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Riders Select Linebacker, Kicker In 2026 Global Draft

April 29, 2026 | Staff
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have selected two talented football players in the 2026 CFL Draft:    Mapalo Mwansa (Linebacker – Loughborough University) – 1st round, 9th ...

ROB VANSTONE: Roughriders hope to add more Cups after productive CFL Canadian Draft

April 29, 2026 | Rob Vanstone
If you looked closely, the Saskatchewan Roughriders offered clues as to their plans for Tuesday’s CFL Canadian Draft. The team’s Draft headquarters at Mosaic Stadium included Defensive ...

Riders Select Eight Talented Canadians In 2026 Cfl Draft

April 29, 2026 | Staff
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have selected eight talented prospects in the 2026 CFL Draft:     Malcolm Bell (Defensive Back – Michigan State) – 1st round, 9th overall   Dylan Djete (Wide ...

Jeremy O’Day | April 28th Post-Draft

April 28, 2026 | Staff
Jeremy O’Day speaks to media following the 2026 CFL Canadian Draft

Riders Select Defensive Back Malcolm Bell 9th Overall In The Cfl Draft

April 28, 2026 | Staff
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have selected defensive back Malcolm Bell from Michigan State with the ninth overall selection of the 2026 CFL Canadian Draft.    Bell (6’2-188) played in 12 games, ...

Roughriders answered the bell with 2026 Draft choices

April 28, 2026 | Rob Vanstone
When the Saskatchewan Roughriders were finished, so was the 2026 CFL Canadian Draft. The Roughriders concluded the proceedings on Tuesday at 8:19 p.m., making the 74th overall pick for the first ...

Craig Reynolds | April 28th

April 28, 2026 | Staff
Craig Reynolds speaks to media following the CFL announcement of changes to the 2027 playoff format.

2026 CFL Canadian Draft: A Rider primer

April 28, 2026 | Rob Vanstone
DATE: Tuesday, April 28. TIME: 5 p.m., Saskatchewan time. DRAFT ORDER: 1. Ottawa REDBLACKS; 2. Toronto Argonauts; 3. Edmonton Elks; 4. Winnipeg Blue Bombers; 5. Hamilton Tiger-Cats; 6. Calgary ...

Riders Sign Three Time All-conference Offensive Lineman Thomas Perry

April 27, 2026 | Staff
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed American offensive lineman Thomas Perry.  Perry (6’3-312) attended NFL rookie mini-camps with the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers in ...

Riders Sign All-american Defensive Tackle Thor Griffith

April 27, 2026 | Staff
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed American defensive lineman Thor Griffith.  Griffith (6’2-290) spent his senior season (2024) at Louisville, suiting up for 13 games as a Cardinal. He ...

Pick #9 is just fine for reigning Grey Cup champions

April 27, 2026 | Rob Vanstone
The Saskatchewan Roughriders own the coveted last pick in most rounds of Tuesday’s CFL Canadian Draft. The final selection in all but the second round is awarded to the reigning Grey Cup champion ...

ROBSERVATIONS: Linemen who crossed the goal line … marvelling at McCallum … fitting farewell for Hus … Bagg’s 341-yard game … and hello to Hannah Rugg

April 25, 2026 | Rob Vanstone
Saskatchewan Roughriders offensive linemen have combined for seven touchdowns and one splashdown. Two of those TDs belong to Dan Clark, who joins Paul McCallum and Rob Bagg as this year’s SaskTel ...

Riders Sign All-conference Offensive Lineman Justin Osborne 

April 24, 2026 | Staff
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed American offensive lineman Justin Osborne.   Osborne (6’5-305) spent the 2025 NFL season with the Cleveland Browns after signing as an undrafted free ...

Retirement wasn’t a snap decision for Roughriders’ Jorgen Hus

April 23, 2026 | Rob Vanstone
Jorgen Hus pondered retirement over a period of several months, as winter changed into spring. And when it was time to announce the decision, the perils of winter had returned. On Thursday, Hus ...

Jorgen Hus Retirement

April 23, 2026 | Staff
Jorgen Hus announces his retirement

2025 Grey Cup Champion Jorgen Hus Announces Retirement From Football

April 23, 2026 | Staff
Long snapper Jorgen Hus, the longest-serving member of the 2025 Grey Cup Champion Saskatchewan Roughriders, has announced his retirement from professional football after a prosperous decade with ...

Roughriders’ NFL draftees: 357 and counting

April 23, 2026 | Rob Vanstone
Decades before “on the clock” became part of the football lexicon, the Pittsburgh Steelers drafted Frank Filchock. The Indiana Hoosiers’ star quarterback was selected in the second round of the ...

Playing for Regina Riot is a full-circle experience for Jaia Guy

April 22, 2026 | Rob Vanstone
Interviewing Jaia Guy is, well, a riot. A fifth-year member of the Regina Riot, Guy told her story with considerable humour leading up to Sunday’s Western Women’s Canadian Football League opener ...

Rob Vanstone: Breakup with the Grey Cup — our final moments with the treasured trophy

April 21, 2026 | Rob Vanstone
With a Grey Cup win, there are the unavoidable ties. Zip ties — used to ensure that the trophy’s case is securely shut for (sniffle) departure. After spending five months with the CFL’s ...

Bagg, Clark and McCallum reunited in Riders’ shrine

April 20, 2026 | Rob Vanstone
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are celebrating their past with a link to the present. The 2026 SaskTel Plaza of Honour inductees — Rob Bagg, Dan Clark and Paul McCallum — were in the lineup ...
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