Daniel Wiebe is poised to become the 277th Saskatchewan-born player to suit up for the Roughriders in a regular-season or playoff game.

In so doing, the former University of Saskatchewan Huskies standout will add his birthplace to a lengthy list of communities that have produced at least one roster player for this province’s CFL team.

Wiebe will put Rosetown on the map, as it were, when the Roughriders (2-0) oppose the Toronto Argonauts (1-1) on Friday, 7 p.m., at Mosaic Stadium. (Tickets are AVAILABLE HERE.)

Not to be forgotten is the small community of Herschel, a short drive from the farm on which Wiebe grew up.

Rosetown’s Central High School, where Wiebe played six- and nine-man football for the Royals, is also an important part of his story.

The same applies to the Saskatoon-based Holy Cross Crusaders, with whom he finished his time in the high school ranks before joining the Huskies.

“There has been a lot of local support,” Wiebe said on Thursday. “I couldn’t be more proud to represent those communities.”

Central High School will become the 50th Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association member institution to produce a Roughriders active-roster player.

In total, Saskatchewan-based high schools — 82 in total — boast 507 graduates who have tried out for the Roughriders. Wiebe will be the 218th SHSAA product to see game duty.

As for Rosetown, it is about to become the 68th Roughriders birthplace in franchise history, dating back to the inception of the Regina Rugby Club in 1910.

Rosetown joins a scroll that also includes Battleford (one active-roster player), Beechy (1), Bienfait (1), Big River (1), Biggar (1), Bladworth (3), Borden (1), Buchanan (2), Cabri (1), Cannington Manor (1), Canora (2), Central Butte (1), Colgate (1), Cupar (1), Dysart (3), Estevan (1), Fleming (1), Foam Lake (1), Francis (1), Gainsborough (1), Glaslyn (1), Goodwater (1), Govan (1), Gull Lake (2), Herbert (1), Holdfast (2), Indian Head (1), Ituna (1), Kamsack (1), Kenlis (1), Kinistino (1), Kipling (1), Lafleche (1), Langenburg (1), Lipton (2), Lumsden (1), Markinch (1), McKague (1), Melfort (1), Meskanew (1), Milestone (3), Moose Jaw (11), Moosomin (1), Mortlach (1), Naicam (1), Neudorf (2), North Battleford (1), Ogema (2), Outlook (1), Paynton (1), Pelly (1), Pense (2), Pilger (1), Pilot Butte (2), Prince Albert (3), Qu’Appelle (1), Regina (154), Rosthern (1), Rouleau (2), Rowatt (1), Saskatoon (25), Tregarva (1), Viscount (1), Weyburn (2), Wilkie (2), Yellow Grass (1) and Yorkton (3).

Wiebe, incidentally, is only the third eighth-round CFL Canadian Draft choice to appear on the Roughriders’ active roster. He follows punter Mike Vanderjagt (two games in 1993) and receiver Joshua Stanford (21 games; 2016 to 2018).

Vanderjagt, a future star placekicker in the NFL, was chosen 58th overall by Saskatchewan in 1992. Stanford was the 62nd pick in 2016. Wiebe, one of 26 eighth-rounders in Roughriders history, went 69th in 2025.

“It’s really a dream come true,” Wiebe, 23, said of his looming debut. “I’ve been thinking about this moment since I was a kid, so to have it finally come to life is crazy.

“I’m just excited to go out there and do my best and be the best teammate I can be.”

MIMBS’ MILESTONE

Like Wiebe, D’Sean Mimbs is a Saskatchewan-born receiver who will celebrate a landmark game on Friday.

Mimbs’ seventh career regular-season game will double as his first CFL start. The 25-year-old Winston Knoll Wolverines and University of Regina Rams graduate will receive front-line duty in place of Dhel Duncan-Busby, who suffered a shoulder injury in Saturday’s 40-37 overtime victory over the host Calgary Stampeders.

“I couldn’t be more excited for D’Sean, because he does things the right way,” Roughriders quarterback Trevor Harris said. “He trains hard. He never complains.

“He’s a very quiet guy, but he’s explosive. He can really run. He’s paying attention to every word in meetings. When you tell him to do something, he does it.

“I think he’s the type of guy who could come out and make some big catches tomorrow and maybe get in the end zone. With the way we do progressions and the way we formulate game plans, he’s a guy who could really take off. You just never know.

“I know it has been a big dream of his to start in the green and white.”

Mimbs is about to emulate his father, who was a first-team Roughrider from 1995 to 1997. In 1996, Robert Mimbs rushed for a CFL-best 1,403 yards and was named the West Division’s Most Outstanding Player.

D’Sean will become the first Mimbs to start for Saskatchewan since Aug. 31, 1997, when the Roughriders played host to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

As well, D’Sean Mimbs will increase to eight the number of U of R Rams graduates who have started on offence or defence for the Roughriders.

That fraternity includes two players who will start on defence on Friday — cornerback Tevaughn Campbell and safety Jaxon Ford.

Campbell, Ford and Mimbs are among 17 former U of R players who have dressed for at least one game with the Roughriders.

Thirty-nine members of the junior Rams became Roughriders roster players. The Rams were a junior team for 45 seasons before moving to the Canada West ranks in 1999.

On Friday, Wiebe will become the 54th Huskies alumnus to play for the Roughriders.

Former U of S linebacker Nick Wiebe (no relation to Daniel) is also on the Roughriders’ roster for Friday.

Ex-Huskie Nelson Lokombo, the Roughriders’ starting safety on opening day, is on the one-game injured list (ankle).

Former Rams linebacker Ryder Varga (knee) is on the six-game injured list.

CONLEY’S CARRIES COMING UP

“Running back to Saskatoon” was the theme for a Roughriders training-camp transaction.

Quali Conley was on his way to the Bridge City on May 16, only two days after being released by the Montreal Alouettes. He arrived in Saskatoon just in time to board a flight to Calgary for the Roughriders’ May 18 pre-season opener.

Without as much as a practice under his belt with the Green and White, he carried the ball four times at McMahon Stadium. He accepted nine more handoffs on May 23, when the Roughriders opposed Winnipeg at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon.

And now, just over a month later, he is poised to make his CFL regular-season debut. He will step in for two-time 1,000-yard rusher A.J. Ouellette, who is nursing an ankle injury.

“Coming here, they really embraced me,” the 23-year-old Conley reflected. “The week I got here, it was a tough week.

“I was in Montreal for four days and then I came here. We had the pre-season game the next day. I really went into the game with no practice. I was just looking at the playbook. Coach (Andrew Harris) helped me with all the things I had to remember. There was a lot of information and I was still getting the Montreal playbook out of my head.

“At the end of the day, it’s preparation. I was studying and being in my iPad every day, making sure I know what I’m doing and making sure that if something does go wrong, I have the ability to make it go right.”

SAD NEWS

Former Roughriders defensive lineman Renso (Rock) Perdoni passed away on June 15 in Newborn, Ga. He was 78.

A collegiate star at Georgia Tech, Perdoni played in the CFL with Winnipeg (1971), Hamilton (1971) and Edmonton (1972) before signing with the Roughriders on Sept. 29, 1972.

Perdoni played for the Roughriders in five regular-season games and three playoff contests, including the Grey Cup, in 1972. He then played in 11 games with Saskatchewan in 1973, his final year of professional football.

He entered the Georgia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 1979.