Roughriders need to dust off the playbooks, clean the whistles and start getting ready for training camp which isn’t that far away. Riders GM Jeremy O’Day says with camp set to begin in Regina on July 10, they have to make travel arrangements and decisions. […]
The Riders have signed their first-round pick from this year’s draft. The Riders signed former Huskies defensive back Nelson Lokombo to his rookie contract on Friday. Lokombo with the second-overall pick in May’s draft. The 5-foot-11, 190-pound defensive back was the best defensive player in USports in 2019, winning the President’s Trophy. Lokombo is expected […]
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 […]
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 […]
Tuesday’s opening of free agency was decision day for Riders GM Jeremy O’Day. Should he wait and hope that linebacker Cam Judge would eventually return to the fold? Or, in O’Day’s words, “attack free agency”? He felt that attacking was prudent. “At a certainly point we have to, maybe, eliminate some of our risk,” O’Day […]
2:35 pm – Riders announce the singings of Canadian DB Godfrey Onyeka and DB Lorenzo Jerome. Onyeka played two seasons with Edmonton. He started five games at field cornerback in the 2019 season, including both playoff games. Jerome played for the Stampeders in 2019. He made 11 tackles and 6 special teams tackles —- 2:05 […]
