{"id":104274,"date":"2025-08-29T00:32:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T00:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/104274\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T00:32:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T00:32:06","slug":"everybody-welcomes-that-kid-into-the-building-ajou-ajou-comes-back-to-saskatchewan-roughriders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/104274\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Everybody welcomes that kid into the building\u2019: Ajou Ajou comes back to Saskatchewan Roughriders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ajou Ajou has returned to the Saskatchewan Roughriders after attending the NFL\u2019s Indianapolis Colts training camp.<\/p>\n<p>Canadian receiver Ajou Ajou has returned to the Saskatchewan Roughriders after attending training camp with the\u00a0Indianapolis Colts.<\/p>\n<p>In three NFL preseason games, the six-foot-three, 225-pound Ajou made four receptions for 27 yards.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Brooks, Alberta native was selected by the Riders in the seventh round, 59th overall during\u00a0the 2024 CFL Draft. In 2024, he\u00a0played\u00a012 regular season games while\u00a0making 20 receptions for 307 yards and two touchdowns, including a 110-yard breakout performance against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in Week 7.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith him, everybody welcomes that kid into the building, love\u00a0his personality and he is a good football player too,&#8221; head coach Corey Mace said.<\/p>\n<p>Ajou is expected to practice with the Riders on Friday and could make his CFL return during the 60th Labour Day Classic on Sunday against the Blue Bombers.<\/p>\n<p>Teagan Witko, Justin Dunk, and Wes Cates bring you the pre-game show at 2 p.m. Dave Thomas and Luc Mullinder have the game call at 5 p.m. Listen or watch our detailed coverage at the<a href=\"https:\/\/listen.streamon.fm\/ckrm?utm_source=sportscage.com&amp;utm_campaign=sportscage.com%3A%20outbound&amp;utm_medium=referral\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0620 CKRM Co-operators Rider Broadcast Network.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ajou Ajou has returned to the Saskatchewan Roughriders after attending the NFL\u2019s Indianapolis Colts training camp. Canadian receiver&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,59779,82],"class_list":["post-104274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-saskatchewan-roughridersajou-ajou","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}