{"id":320669,"date":"2025-12-02T14:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T14:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/320669\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T14:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T14:24:09","slug":"trevor-harris-return-to-riders-would-influence-samuel-emilus-cfl-free-agent-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/320669\/","title":{"rendered":"Trevor Harris’ return to Riders would influence Samuel Emilus’ CFL free agent decision"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Photo: Reuben Polansky\/3DownNation. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n

Personnel people in the CFL believe Canadian receiver Samuel Emilus could command around $250,000 if he hits the open market in February, but should Trevor Harris return to the Saskatchewan Roughriders, his free agent decision would be tilted.<\/p>\n

The 112th Grey Cup Most Valuable Canadian responded emphatically when asked how much, on a scale of one to 10, Harris\u2019 possible choice to re-sign with the Riders<\/a> would encourage him to sign a contract extension with the Green and White.<\/p>\n

\u201c20 \u2014 20 out of 10,\u201d Emilus said. \u201cTrevor\u2019s great. He\u2019s got a decision to make, if he wants to keep playing and come back. Whatever decision he makes, I\u2019m going to support him because he\u2019s my friend first, then my teammate. From there, I support him,\u00a0and whatever decision he makes, I support him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 39-year-old Harris will never tell anyone who his favourite target is on a given team, but it\u2019s clear he and Emilus have a next-level rapport when the pair are on the field together. The 28-year-old posted 1,000-yard seasons in 2023 and 2024, then notched 588 yards in seven regular-season games during the 2025 campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou would like to retain everybody on this team. It\u2019s been proven that it\u2019s a championship team. You would like to keep everybody, but we all also know the business aspect of it, which guys deserve to be paid, rightfully so. It\u2019s for (general manager Jeremy O\u2019Day) to figure that out,\u201d Emilus said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old does not feel added uncertainty regarding his football future because he\u2019s a pending free agent. Perhaps his performance in the CFL championship game \u2014 10 receptions for 108 yards<\/a> \u2014 has given him added confidence entering a key offseason during which he could cash in.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know I\u2019m going to be\u00a0playing in the league. I\u2019m going to talk to my agent, see what\u2019s on the table, have a good talk with him, and we\u2019re going to go from there,\u201d Emilus said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all know that every year, it\u2019s a different year,\u00a0but it\u2019s for the upper management to keep the same core \u2014 or at least try to keep the same core<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 keep the same mentality and leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Roughriders selected Emilus in the first round, seventh overall, during the 2022 CFL Draft, and he\u2019s paid dividends for Saskatchewan. He earned $168,200 in 2025<\/a>, but it\u2019ll take more money than that to keep him in Green and White for 2026 and possibly beyond.<\/p>\n

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\u2019s first championship in 12 years. Trevor Harris went 11-5 as a starter, throwing for 4,549 yards, 24 touchdowns, and 11 interceptions.<\/p>\n

The Roughriders ranked second in net offence, second in net defence, and tied for third with a turnover differential of plus-eight. The club\u2019s leading rusher was A.J. Ouellette with 1,222 yards, leading receiver was KeeSean Johnson with 1,159 yards, and 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Reuben Polansky\/3DownNation. All rights reserved. Personnel people in the CFL believe Canadian receiver Samuel Emilus could command…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-320669","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-canadian-football-league","11":"tag-canadianfootballleague","12":"tag-cfl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320669","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=320669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}