VANCOUVER \u2014 The BC Lions and National fullback Riley Pickett have agreed to a two-year contract extension, the team announced on Friday.<\/p>\n
The Saskatoon native was eligible to become a free agent in February.<\/p>\n
Pickett, the \u201cSwiss Army Knife,\u201d made another position change in 2025, becoming the team\u2019s starting fullback and hauling in seven receptions for 56 yards and adding six yards on three carries.<\/p>\n
RELATED Pickett also made his mark on special teams with 11 tackles in 18 regular season contests. He added four special teams stops in the two Grey Cup Playoff games.<\/p>\n \u201cRiley embodies the grit and toughness we\u2019re looking for, as we continue to build this roster,\u201d said general manager Ryan Rigmaiden.<\/p>\n \u201cI love his story of converting from a U SPORTS defensive end into one of the best fullbacks and special teams players in the league. He\u2019s going to continue to get better on the field and remain a leader in the locker room. We\u2019re lucky to have him on our team.\u201d<\/p>\n Selected by the Lions in round five (41st overall) of the 2022 CFL Draft, Pickett has appeared in a total of 69 games with the Lions (64 regular season, five playoffs) and seen action at both defensive line and long snapper.<\/p>\n Pickett suited up in 30 games with the Saskatchewan Huskies from 2018 to 2021, recording 108 total tackles (65 solo, 43 assisted), 21 tackles for a loss, 14 sacks, six pass knockdowns, two forced fumbles and a pair of fumble recoveries. Along with helping the Huskies capture a Hardy Cup in 2018 and appear in the Vanier Cup in 2021, Pickett was a Canada West All-Star in his senior season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VANCOUVER \u2014 The BC Lions and National fullback Riley Pickett have agreed to a two-year contract extension, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341186,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-341185","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-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341185","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=341185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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