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The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed American quarterback Tommy Stevens to a two-year contract extension.  

The six-foot-four, 245-pound short-yardage specialist played 14 regular-season games in 2025, gaining 183 yards on 50 carries and scoring five touchdowns. He produced first-down yardage on 33 of 36 of his QB sneaks during the regular season, for a conversion rate of 91.7 percent.

Stevens returned from injury in the playoffs and scored two pivotal touchdowns in the 2025 Grey Cup victory, tying the Riders’ single-game Grey Cup record set by Kory Sheets and Geroy Simon in 2013.

Prior to joining Saskatchewan, Stevens spent three seasons with the Calgary Stampeders. He appeared in 52 games, amassing 685 rushing yards on 160 carries and scoring 25 touchdowns.

Stevens was originally selected by the New Orleans Saints 240th overall in the seventh round of the 2020 NFL Draft. He spent most of the 2020 season on the team’s practice roster after converting to tight end. He played one game for the Carolina Panthers, rushing for 24 yards, and later spent time with the New York Giants.

Collegiately, Stevens played his senior season at Mississippi State, where he threw for 1,155 yards and 11 touchdowns, while also rushing for 381 yards and four touchdowns in nine starts. He transferred after three seasons at Penn State, where he completed 41 passes for 304 yards and four touchdowns through the air, registered 76 carries for 506 yards and eight touchdowns on the ground, and caught 14 passes for 62 yards and two touchdowns. 

The Saskatchewan Roughriders finished first in the West Division standings in 2025 with a 12-6 record, finishing first in the West Division for the first time since 2019. The team went on to defeat the Montreal Alouettes in the 112th Grey Cup in Winnipeg, marking the team’s first championship in 12 years. Trevor Harris went 11-5 as a starter, throwing for 4,549 yards, 24 touchdowns, and 11 interceptions.

The Roughriders ranked second in net offence, second in net defence, and tied for third with a turnover differential of plus-eight. The club’s leading rusher was A.J. Ouellette with 1,222 yards, the leading receiver was KeeSean Johnson with 1,159 yards, and the leading tackler was A.J. Allen with 91 tackles. Saskatchewan finished second in attendance with average crowds of 28,427, which was a 2.7 percent increase from the previous year.